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Your boyfriend’s your man. But his favourite footballer is his. And believe it or not, beyond the game, the machismo that the sport of football represents has got a lot to do with the personalities that play the field and the audience beyond it. Usually such type of allegiances come up from a sense of deep relatability, and if not that, at the very least, aspirational projecting. So if your boyfriend’s not already identical in behaviour to his idol, it’s likely he’s aiming to bridge that gap in the near future. So if your man’s football obsession is near-cultish, it might be prudent to read into the man he’s put on a pedestal.