 Complete the following phrase:  Nicknamed Magic Chris, football journalist Luke Ginnell wrote that Waddle was widely acknowledged as one of the finest attacking midfielders in Europe. During his professional career, which lasted from 1978 to 1998, he played for several clubs, including Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Olympique de Marseille and Sheffield Wednesday. In 1989, his transfer from Tottenham to Marseille for 4.5 million made him the third most valuable player in the world, and he won three successive Ligue 1 titles with the club and played in the 