Return of Taarabt: how Adel reinvented himself at Benfica

After four years on the sidelines, the Moroccan is now a snarling defensive midfielder and a key man for the derby with Porto Adel Taarabt has been called many things. Martin Jol, his manager at Tottenham, labelled him "a wizard". A few years later at QPR, Harry Redknapp described him "three stone overweight." Both are probably close to being true. But nobody ever dared to call the Moroccan a defensive midfielder, even Taarabt himself: when asked to respond to Redknapp's criticism, the then 24-y...