Long Read Features

In a Barcelona team that brought Bobby Robson, Jose Mourinho, Ronaldo and Pep Guardiola together, not even success was enough to avoid a bitter ending

INTERVIEW Blackburn forward Ben Brereton Diaz took South America by storm at the Copa America last year – and with 20 goals to his name makes FourFourTwo's list of best EFL players. We spoke to him about his journey...

AFCON WINNER The Liverpool forward has won African Footballer of the Year, a Champions League, and the Premier League glory. Now he's lifted the Africa Cup of Nations. This is his story

MAGIC OF THE CUP In February 1972, Ronnie Radford's rocket from the mud gave the FA Cup its biggest-ever giant-killing. Leo Moynihan caught up with Supermac, John Motson and one carefree copper to get the full story

LONGREAD Former Celtic manager Wim Jansen has died, aged 75. Back in 1997/98, his Bhoys had to stop Rangers from landing that holy grail...

INTERVIEW He's just called on fellow Tory Boris Johnson to resign – but politics isn't the only realm where Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross is a stickler for the rules

LONGREAD Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe all make FourFourTwo's list of the world's best players – but will PSG's star-studded side actually deliver the glory they want?

INTERVIEW FFT visited Ralf Rangnick when he was sporting director at RB Leipzig in 2017 – and learned much about the incoming gaffer at Old Trafford

As a teenager, Cherno Samba shot to fame as one of the great Championship Manager wonderkids. He reveals how a career that failed to live up to those expectations became a heavy burden

STYLE ICON The former Juventus, AC Milan and Inter midfielder owns a vineyard, always dresses sharp – and he liked a panenka. We celebrate the man who summed up 'sprezzatura'