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But to keep their position as the most-talked about group in England, it's clear whom the Girls must hire: Paul "Gazza" Gascoigne, the once-brilliant, always-troubled soccer star who was recently denied a spot on the British World Cup squad, and in the process blew the Spice Girls off the front page and next to the recipes and the crossword puzzle.