{"id":3567,"date":"2024-11-29T17:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T17:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/?p=3567"},"modified":"2024-12-12T15:31:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T15:31:35","slug":"andy-brassell-worlds-best-xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2024\/11\/29\/andy-brassell-worlds-best-xi\/","title":{"rendered":"ANDY BRASSELL: World\u2032s Best XI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>World football expert ANDY BRASSELL talks through our selections for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/winter-sale\/black-friday-2024\/worlds-best-xi.html\" title=\"\">World&#8217;s Best XI<\/a>, introducing some of the incredible icons whose shirts are 50% OFF on Icons.com throughout our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/winter-sale\/black-friday-2024\/worlds-best-xi.html\" title=\"\">Black Friday sales event<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From Gianluigi Buffon to Cafu, Zinedine Zidane and, of course, Lionel Messi, Andy takes us through each icon and why they&#8217;re a part of our World&#8217;s Best XI sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Get 50% OFF each player in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/winter-sale\/black-friday-2024\/worlds-best-xi.html\" title=\"\">World&#8217;s Best XI sale<\/a> on Icons.com until Monday December 9th with regular substitutions adding new icons and more amazing savings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Andy Brassell&#039;s World&#039;s Best XI!\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1034219705?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World football expert ANDY BRASSELL talks through our selections for the World&#8217;s Best XI, introducing some of the incredible icons whose shirts are 50% OFF on Icons.com throughout our Black Friday sales event. 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