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GHEORGHE HAGI • “Tottenham made a good offer, but it wasn’t about money – when Johan Cruyff calls and asks you to join Barcelona, it’s hard to say no”
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UPFRONT • Playing off the last defender, it’s the big-man-little-man partnership of football and funnies…
JERMAINE JENAS GAMES THAT CHANGED MY LIFE
THE ULTIMATE QUIZ • Try our latest football puzzlers out for size, including wolf-fighting managers, Garibaldis and the Fla-Flu derby
JULES BREACH • The journalist is tipping England to go far at the Women’s World Cup…
MY FOOTBALL • The Who frontman on rediscovering his love of football through Arsenal and performing at Highbury’s farewell
LEE CARSLEY • The ex-Everton midfielder now manages England Under-21s – he meets FFT ahead of the Euros
“THE UTTERLY IMPOSSIBLE JOB” • The words of Carsley’s predecessor – but how did the last three England U21s managers fare? It’s not all bad…
MEANWHILE IN… • …MLS, the trees at Matthew McConaughey’s local club are big – and very, very, angry
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THE DEBATE • Should football use a ‘stop clock’ when the ball goes dead?
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NOW FOR THE WORLD • After bagging their first ever major trophy at the Euros, England’s women want to conquer the globe. Alessia Russo, Georgia Stanway and Alex Greenwood explain to FourFourTwo why a place in this summer’s World Cup final isn’t just a dream…
ENGLAND’S WORLD CUP RECORD
WHO NEEDS PHIL NEVILLE? • Sarina Wiegman’s 31 matches in charge have produced 138 goals… and one defeat
WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2023 • Your team-by-team guide to the other 31 participants, from favourites to outsiders and eight nations on debut
THE LIONESSES’ ROUTE TO WORLD CUP GLORY • We’ve crunched the numbers and calculated how the cards will be dealt Down Under this summer, based on the pre-tournament odds. England fans might want to set up camp in Sydney – are the bookies ever wrong…?
THE RECORD BREAKER • No footballer, male or female, has ever scored more international goals than Christine Sinclair. At 40 years of age, she’s back for her sixth World Cup with Canada and aiming to nudge her tally ever closer to 200…
SEND THEM VICTORIOUS • Two English coaches at the 2023 World Cup have had very different career paths. South Korea’s Colin Bell and Canada’s Bev Priestman explain how Gary Lineker, Jurgen Klopp and Phil Neville brought them to this moment
THE ORIGINAL CHLOE KELLY • Brandi Chastain’s celebration in 1999 inspired an England hero last year – and remains one of the greatest moments in the history of the Women’s World Cup. We look back at the highlights of previous tournaments
WE STARVED IN THE FAVELA, BUT I HAD DREAM • After growing up in poverty, Antony will never take his life at Manchester United for granted. In an exclusive interview, he tells FFT how he made it, and why he thinks he can be the world’s best player…
MALTA: BIG FANS OF THE SEAL DRIBBLE • Thanks to his love for spinning with the ball, Antony has his own signature move – these three did, too…
MK DONS HAS THE FRANCHISE WORKED? • Twenty years after their divisive move to Milton Keynes, the club tumbled into League Two in May, amid dwindling crowds at the gigantic Stadium MK....