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“Karren Brady offered me a £5k a week deal with the U21s, I said, 'The U21s are on more than that' Her response was, 'Well, they haven’t been in a car crash and shattered their leg' – I didn’t sign the contract” Michail Antonio on his West Ham rejection
By Joe Mewis Last updated
EXCLUSIVE The striker was entering the final months of his West Ham deal when he was involved in a car accident in December 2024

‘I was offered all sorts in South Korea, but I couldn’t accept the villa on a volcanic island’ Guus Hiddink on being revered in South Korea
By Joe Mewis Published
EXCLUSIVE The Dutchman oversaw South Korea's run to the World Cup semi-finals in 2002

‘Ronaldo was the best in the world. Even if you ask Zinedine Zidane, I’m sure he’d say the same’ Youri Djorkaeff on what it was like to line up alongside two legends
By Joe Mewis Published
EXCLUSIVE The French midfielder was club and country team-mates with two of his generation’s greatest players

‘At a young age, I liked to dribble – I got a lot of criticism from other parents because I didn’t pass the ball to their children!’ Jeremy Doku on his journey from the playground to the World Cup
By Joe Mewis Published
EXCLUSIVE The Belgian winger is one of the game’s best dribblers

'The ball fell down from the sky and changed direction' Norway boss stunned by England goal after 2-1 quarter-final defeat
By Franco Panizo Published
Norway were stunned by VAR's failure to intervene for Jude Bellingham's controversial England goal

‘Rooney’s injury in 2004 was one of those sliding doors moments. If England are going to win the World Cup this year, they’re going to need those moments to go for them’ Joe Cole and Ashley Cole on the role fate will play this summer
By Joe Mewis Published
EXCLUSIVE The former England duo have recalled Wayne Rooney’s impact at Euro 2004

‘The sliding doors moments didn’t go for us in 2006. A different pass here, a better refereeing decision there…’ Joe Cole’s England 2006 World Cup regrets
By Joe Mewis Published
EXCLUSIVE Cole played in every game of England’s run to the quarter-finals in the 2006 World Cup

'Arsenal wonderkid can be England's answer to Lamine Yamal' Freddy Adu makes huge Gunners teen claim
By Kedar Bayley Published
Freddy Adu has given his thoughts on how Max Dowman can be for England what Lamine Yamal is to Spain

‘In this World Cup, everything needs to work. If the big man upstairs says it’s England’s time, then it’s England’s time’ Joe Cole on reflects on his 2010 Three Lions experience
By Joe Mewis Published
EXCLUSIVE The former England playmaker believes luck and fate are needed for the Three Lions to end 60 years of hurt

‘That game changed my life. After, people would come up to me on the street, they recognised me and I became more popular’ Jeremy Doku on his first tournament experience with Belgium
By Joe Mewis Published
EXCLUSIVE The Manchester City winger made his tournament debut in the delayed Euro 2020
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