Andrew Murray
Andrew Murray is a freelance journalist, who regularly contributes to both the FourFourTwo magazine and website. Formerly a senior staff writer at FFT and a fluent Spanish speaker, he has interviewed major names such as Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah, Sergio Aguero and Xavi. He was also named PPA New Consumer Journalist of the Year 2015.
Latest articles by Andrew Murray
The FourFourTwo Preview: Arsenal vs Chelsea
By Andrew Murray last updated
Premier League Premier League | Emirates Stadium | Sun 26 Apr | 4pm
The FourFourTwo Preview: Liverpool vs Southampton
By Andrew Murray last updated
Premier League Premier League | Anfield | Sat 21 Sep | 3pm
5 things we’ve learned about Chelsea going into 2018
By Andrew Murray published
Chelsea Andy Murray was at Stamford Bridge for Chelsea's final game of 2017, getting the lowdown on the defending champions ahead of tonight’s match with Arsenal
FFT's Greatest Club Sides Ever: Why Arsenal’s Invincibles didn’t make the cut
By Andrew Murray last updated
Arsenal One of the men responsible, Andrew Murray, explains why 'The Invincibles' didn't make it...
The FourFourTwo Preview: Swansea vs Southampton
By Andrew Murray last updated
Premier League Premier League | Liberty Stadium | Sat 20 Sep | 3pm
The FourFourTwo Preview: Chelsea vs Stoke
By Andrew Murray last updated
Premier League Premier League | Stamford Bridge | Sat 5 Apr | 5:30pm
Explaining Marcelo Bielsa: How the Argentine came to influence football's greatest managers
By Andrew Murray last updated
Marcelo Bielsa If you thought Brian Clough’s Leeds spell was fraught, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Bielsa has inspired a generation of top coaches to become winners – and a string of club owners to pull their hair out
The FourFourTwo Preview: West Ham vs Man United
By Andrew Murray last updated
Premier League Premier League | Upton Park | Sun 8 Feb | 4:15pm
Wilfried Zaha: Race away from trouble
By Andrew Murray last updated
Dribbling Avoid the swipes of a hack-happy full-back with these handy tips from the Crystal Palace and England trickster
Lamela: I want to continue Ardiles and Villa legacy
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Erik Lamela Tottenham Hotspur's Argentine summer signing Erik Lamela is aiming to follow in the footsteps of compatriots Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa by helping take silverware to White Hart Lane.
FourFourTwo's 100 Greatest Footballers EVER: No.4, Johan Cruyff
By Andrew Murray last updated
FFT 100 Greatest As influential with his ideas as he was with his feet, the impact of Cruyff’s genius echoes through the game today
Showstopping skills: The Neymar Flick
By Andrew Murray last updated
Control Add the Neymar flick to your arsenal with this video tutorial from professional football freestyler Daniel Cutting
The 9 best teams that DIDN'T win a thing
By Andrew Murray published
Lists Winning 97 points and still not lifting the title? Liverpool fans, that’s small fry compared to these nine teams who went full Icarus in the face of impending triumph
The FourFourTwo Preview: West Brom vs Everton
By Andrew Murray last updated
Premier League Premier League | The Hawthorns | Mon 20 Jan | 8pm
Showstopping skills: Hocus Pocus
By Andrew Murray last updated
Control Cast a spell over your opponent with this mesmerising trick from professional freestyler Daniel Cutting
What Naby Keita is already bringing to Liverpool
By Andrew Murray published
Questions were raised when the Reds paid above the RB Leipzig midfielder’s release clause last summer, but has Jurgen Klopp found the missing piece of his midfield jigsaw? FFT’s Andy Murray went to Selhurst Park to run the rule over Liverpool’s new No.8
Salomon Kalou: How to be a super sub
By Andrew Murray last updated
Hertha BSC Struggling to make an impact from the bench? Here's how you can hit the ground running
The big interview: Xavi – inside the mind of a football genius
By Andrew Murray last updated
Xavi In the Middle East and out of sight, but definitely not off the radar, Xavi tells FourFourTwo of his love for the English game, his coaching masterplan and how he nearly left Barcelona at 19 (Issue: May 2016; Photography: Shamil Tanna)
Berbatov still brings beauty and other things we learned from Fulham 2-1 West Ham
By Andrew Murray last updated
Stats Zone FFT's Andy Murray was at Craven Cottage to report his key learnings...
Diego Costa: Silence those boo boys
By Andrew Murray last updated
Psychology Chelsea’s raging bull on how to transform a venomous atmosphere into goalscoring fuel
Alvaro Morata's goalscoring masterclass
By Andrew Murray last updated
Shooting Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata on his speed of thought, scoring with both feet and playing as a lone striker
Lionel Messi: I’m not the sort of guy who shouts and screams before a match
By Andrew Murray last updated
Lionel Messi Global superstar (and some say best footballer on earth) Lionel Messi talks FourFourTwo's Andrew Murray through his daily routine and life as a Barcelona player...