Weary eyes, Green Crocodiles and the Turkish Strictly Come Dancing

Who says that the Champions League is predictable? Manchester UnitedâÂÂs trip to Bursa last week was anything but.

A flight to and a night in Istanbul were followed by an early morning ferry across the Sea of Mamara to TurkeyâÂÂs fourth-biggest city of 1.8 million. The hospitality was superb, the atmosphere in the ground too â as it always is in Turkey.

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Andy Mitten
Editor at Large

Andy Mitten is Editor at Large of FourFourTwo, interviewing the likes of Lionel Messi, Eric Cantona, Sir Alex Ferguson and Diego Maradona for the magazine. He also founded and is editor of United We Stand, the Manchester United fanzine, and contributes to a number of publications, including GQ, the BBC and The Athletic.