The Dutch manager, ‘father of the old wingers,’ surprised us in an intimate football chat: He said they are no longer required. Three managers, amongst them Miguel Ángel Ramirez, explains why his teams still using them. ‘The wingers still a key player for our way of playing. The wingers, like the strikers, draw the attention of the defence. With three players, we eliminate four. That means that in other parts of the pitch, there is superiority to create chances’.