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Every month, our team deliver the biggest names, the finest features and the most respected columnists in football. FourFourTwo is the only magazine that truly reflects football in all its extremes. Spectacular, dramatic, hilarious, opinionated, authoritative, intelligent, quirky - from the grass roots up, if it's in the game, it's in FourFourTwo.

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5 THINGS YOU’LL LEARN IN SIDE

BRIAN MCCLAIR • “Noel Gallagher washed my car before he was famous. He was partial to a Penguin… Liam just wanted a scrap with Nicky Butt”

MEAN WHILE IN … • …Paraguay, CONMEBOL weren’t content with just having one Lionel Messi – they wanted two Lionel Messis

GAMES THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

“FANCY A HELICOPTER RIDE, EMLYN?” • Long before Ted Lasso’s AFC Richmond, Roy Race’s Melchester made it big – as did several other fictional teams

THE ULTIMATE QUIZ • Solve these puzzlers, featuring a musical instrument, Shakira and Big Sam – surely a hit waiting to happen…

LEE BOWYER VS KIERON DYER

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REQUIRED READING

MY FOOTBALL • The Aussie snooker ace explains why John Terry asked him for help to beat Spurs

FOOTBALL’S RICHEST PLAYER? • No, not Messi or Ronaldo: the man in question now plays in Thailand

JULES BREACH • The presenter and journalist gives her take on the beautiful game – this month: Solly key for Seagulls

SYLVINHO • The ex-Arsenal full-back became Albania boss at the start of January, and the Brazilian is aiming to bag a spot at Euro 2024

BALKAN ADVENTURE • The febrile footballing peninsula has hosted plenty of big-name coaches in the past decade and a bit…

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WØNDERKID • Martin Ødegaard was just 15 when he first trained with Arsenal. Now, at 24, he’s finally their captain. FourFourTwo speaks to those who were there for this coming-of-age story, as the Norwegian star survived the chaos of the Bernabeu and found a home in London

CURSE OF THE ARMBAND • It’s been a rocky road from Arteta to Ødegaard in Arsenal’s captaincy quest

BABY GALACTICOS • After losing out on Neymar, Real Madrid decided to snap up a boy wonder or two. Or eleven…

SCANDINAVIAN ICONS • Before Martin Ødegaard and Erling Haaland arrived to rip up the Premier League, a host of other Nordic stars had already made their mark on the world stage – these 16 standouts among them

CRISTIANO OF ARABIA • After an acrimonious Manchester United exit, Cristiano Ronaldo has hit the Middle East goal trail, bringing the Saudi Pro League ever greater exposure. He’s desperate for yet another league title, yes, but also to start a football revolution…

MANAGEMENT IS VOLATILE ONLY THE LUNATICS SIGN UP FOR IT • Madness has never been far away during Joey Barton’s career, but the Bristol Rovers boss has enjoyed success as a manager – now he tells FFT why he’s taking his inspiration from Eddie Howe and, er, Genghis Khan?!

BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY • Wigan’s 2013 FA Cup triumph was followed by relegation three days later and off-field woe for years to come, but it sure felt good at the time. A decade on, those involved tell FFT how they sprung one of the cup’s biggest upsets

A DECADE OF DECAY • The next 10 years hasn’t all been misery for the Latics… but most of it was

SAN SIRO THE FIGHT TO SAVE • Milan’s iconic stadium has been set for demolition for years, yet uncertainty rumbles on. As FFT discovers, not everyone agrees with the plan – even Bruce Springsteen…

SAN SIRO’S ICONIC CLASHES • Featuring classic finals, famous photos and the greatest foul in football history

IN A LIGA HIS OWN • Gerry...