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.
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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

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Ask A Silly Question The legend of West Brom and English football has died aged just 59. He was a trailblazer for black players in the '70s – but also just a ruddy great bloke...

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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

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FourFourTwo FourFourTwo’s Andy Murray went to Liverpool’s training ground to interview the Reds’ defensive totem for our latest cover story. But what’s the Dutchman really like?

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Leeds United Our staff writer Andy Murray headed for Yorkshire to meet the flying Whites winger – and found someone perfectly at home with his form… and himself

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World Cup 1982 The great icon of Brazilian football never went beyond a World Cup quarter-final... but that was never his priority

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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

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Ajax In 2011, we visited Holland to see what’s so special about the Dutch giants’ famous system – and took a peek at their fancy new digs

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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

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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

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FFT100 Andy Murray analyses the Atletico Madrid striker who top-scored at the Euros this year…

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FFT 50 Managers Still as brilliant and entertaining as ever, Liverpool’s German head honcho is expected to imprint his excellence an Anfield next season with minimal distractions and a full summer behind him

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Match Previews Premier League | Anfield | Sat 2 Apr | 5.30pm | Sky Sports 1

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Pep Guardiola With Guardiola settling in the Man City hot-seat, FFT's award-winning Andy Murray investigates precisely what fans can expect from the notorious perfectionist...

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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)

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Euro 2016 With an extra round of knockout matches in this year’s European Championship, you can bet a few games will have an additional half-hour. FFT's Andrew Murray evaluates

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Adam Lallana Frequently derided for a lack of end product, the English midfielder has become central to Jurgen Klopp's masterplan this season. Now he must find consistency, writes FFT's Andrew Murray

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Joe Hart England and Manchester City No.1 Joe Hart talks you through his pre-match routine to help harness your on-pitch performance

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Control Add the Neymar flick to your arsenal with this video tutorial from professional football freestyler Daniel Cutting

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Control Perfect the heel flick with this video tutorial from football freestyle world record holder Daniel Cutting

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Control Perfect the Neymar Sombrero flick with this video tutorial from professional football freestyler Daniel Cutting

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100 Best Stadiums As masculinely magnificent as its name is sybillantly feminine, the San Siro is among football’s finest venues. Andy Murray doffs his cap...

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Diego Costa Diego Costa’s weekend antics have sparked much outrage, and a probable three-game ban. FFT’s Andrew Murray, one of the few British journalists to have interviewed the Chelsea hitman, explains what it’s like when football’s Mr Hyde puts you into a headlock. Literally...
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