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Payet v Messi v Ronaldo

Photo of Sean Whetstone Sean Whetstone | 19:04 22/09/16

This graphic based on Opta statistics shows Dimitri Payet remains the world’s free kick king

Cristiano Ronaldo can only manage a 9% conversion rate for Real Madrid while Lionel Messi can do a little better on 11%.  Payet smashes it managing a free kick conversion rate of 17% scoring five goals from 30 free kicks in competitive matches.

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Sean Whetstone

I am Season Ticket Holder in West stand lower at the London Stadium and before that, I used to stand in the Sir Trevor Brooking Lower Row R seat 159 in the Boleyn Ground and in the Eighties I stood on the terraces of the old South Bank. I am a presenter on the West Ham Podcast called MooreThanJustaPodcast.co.uk. A Blogger on WestHamTillIdie.com a member of the West Ham Supporters Advisory Board (SAB), Founder of a Youtube channel called Mr West Ham Football at http://www.youtube.com/MrWestHamFootball,

I am also the associate editor here at Claret and Hugh.

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