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‘It will be a massive achievement if Sunderland finish above Newcastle United, but the season is pretty much already a success regardless – top 10 would be amazing’ Former Black Cats Premier League star hails club’s progress after derby win
Talking to FourFourTwo, ex-Sunderland ace assesses his former side's fine start to the campaign
‘Alex Ferguson asked me to walk out with Manchester United at the FA Cup final - I was a kid and was like, ‘It would be pretty cool though, dad?’ but my dad said no!’ Joe Cole on how he could have ended up alongside Red Devils legends
EXCLUSIVE The future England international could have had a front row seat for a memorable FA Cup final
‘Jose Mourinho said I had a good face and an ugly face but I had no problem with how honest he was. Playing for him was like joining a cult’ Joe Cole on playing for the Special One at Chelsea
EXCLUSIVE Joe Cole spent three seasons playing under Jose Mourinho at Chelsea
‘Everyone talks about the final, but for me, the best feeling was that Juve game in Turin, it’s up there with winning it, because nobody beat Juve away, ever. Certainly not after going 2-0 down in 11 minutes.’ Nicky Butt on THAT Juventus win
EXCLUSIVE Manchester United's historic 1999 treble would not have happened without the classic Champions League semi-final win over the Italian giants
‘A guy went, ‘If I give you something, can I have a selfie with it?’ He pulled his f**king glass eye out and said, ‘Can you hold that?’ Paul Gascoigne on his greatest fan encounters
EXCLUSIVE Gazza has been the subject of adoring fans for almost four decades
‘I didn’t actually mind playing on the left - but with England it was different, I just wasn’t enjoying playing for England. Do I regret stopping early? Yeah, I probably do’ Paul Scholes on why he REALLY retired from international duty
EXCLUSIVE The former Manchester United midfielder turned out 66 times for the Three Lions
‘I caught this snake, put it in a plastic bag and put it in Roberto Di Matteo’s pocket after training. Then I asked if he could lend me some money, so he’d put his hand in his pocket…’ Paul Gascoigne on his best pranks
EXCLUSIVE You were never safe when sharing a dressing room with Gazza…
Destiny Udogie exclusive: ‘What happened away from football was a shock, something I’d never experienced before, I don’t wish it on anyone – but Spurs have really helped me and everything is good now, I don’t think about it any more’
Speaking to FourFourTwo, the Italian international says he's been grateful for the support he's received during the past three months
James Maddison exclusive ‘I don’t know when I’ll be back yet, I’m not thinking about the World Cup – I’m working so hard in my rehab, I’m so hungry to be back doing my thing for Tottenham and proving myself again’
The Tottenham Hotspur midfielder has been on the sidelines since damaging his ACL in August, but is determined to hit his best form when he returns
Morgan Rogers exclusive: ‘Can Aston Villa win the Premier League? Who knows? We won’t put a cap on what we can do – we’re going under the radar but that’s fine, we don’t care. We’ve got one of the best managers in the world’
The West Midlands club host leaders Arsenal on Saturday, with the chance to close the gap at the top of the Premier League to just three points
‘Cristiano Ronaldo makes so many fans happy, and there were similar cases before – it’s good that he’s been allowed to play from the beginning of the World Cup’ Former Manchester United team-mate backs FIFA decision not to increase legend’s suspension
The Portugal forward will be able to play in the first match of next year’s tournament, after governing body’s ruling over red card
‘If the Manchester United that won at Crystal Palace turns up week after week, there’s no doubt they have a chance of making the top four’ Former Red Devils star believes his old club have the ability to qualify for the Champions League
Ruben Amorim’s side moved to within touching distance of the top spots with victory at the weekend, but need consistency to return to Europe’s elite competition
‘If Ivan Toney was available in January, it’s something Spurs would have to consider – Thomas Frank knows him, it’s worth a conversation’ Former Tottenham Hotspur striker explains why his old club should think about Saudi Pro League forward
Former strike ace thinks the England international could provide additional firepower in North London, under his old Brentford boss
‘Maybe I’ll do a World Cup song for Scotland – you don’t want it to be too twee, but you want it to be catchy enough’ Amy Macdonald on her dream assignment
EXCLUSIVE The Scots have had some memorable World Cup songs throughout the years
‘Jack Grealish reminds me of myself - it doesn’t matter if he loses the ball, he always wants it again… He’s handsome as well!’ Paul Gascoigne on why he can’t imagine Grealish missing the World Cup
EXCLUSIVE Gazza is a big fan of Everton loan star Grealish
‘He only said what everyone was thinking. They’d sold the superstars and we were little spotty-faced kids coming into the team’ Nicky Butt on Alan Hansen’s ‘you can’t win anything with kids’
EXCLUSIVE The former Match of the Day pundit’s one-liner would go down in history
‘I told a teacher I was going to make it as a footballer and got kicked out of class. After the 1990 World Cup, I went back to the school and said, "Do you remember me, you f**king bastard!"’ Paul Gascoigne on practising his autograph at school
EXCLUSIVE Gazza knew he would make it from a young age - and now tells us that he rubbed it in a teacher's face
'Mourinho told me "Don’t train, you’ll be playing but I’m going to name a different team"... he had me believing that I wasn’t playing until he named the team so he did me a kipper as well!' Damien Duff on Jose Mourinho's Chelsea vs Barcelona double bluff
As the old rivals prepare to do battle again tonight, FourFourTwo looks back on an iconic tie between Chelsea and Barcelona 20 years ago
‘At Italia 90, the best bit about the entire tournament was that I knew I was the best player in the world’ Paul Gascoigne on being the best on Earth in 1990
EXCLUSIVE England’s run to the World Cup semi-finals made Paul Gascoigne a household name in 1990
‘It’s still my favourite. I was playing for my country against my own players from Rangers, they’d been giving me grief and I said, ‘Just wait until we get to Wembley…’ Paul Gascoigne on his Euro 96 goal against Scotland
EXCLUSIVE Gazza’s goal against the Auld Enemy proved to be the turning point in England’s Euro 96 campaign
'Fergie told me to do what I want, so I asked "Why am I not f**king playing?" That was when it went off…’ Nicky Butt on his EXPLOSIVE row with Sir Alex Ferguson
EXCLUSIVE When players clashed with the Manchester United boss, there was usually only one winner…
‘Fergie called me into his office three years ago to give me a bollocking - even now, he’s the only manager that I s**t myself when I see him’ Paul Gascoigne on turning down Sir Alex Ferguson
EXCLUSIVE Gazza came close to joining Manchester United from Newcastle in 1988
‘After we won the Premier League at Leicester, we took the trophy everywhere and I’d say to security ‘Can we get it out?’ David Beckham was on a plane with us, so we got it out and had pictures with him!’ Foxes title-winner reveals meeting with a legend
Leicester City hero tells FourFourTwo how it felt to become a champion, in the 10th anniversary season of the club's famous triumph
