IT’S THE MOST wonderful time of the year if your core business is making sappy cards and bunching together overpriced flowers.

Yes, Valentine’s Day is upon and following on from our, ahem, ground breaking, Christmas and Easter footballers, we’ve had a good long think about the most romantic footballers and come up with our Valentine’s Day XI.

Here it is:

Tim Flowers

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Ian Harte

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Soul-mate Campbell

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Lorenzo Amoruso

Mike Egerton / EMPICS Sport Mike Egerton / EMPICS Sport / EMPICS Sport

Marry Breen

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Danny Rose

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Juan Romantic Riquelme

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Charles N’Snogbia

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Andrei Kanchels-kiss

Neal Simpson / EMPICS Sport Neal Simpson / EMPICS Sport / EMPICS Sport

Peter Crouch Down On One Knee To Propose

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Vagner Love

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Is there anyone we missed? Let us know in the comments below.

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