Michael Yokhin

FourFourTwo Van Persie's last stand, a huge game for Arsenal legends, and Spain's finest backlines on shut-down – these and more in Michael Yokhin's weekly world preview

Lists They aren’t in the European super-coach bracket, but these 10 up-and-coming coaches are among the continent’s best, as Michael Yokhin explains

Arsenal Zorc is a key target for Arsenal, according to German publication Bild – but not necessarily the right one, writes Michael Yokhin

100 Best Teenagers Athletic, with an eye for goal and a killer pass, Havertz is showing all the signs of becoming a complete midfielder. When he's not missing Champions League games because of exams, that is...

Olympiakos The Gunners face the Greeks for the seventh time since 2009, and arrive with domestic dominance easily assured once again, writes Michael Yokhin...

FFT 100 Greatest The German gunslinger Mullered defences for 18 years with his unrivalled finishing prowess

FourFourTwo A red-hot Lisbon derby, Quagliarella's emotional return to Naples and a meeting of two fine Spanish minds all feature in Michael Yokhin's weekly preview

Talentspotter Kluivert Snr. represented Ajax, Milan and Barcelona, and scored a goal every other game for the Netherlands – but his 17-year-old hotshot son is looking good to follow in those footsteps

Talentspotter Michael Yokhin on Nice's nice guy in the middle whose dazzling displays in Ligue 1 have earned him widespread Premier League attention

FFT100 It's been his most prolific year yet for Borussia Dortmund – and yet the feeling lingers that there could be even more from the brilliant Gabonese speedster

Croatia Croatia are in a World Cup semi-final, but that hasn't been a cause for mass celebration back home. Michael Yokhin on a nation divided between their admirable football team and behind-the-scenes turmoil

Wolfsburg He was plying his trade in Brazil this time last year and his reputation ran only as far as his country's borders. But after his display against Real Madrid in the Champions League, Bruno Henrique is rather more well known. Michael Yokhin looks at his unique story...

FFT100 The stats say it all: Lewandowski is one of the deadliest finishers in the world, and achieving icon status in both Poland and Germany

FIFA World Cup England’s breakdown bother, Antoine Griezmann’s ultimate challenge and Brazil’s missing man – Michael Yokhin outlines a key query hanging over every team still at Russia 2018

Bundesliga Which Bundesliga stars are destined for England this winter?

Arsenal ​Unai Emery needs to revamp the Gunners’ squad – but who should be on his shortlist?

Talentspotter With the 25-year-old Algerian set to join the Toffees from Standard Liege, Michael Yokhin takes a look at his up-and-down career to date

Premier League Featuring a South American World Cup star and the best in young Dutch talent: Michael Yokhin on the Eredivisie stars who Premier League clubs should be investing in

FFT 100 Greatest A playmaker and prolific goalscorer all at once, Platini was Europe’s best player of the 1980s

Qarabağ Tottenham's group stage opponents use their disrupted and troubled background to give them strength and motivation on the pitch, explains Michael Yokhin...

Netherlands After failing to qualify for Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup, Ronald Koeman’s Oranje are undergoing a revival quicker than anyone thought

UEFA Europa League Well, what’s not to like? asks Michael Yokhin…

Barcelona Another humbling in the knockout stages means we could see plenty of personnel change at the Camp Nou this summer. But who is on the incoming list?

Iceland For many fans, his equaliser against England will have been their first encounter with the centre-back. Michael Yokhin explains why we might be seeing a lot more of the Krasnodar defender soon

Borussia M'gladbach Five straight defeats led to Lucien Favre's exit, but two wins on the spin have injected a little joy back into Gladbach, writes Michael Yokhin...