
Joe Donnohue
Joe joined FourFourTwo as senior digital writer in July 2025 after five years covering Leeds United in the Championship and Premier League. Joe's 'Mastermind' specialist subject is 2000s-era Newcastle United having had a season ticket at St. James' Park for 10 years before relocating to Leeds and later London. Joe takes a keen interest in youth football, covering PL2, U21 Euros, as well as U20 and U17 World Cups in the past, in addition to hosting the industry-leading football recruitment-focused SCOUTED podcast. He is also one of the lucky few to have 'hit top bins' as a contestant on Soccer AM. It wasn't a shin-roller.
Latest articles by Joe Donnohue

Premier League TV guide: Live streams, channels, fixtures for Matchweek 30
By Patrick Fletcher last updated
HOW TO WATCH All the information on how to watch the Premier League 2025/2026 season, with broadcasters, streaming options, and televised fixtures so you don't miss a game.

Next piece of Bournemouth super-team puzzle revealed to Premier League masses 'The Boy's A Bit Special'
By Joe Donnohue published
Eyebrows were raised when Bournemouth announced the signing of one of Brazil's best up-and-coming forwards in January

Liverpool prayers could still be answered by £60m defensive star 'The Boy's A Bit Special'
By Joe Donnohue published
Jeremy Jacquet is coming to the Premier League this summer. For a while now, there has been a certain inevitability about it.

'The Boy's A Bit Special' Arsenal's teenage foul magnet smashing records in dazzling senior breakthrough
By Joe Donnohue last updated
Arsenal youngster Max Dowman is smashing all sorts of records as he makes a first-team breakthrough at the age of 15

'The Boy's A Bit Special' Rio Ngumoha eyeing second Liverpool scalp after impressing Arne Slot
By Joe Donnohue last updated
Rio Ngumoha is a first-team squad option for Premier League champions Liverpool - and he's only just turned 17

'The Boy's A Bit Special' Long-term Arsenal midfield target is next cab off the rank in Ligue 1
By Joe Donnohue last updated
Lille midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi looks set to become the Ligue 1 club's next big-money sale

'The Boy's A Bit Special' Everton teen waiting to be unleashed after breakout season
By Joe Donnohue last updated
Everton's capture of Tyler Dibling could prove one of the Premier League's smartest pieces of transfer business over the long-term

'The Boy's A Bit Special' Leeds United youngster Harry Gray fulfilling academy expectations and familial prophecy
By Joe Donnohue last updated
Leeds United teenager Harry Gray is the latest youngster to be selected in FourFourTwo's 'The Boy's A Bit Special' feature

'The Boy's A Bit Special' Real Madrid's €40m sensation wins early vote of confidence at Santiago Bernabeu
By Joe Donnohue last updated
Real Madrid winger Franco Mastantuono is among the world's best young players and is selected in FourFourTwo's 'The Boy's A Bit Special' feature

'The Boy's A Bit Special' LaLiga aerial colossus already attracting Premier League interest as Arsenal lurk
By Joe Donnohue last updated
Real Sociedad centre-back Jon Martin is one of the best young centre-backs in world football currently and features in this month's edition of 'The Boy's A Bit Special'

'The Boy's A Bit Special' Portugal teenager with shades of Manchester City legend an outside bet for World Cup spotlight
By Joe Donnohue last updated
FC Porto attacker Rodrigo Mora is the classic European No.10 and features in this month's 'The Boy's A Bit Special'

Ronaldo, Vinicius Jr, Jimmy Corbett?! 'The Boy's A Bit Special' best and worst wonderkid scouting picks
By Joe Donnohue last updated
The Boy’s A Bit Special feature has returned to FourFourTwo – to celebrate, we look back at three decades of youngsters who we tipped for the top. Some predictions were more successful than others…

'The Boy's A Bit Special' Ajax teenager with shades of Liverpool star already in World Cup reckoning
By Joe Donnohue last updated
Ajax are renowned for producing talent through their world-renowned De Toekomst academy but for this versatile midfielder, Amsterdam is merely a finishing school

'The Boy's A Bit Special' Bundesliga's Dimitar Berbatov regen Can Uzun coming to a league near you
By Joe Donnohue last updated
Eintracht Frankfurt have a reputation for developing forwards before exporting them to the Premier League - is Can Uzun next?

'The Boy's A Bit Special' Bournemouth breakout puts elite clubs on red alert for France international of the future
By Joe Donnohue last updated
Few players make the jump from France's second tier to the Premier League as seamlessly as Eli Junior Kroupi appears to have done for AFC Bournemouth

'The Boy's A Bit Special' Why Chelsea's answer to Bukayo Saka is arriving at Stamford Bridge this summer
By Joe Donnohue last updated
Geovany Quenda could prove to be Chelsea's answer to Bukayo Saka - if the Portuguese winger is given the same pathway the England star was afforded at the Emirates Stadium

'The Boy's A Bit Special' How Rangers and Chelsea let slip this £60m winger headed for top of the game
By Joe Donnohue last updated
RB Leipzig's Yan Diomandé has one of the most unique origin stories in Europe's top five leagues right now

'The Boy's A Bit Special' Tottenham Hotspur man mountain ready to take Virgil van Dijk's Premier League crown
By Joe Donnohue last updated
Defenders defend and attackers attack, that's the established order of things, unless you're Tottenham Hotspur's Luka Vuskovic

'The Boy's A Bit Special' Dutch De Bruyne on Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea transfer radar
By Joe Donnohue last updated
Kees Smit is hot property and won't be at AZ Alkmaar for long. Buy your Smit stocks now. It might already be too late.

Brighton and Hove Albion rival Bayern Munich for £30m Bundesliga star: 'The Boy's A Bit Special'
By Joe Donnohue last updated
Said El Mala is being chased by practically every elite club in Europe right now, which means if you're Bundesliga side Köln, you're rubbing your hands together

Bayern Munich teenager admits dream to play for Champions League rivals Real Madrid: 'The Boy's A Bit Special'
By Joe Donnohue last updated
There aren't many 17-year-olds currently playing senior football for one of Europe's biggest clubs. There are even fewer putting in Man of the Match performances alongside the likes of Harry Kane, Luis Diaz and Michael Olise. Lennart Karl is.

Newcastle United prodigy rises to Eddie Howe's challenge after injury crisis: 'The Boy's A Bit Special'
By Joe Donnohue last updated
Newcastle United's breakthrough talent is one of the few bright sparks from what has been a difficult campaign for the Magpies

Meet Wolves teenager wanted by Manchester United who is subject of international tug-of-war: 'The Boy's A Bit Special'
By Joe Donnohue last updated
Mateus Mane caught plenty of people by surprise when he conducted his first post-match interview with Sky Sports earlier this year
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