Soccer star of Tudor times? (4)

I believe the answer is:

owen

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'soccer star' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'of tudor times?' is the wordplay.
'of' becomes 'o'.
'tudor times?' becomes 'wen' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'o'+'wen'='OWEN'

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(Other definitions for owen that I've seen before include "Wilfred - - , WWI poet" , "Wilfred -, English poet killed in World War One" , "Welsh boy's name" , "Clive --, English actor" , "'E won over the Welshman" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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