""There's Emile Heskey," says the man on the gate. "Jaysus, he looks much older, doesn't he? He must be nearly, what, 60 by now?""
"Heskey, the 47-year-old former Liverpool and England striker, is wearing one of those long quilted manager jackets that go down to your lower shin, the sort Arsene Wenger inadvertently invented internet memes with a decade ago."
Emile Heskey is described at 47 years old and perceived as much older by an onlooker. A man at a gate remarks that Heskey appears almost 60. Heskey is identified as a former Liverpool and England striker. He wears a long quilted manager jacket reaching to his lower shin. The jacket is likened to the style Arsene Wenger popularized and made into internet memes a decade earlier. The scene conveys surprise at Heskey's age and a vivid visual of his attire, linking football culture, nostalgia, and contemporary fashion.
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