Gabbiadini names team-mate Gates as most skilled Sunderland player
Throughout Wednesday, we have been revealing who Sunderland legend Marco Gabbiadini believes are the club's most skilful players ever.
And finally we have reached top spot.
He awards first place to Eric Gates, with whom he forged a formidable strike partnership dubbed the G-force during their time together in the 1980s.
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While his time with the club did include a relegation, Gates is still considered one of the cleverest forwards of his time.
"I can remember watching Eric when I wasa kid at a caravan on a black-and-white TV," Gabbiadini told BBC Radio Newcastle. "I was watching him play European football matches [for Ipswich], and then I got to play with him a few years later.
"In an era when pitches weren't great, he wasn't a silky winger, but he had a really clever, deft touch in the way that he played.
"Every time he got the ball, he was always looking to play through people and around people. Defenders didn't know whether he was going to keep it or lay it off, which was also a great skill. He would flick it with his first touch around the corner."
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So, there it is, the top five most skilful players in Sunderland's history, according to Gabbiadini.
Eric Gates
Sebastian Larsson
Stephane Sessegnon
Michael Bridges
Billy Hughes
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