Ed McCambridge

Ed McCambridge

Staff Writer

Ed is a staff writer at FourFourTwo, working across the magazine and website. A German speaker, he’s been working as a football reporter in Berlin since 2015, predominantly covering the Bundesliga and Germany's national team. Favourite FFT features include an exclusive interview with Jude Bellingham following the youngster’s move to Borussia Dortmund in 2020, a history of the Berlin Derby since the fall of the Wall and a celebration of Kevin Keegan’s playing career.

Latest articles by Ed McCambridge

Peter Crouch reveals extreme lengths Rafa Benitez went to in order to confuse spies

By Ed McCambridge Published

Crouch was part of the Liverpool team that reached the 2007 Champions League Final under Benitez

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‘I read on social media that I was going to be played as a striker in our next game. I was honestly just laughing, but then one of the coaches said it might happen’ Mikel Merino on playing up front for Arsenal

By Joe Mewis Published

EXCLUSIVE The Spanish midfielder has been parachuted into the striker role on several occasions at Arsenal since his 2024 move to the Emirates

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‘Lamine Yamal has matured a lot since the Euros. He’s probably the best in the world at the minute, but he can’t do it on his own’ Mikel Merino on his game-changing Spain team-mate

By Joe Mewis Published

EXCLUSIVE Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal will turn 19 during this summer’s World Cup

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‘As soon as he hits it, you think, ‘That's going to be close’’ Neil Sullivan recalls being lobbed from the halfway line by a young David Beckham, 30 years on

By Ed McCambridge Published

Sullivan was the unfortunate gloveman on the receiving end of one of the Premier League’s most iconic goals, 30 years ago this summer

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‘You’d get in your car to leave and someone's nicked your keys’ Neil Sullivan on breaking through at Wimbledon during the club’s infamous Crazy gang era

By Ed McCambridge Published

Sullivan recalls some of the dressing room antics that made life tough for a youngster breaking through at Wimbledon

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‘Declan Rice is a beast – I’d love to face him or Martin Odegaard at the World Cup’ Mikel Merino on the prospect of facing his Arsenal team-mates at the World Cup this summer

By Joe Mewis Published

EXCLUSIVE The Spanish midfielder would relish the opportunity to be pitted against one of his Gunners midfield team-mates in North America this summer

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‘I liked him at the time, but now I'm not thinking that was not a good signing’ Michael Owen on the big-money signings that failed to deliver for Liverpool this season

By Ed McCambridge Published

Liverpool legend Owen believes his former club made mistakes in the transfer window last summer, and have paid the price with results

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‘There is only one obvious positive from this season’ Michael Owen on Liverpool’s sole silver lining from a disappointing campaign

By Ed McCambridge Published

Liverpool legend Michael Owen looks back on a season to forget for Arne Slot’s side

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'The striker position is the most important place to strengthen next year' Ray Parlour on where Arsenal need to improve over the summer

By Ed McCambridge Published

Arsenal legend Parlour wants to see Mikel Arteta's side make big investment despite battling impressively on all fronts this campaign

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‘Tottenham need to be more ruthless with their players – you can’t keep blaming managers’ Chris Waddle on how Spurs can become a top side again

By Ed McCambridge Published

Chris Waddle believes fundamental changes are required at his former club Tottenham Hotspur

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‘Do you pick on form or experience? The Golden Generation always seemed to be selected on their experience and that didn’t work out’ Micah Richards on Thomas Tuchel’s big challenge

By Joe Mewis Published

EXCLUSIVE England managers have always to choose between form and reputation

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‘I am one of many players who will regret not winning something’ Gareth Barry looks back on an England career of frustration

By Ed McCambridge Published

Gareth Barry earned over 50 Three Lions caps and was selected for major tournaments, but feels he and his team-mates could have achieved more

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‘Spurs are always shopping just below the top level’ Harry Redknapp on how Tottenham Hotspur and Roberto de Zerbi can avoid another horror season next term

By Ed McCambridge Published

The former Spurs gaffer believes Spurs will stay up this season, but feels a wholesale change to operations is needed this summer

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‘That game changed my whole legacy in Milan’ Olivier Giroud recalls the derby which made him a hero to AC Milan fans

By Ed McCambridge Published

Olivier Giroud’s on his stunning performance as Milan defeated neighbours Inter in a must-win Serie A clash in 2022

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‘We’re not talking about Wembley here’ Joe Cole recalls his match-winning turn as a Sunday League star

By Ed McCambridge Published

Joe Cole won three Premier League titles, but has now been helping a lowly Sunday League side reverse their slump

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‘I didn’t celebrate the goal too much out of respect, but it was an incredible feeling’ Olivier Giroud recalls sinking former club Arsenal with Chelsea in the 2019 Europa League Final

By Ed McCambridge Published

Giroud swapped Arsenal for Chelsea in January 2018, only to face his former side in a European final at the end of his first full season

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‘I was touched by God's grace that day’ Olivier Giroud recalls his stunning ‘scorpion kick’ goal against Crystal Palace in 2019

By Ed McCambridge Published

The Frenchman scored one of the all-time great Premier League goals in an unforgettable 2-0 victory over the Eagles

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‘If we played that game 10 times, we’d win it nine’ Olivier Giroud recalls the most painful defeat of his entire career, and why it made him the player he became

By Ed McCambridge Published

Giroud won the greatest prize in football at the 2018 World Cup, but it might not have been possible without his lowest ebb two years earlier

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‘I have never seen greater passion’ Olivier Giroud compares the North London Derby with the Derby della Madonnina

By Ed McCambridge Published

In an exclusive chat with FourFourTwo, Arsenal and AC Milan hero Olivier Giroud recalls his greatest moments from two iconic derbies

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The 10 best German players ever 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy Lothar Matthaeus * 21.03.1961 Football player, Germany, member of the national team - Lothar Matthaeus (left) celebrating after scoring a goal in the first round match against Yugoslavia (4 - 1)| right: Juergen Klinsmann - (Photo by Bernd Wende/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
Ranked! The 10 best German players ever

By Ed McCambridge Last updated

These are the greatest players ever from Germany, the land of beers, bratwursts and brilliant penalty takers.

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‘He’s like Casemiro but with fresher, stronger legs’ Gary Pallister on who Manchester United need to sign this summer

By Ed McCambridge Published

Legendary Manchester United defender Gary Pallister would love to see his former club make some much-needed upgrades this summer

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Former Chelsea man explains how Moises Caicedo justifies his £115m price tag

By Isaac Stacey Stronge Published

Moises Caicedo’s move from Brighton to Chelsea was a British record at the time

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‘He’s getting close to the realms of Maradona’ Gary McAllister on the genius of Scott McTominay, and why Manchester United were daft to let him go

By Ed McCambridge Published

Premier League and Scotland legend McAllister believes the Tartan Army talisman could be key to World Cup hopes this summer

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‘Lawrence Shankland’s position is probably most up for grabs’ Scotland legend Kenny Miller on the youngsters vying for a place in Steve Clarke’s World Cup squad

By Ed McCambridge Published

Former striker Miller runs the rule over Clarke’s forward line ahead of the 2026 World Cup

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‘Liverpool must build their future around him’ former Premier League star Frank Lebouef believes the Reds’ future success depends on countryman’s stellar performances

By Ed McCambridge Last updated

World Cup winner Lebouef believes Liverpool need to go in a new direction next season

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