Andrew Murray
Andrew Murray is a freelance journalist, who regularly contributes to both the FourFourTwo magazine and website. Formerly a senior staff writer at FFT and a fluent Spanish speaker, he has interviewed major names such as Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah, Sergio Aguero and Xavi. He was also named PPA New Consumer Journalist of the Year 2015.
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Q & A Welcome to Norwich: Canaries centre-back Sebastian Bassong talks to FourFourTwo's Andrew Murray about Delia, Partridge and mustard...

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Jordi Alba Jordi Alba speaks to FFT ahead of Barcelona's Champions League showdown with Manchester City...

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Aymeric Laporte Manchester City's ball-playing centre-back Aymeric Laporte tells you the 7 rules you must obey to be a centre-back in a passing system

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Edinson Cavani Get your body and mind in gear for the new campaign with some sage advice from Cavani

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Lionel Messi Global superstar (and some say best footballer on earth) Lionel Messi talks FourFourTwo's Andrew Murray through his daily routine and life as a Barcelona player...

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Questions were raised when the Reds paid above the RB Leipzig midfielder’s release clause last summer, but has Jurgen Klopp found the missing piece of his midfield jigsaw? FFT’s Andy Murray went to Selhurst Park to run the rule over Liverpool’s new No.8

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Xavi In the Middle East and out of sight, but definitely not off the radar, Xavi tells FourFourTwo of his love for the English game, his coaching masterplan and how he nearly left Barcelona at 19 (Issue: May 2016; Photography: Shamil Tanna)

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Hertha BSC Struggling to make an impact from the bench? Here's how you can hit the ground running

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Shooting Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata on his speed of thought, scoring with both feet and playing as a lone striker

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Control Add the Neymar flick to your arsenal with this video tutorial from professional football freestyler Daniel Cutting

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FFT 100 Greatest As influential with his ideas as he was with his feet, the impact of Cruyff’s genius echoes through the game today

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Erik Lamela Tottenham Hotspur's Argentine summer signing Erik Lamela is aiming to follow in the footsteps of compatriots Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa by helping take silverware to White Hart Lane.

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Dribbling Avoid the swipes of a hack-happy full-back with these handy tips from the Crystal Palace and England trickster

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Psychology Use these psychological tips from West Ham’s Croatian striker to break your barren spell upfront

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Control Cast a spell over your opponent with this mesmerising trick from professional freestyler Daniel Cutting

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Stats Zone FFT's Andy Murray was at Craven Cottage to report his key learnings...

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Psychology Chelsea’s raging bull on how to transform a venomous atmosphere into goalscoring fuel

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Mario Balotelli So, Balo has returned to the San Siro from whence he came, but is he really just a victim of circumstance? Andrew Murray investigates...

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Lists Winning 97 points and still not lifting the title? Liverpool fans, that’s small fry compared to these nine teams who went full Icarus in the face of impending triumph

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Premier League Premier League | The Hawthorns | Mon 20 Jan | 8pm

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Manchester City The Manchester City and France full-back on creating consistency in your game

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Sébastien Bassong Nullify the threat of a target man with tips from Norwich City's Cameroon international, Sebastien Bassong

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test Former Scotland boss, Craig Brown, explains how to counter-attack to devastating effect

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Diego Costa Diego Costa’s weekend antics have sparked much outrage, and a probable three-game ban. FFT’s Andrew Murray, one of the few British journalists to have interviewed the Chelsea hitman, explains what it’s like when football’s Mr Hyde puts you into a headlock. Literally...
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