Championship Manager 2007 Wonderkids -

(Independiente) was the crown jewel. With finishing 18, flair 20, and an acceleration stat that broke the physics engine, “Kun” was a cheat code. You could sign him for £6.5 million, and he’d score 35 league goals from attacking midfield. In reality, he’d go on to become a Premier League legend—but CM07 knew first.

But the true cult hero? (Juventus). In CM07, you didn’t buy Chiellini for his left-back defending. You bought him because the game glitchily allowed you to retrain him as a central midfielder , where his tackling (19), strength (20), and aggression (18) turned him into a budget Roy Keane with a mohawk. The real Chiellini became a legendary defender. The CM07 Chiellini became a box-to-box war criminal.

That was prophecy.