Latest articles by Alex Hess
RANKED! The 100 best football players who have ever lived: from Messi to Maradona, Cristiano to Cruyff and everyone in between
RANKED! The 100 best football players who have ever lived: from Messi to Maradona, Cristiano to Cruyff and everyone in between
RANKED! The Argentines, Brazilians, Uruguayans and even Peruvians who have defined the beautiful game over over the centuries
Premier League Will Norwich ever win again? Alex Hess remembers six even worse top-flight streaks and the teams behind them
Year Zero Looking back at the season Ronaldinho broke onto the European scene, which ended with him in magical form and heading to the World Cup
Premier League When Manchester United supporters attacked Ed Woodward's home this week, it was just the latest example of a cultural shift towards blaming the boardroom for failures on the pitch
Neymar Some of football's most famous faces are in for a season of stagnation, as finding a move proves harder than ever for the game's elite
Premier League The Portuguese’s public lashings don’t seem to be having the desired effects upon his players – so are the days gone for iron fists?
Memphis Depay Eighteen months on from his spell at Old Trafford ending with a whimper, the Dutch winger is playing with a bang as he returns to Manchester in the Champions League, writes Alex Hess
Henrikh Mkhitaryan Just two years ago, he was voted the best player in the Bundesliga – yet the Arsenal midfielder is in danger of sinking without a trace in England, writes Alex Hess
FIFA World Cup Smouldering Cesc, loveless Lawro and insightful Eni have all piqued Alex Hess’s interest from his sofa so far at Russia 2018
Premier League Rafa the gaffer, Jurgen the German and Dyche the worm-devourer – Alex Hess assess the Premier League’s bosses, with the exception of Darren Moore, who can’t be blamed for West Brom’s current state
Premier League Tactical trends and the death of the super-sub is behind the modern suffering of No.2 strikers, explains Alex Hess
FFTWATN Pogba replaced Ryan Giggs at half-time in a League Cup win over Leeds – but what happened to the rest of his team-mates that day?
FFT100 As a measure of Pogba's excellence, just look at Manchester United when he's not in the side. The Frenchman offers what nobody else can at Old Trafford – and yet there's still so much to come
FFT100 It takes a special player to win Manchester United's Player of the Year award for three consecutive seasons – but then the Spaniard is deserving of such status
Manchester United The Old Trafford manager must move with the times when it comes to utilising playmakers as his side is being left behind, argues Alex Hess
100 Best Teenagers He's recently left teendom behind, but Manchester United's brilliant academy graduate is eligible for this list (honest). Just how did he go from complete unknown to heir of the throne at Old Trafford?
100 Best Teenagers Despite seeing their country fail to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1986, Americans at least have something to cling to: their teenage sensation who's already his country's most important star
100 Best Teenagers Amid the bleak wasteland that is Liverpool’s defence, a twinkle of light: an academy-grown right-back who's been a Red since he was six
Premier League From titanic defenders to free-scoring strikers, Alex Hess assesses the players who've started this Premier League season like a train
Lists Three years ago this month, Brazil’s World Cup humbling rocked football. But what results over the last two decades have sent the biggest shockwaves through the football world?
Premier League As 34-year-old Dani Alves prepares to join Manchester City, Alex Hess recalls the international stars who turned up late to the Premier League party – and then showed their class
