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THE BEAUTIFUL GAME
JAVIER HERNANDEZ • “Trying to get another Sir Alex Ferguson was the wrong move. Then West Ham hired the only boss who didn’t like Chicharito!”
THE ULTIMATE QUIZ • Test your knowledge with our questions concerning golden boots, Golden Boys and managers called Keith…
JULES BREACH • The presenter looks back on the Lionesses’ Euros success and how it was viewed in the USA
LEE WESTWOOD • The former world No.1 and Ryder Cup legend discusses Alan Shearer’s caddying nightmare and his golfing advice to Jimmy Bullard
GAMES THAT CHANGED MY LIFE
WILL FOOTBALL’S NEW INDEPENDENT REGULATOR MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE?
DAVID JAMES • The ex-England goalkeeper selects his old Aston Villa pal and a man with artwork at every London Tube station
VILLAGE PEOPLE • From a place with just 800 residents, Mjallby recently went top of the Swedish top flight – is the Champions League close for Frank Worthington’s old club?
Before the Champions League final, people would shout ‘Ballon d’Or!’ at me. It’s the Holy Grail • Ousmane Dembele is the favourite to win the France Football award next month, after helping PSG become European champions. Guillem Balague talks to the Frenchman to find out how he bounced back, after troubled times at Barcelona
Ousmane Dembele: Space hopper enthusiast • FFT first met the Frenchman in 2017 – and found out that the teenager was partial to an unusual photoshoot
THE GREATEST CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TEAMS EVER! • Ousmane Dembele helped PSG to a record victory in last season’s final in Munich – it confirmed their place among the very best sides the competition has ever produced
7,000 MILE ROUND TRIP 18 HOURS OF FLYINGONE AWAY FAN WELCOME TO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE’S EASTERNMOST FIXTURE • As Central Asia prepares to be represented at the World Cup for the first time, FFT visited the region to witness a European match near the Chinese border
SO GOOD! SO GOOD! SO GOOD! • The ultimate big game player, Chloe Kelly shot to the top of the Sports Personality of the Year odds at the Euros… The Bobby Zamora superfan has used determination forged as a child to recover from misery and conquer the continent with both club and country
“No-one watches the Lionesses? Are you totally sure about that?” • FFT’s women’s football editor Sarah Rendell headed to central London to witness England’s post-Euros parade
When I wore that Manchester United shirt, I sat there thinking ‘What have you done?’ It was a massive mistake • As a teenager, John Obi Mikel became embroiled in an infamous tug of war, with the Red Devils and Chelsea both claiming they had signed the midfielder. In his own words, he explains how it all unfolded, via secret flights and a showdown meeting with Sir Alex
“LADS, WAIT FOR ME!” • Invited to spend a day training at Cambridge United, FourFourTwo weren’t going to win any fitness awards, but would our efforts impress the gaffer Neil Harris?
TO BE FRANK • Spurs’ new boss almost quit football as a youth coach, then left Brondby when his chairman criticised him online under a pseudonym. Now he’s a Champions League manager…
GREENLAND’S SEVEN-DAY SEASON • The territory has recently had to deal with Donald Trump’s advances, plus rejections by both CONCACAF and UEFA. FourFourTwo headed to capital Nuuk in August 2016, to witness the oddity of the world’s shortest league campaign
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