Michael Yokhin

Boca Juniors Scores to be settled, trophies to be won and presidential derbies to be played out: plenty to keep fans occupied over the next few days...

Journeying from Guinea to France as a teenage footballer brought rejections, setbacks and challenges – yet Liverpool’s new signing fought through them all, as Michael Yokhin explains

Premier League Featuring a South American World Cup star and the best in young Dutch talent: Michael Yokhin on the Eredivisie stars who Premier League clubs should be investing in

Croatia Croatia are in a World Cup semi-final, but that hasn't been a cause for mass celebration back home. Michael Yokhin on a nation divided between their admirable football team and behind-the-scenes turmoil

FIFA World Cup England’s breakdown bother, Antoine Griezmann’s ultimate challenge and Brazil’s missing man – Michael Yokhin outlines a key query hanging over every team still at Russia 2018

FourFourTwo Plenty to prove in the Madrid derby, an ex-Saint hits heavenly form and the potential for double Donnarumma feature in Michael Yokhin's weekly world preview

FourFourTwo A red-hot Lisbon derby, Quagliarella's emotional return to Naples and a meeting of two fine Spanish minds all feature in Michael Yokhin's weekly preview

FourFourTwo The team so bad they who could finish the season with minus points, derbies in Milan and Moscow, and the closest Jose’s getting to the Bernabeu – it’s all in Michael Yokhin’s weekly round-up

Arsenal ​Unai Emery needs to revamp the Gunners’ squad – but who should be on his shortlist?

Barcelona Another humbling in the knockout stages means we could see plenty of personnel change at the Camp Nou this summer. But who is on the incoming list?

Netherlands After failing to qualify for Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup, Ronald Koeman’s Oranje are undergoing a revival quicker than anyone thought

UEFA Champions League Carlo Ancelotti must deal with a mutinous dressing room, an erratic owner – and worst, a trip to Anfield

Bundesliga Which Bundesliga stars are destined for England this winter?

Tottenham Hotspur Wanted by Barcelona and Real Madrid but signed by Spurs, £42m man Davinson Sanchez has packed a lot into his 21 years

Talentspotter Michael Yokhin on Nice's nice guy in the middle whose dazzling displays in Ligue 1 have earned him widespread Premier League attention

FFT100 The stats say it all: Lewandowski is one of the deadliest finishers in the world, and achieving icon status in both Poland and Germany

FFT100 It's been his most prolific year yet for Borussia Dortmund – and yet the feeling lingers that there could be even more from the brilliant Gabonese speedster

Talentspotter Reports suggest a deal has been agreed for the 19-year-old Nigerian to join Everton this summer. But what's his story? Michael Yokhin tells the intriguing tale so far

FFT 100 Greatest With a left foot that could be either a cannon or a magician’s wand, Hungary’s Galloping Major ruled the football pitch

FFT 100 Greatest A playmaker and prolific goalscorer all at once, Platini was Europe’s best player of the 1980s

FFT 100 Greatest The German gunslinger Mullered defences for 18 years with his unrivalled finishing prowess

Arsenal Zorc is a key target for Arsenal, according to German publication Bild – but not necessarily the right one, writes Michael Yokhin

Talentspotter Michael Yokhin provides the lowdown on the Nigeria international on his way to the King Power Stadium

Talentspotter Michael Yokhin profiles the highly-rated defender who was on the shopping list of many a Premier League club in the summer

Talentspotter Kluivert Snr. represented Ajax, Milan and Barcelona, and scored a goal every other game for the Netherlands – but his 17-year-old hotshot son is looking good to follow in those footsteps