Latest articles by Alex Hess
The FourFourTwo Preview: Watford vs Arsenal
Premier League Premier League | Vicarage Road | Sat 17 Oct | 5:30pm
8 unlikely Premier League heroes from the season so far – featuring Chelsea, Liverpool and Everton stars
Victor Moses Alex Hess takes a look at some of the players who have outperformed expectations so far this term
Where are they now? Paul Pogba’s first Manchester United team, September 2011
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?
The 5 major things that Gareth Southgate has done to reboot this England team
Gareth Southgate It’s not all waistcoats and being polite: these are the ways that Southgate has transformed the Three Lions, from wielding the axe to breaking a curse
Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham really did prove that trophies are not the only measure of success
Tottenham Hotspur The outgoing Spurs manager didn’t deliver silverware – but he built a project and left a legacy that fans will cherish for a long time
FourFourTwo’s Best 100 Football Players in the World 2016: No.11 – Thomas Muller
FFT100 Alex Hess takes a look at the space invader who just misses out on the top ten…
FourFourTwo's 100 Greatest Footballers EVER: No.20, Paolo Maldini
FFT 100 Greatest The imperious Italian spent 25 years at Milan achieving glory and acclaim as one of the greatest defenders football has ever seen
Beware Falcao, Welbeck, Balotelli and Ozil: don't believe the big-money hype
Radamel Falcao Don't get sucked into investing emotionally in those big money deadline deals. They rarely work out, says Alex Hess...
Can we actually tell how good Garry Monk is yet?
Garry Monk The Swansea boss has been tipped as a future England manager. Alex Hess warns that such predictions may be premature...
What Adam Lallana’s Liverpool rebirth can teach us about football
Adam Lallana The Englishman struggled under Brendan Rodgers and his inability to last a match became notorious, but he’s now thriving under Jurgen Klopp against all expectations, writes Alex Hess…
When did club board members replace managers as the focus of fans' anger?
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
Why Chelsea fans have hated Sarriball this season – and even victory in Europe won't help him
Chelsea Even success in the Europa League may not save Maurizio Sarri. But why are the Stamford Bridge faithful so opposed to his “progressive” playing style?
8 ageing footballers who arrived late to light up the Premier League
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
Official! The 16 lowest-scoring forwards in Premier League history
Premier League Not our opinion: it’s the raw data from our pals at STATS which tells us these men avoided goals like the plague during their time in the Premier League
FourFourTwo's 100 Best Football Players in the World 2017: No.7, N'Golo Kante
FFT100 A back-to-back Premier League champion with different clubs – one of them the most unlikely title winners in English football history. Is the Frenchman really this good? Just try watching his teams without him...
Ranked! The 10 best Premier League players from the first 10 games of 2017/18
Premier League From titanic defenders to free-scoring strikers, Alex Hess assesses the players who've started this Premier League season like a train
The death of the disciplinarian? Why coaches like Jose Mourinho are losing their touch
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?
Why Philippe Coutinho was probably doomed from the start at Barcelona
Barcelona He’s been neither bad nor brilliant at the Camp Nou, but already the Barça board are weighing up the possibility of cashing in. What gives?
The 5 big Prem questions this weekend: Manc bragging rights, Benteke and Bony
Premier League Alex Hess picks apart some of the key issues ahead of the fourth round of fixtures in England's top flight
How Memphis Depay has been reborn at Lyon after his Manchester United failure
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
The curious case of Alvaro Morata: a struggling striker yet to find his level
Chelsea He's about to end his difficult Chelsea spell after similar struggles at Real Madrid and Juventus – indicative of a player who just hasn't been quite good enough to make such a grade, writes Alex Hess
The 6 best Premier League players outside the top six this season
Premier League Virgil van Dijk and Raheem Sterling are set for a clean sweep of the individual awards this term, but these stars outside the top bracket deserve some love too
Where did it all go wrong for Jack Wilshere?
Jack Wilshere The 24-year-old Arsenal midfielder’s loan move to Bournemouth caught everyone off guard, but perhaps it’s been a while coming. Alex Hess assesses the situation…
Klopp at Liverpool, five months on: how victory over United could kick-start a new Reds revolution
Jürgen Klopp Alex Hess evaluates the German’s Anfield adventure 35 games in, as his Merseysiders bid to topple their M62 rivals in Europe...
Why the Premier League's failure, not success, means it can attract top-class managers like no other
Premier League England's top flight is set to be awash with great managers next season, even if most of the very best players continue to congregate in Spain and Germany. Alex Hess investigates a seemingly contradictory phenomenon...
