Michael Yokhin
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FourFourTwo's 100 Best Football Players in the World 2017: No.5, Kevin De Bruyne
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FFT100 The world's most complete midfielder is dropping jaws with his defence-splitting brilliance – and setting himself on the path to superstardom
The strange curse of Louis van Gaal and ex-Man United target Hector Moreno
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Héctor Moreno Ahead of their sides' Champions League meeting at Old Trafford, Michael Yokhin charts the curious jinx that has shadowed the Manchester United manager and PSV defender in recent years...
The 8 big stories to look out for in football this weekend
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FourFourTwo The man who's big on both sides of the Rome derby, Benfica's Portuguese wonderkid who could seal the title, and the Turkish Puyol saving Fenerbahce’s season – all you need to know in Michael Yokhin’s weekly round-up
Krasnodar: Only six years old, never promoted, no fans – but a threat to Everton
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Krasnodar Michael Yokhin fills you in on the stuff you need to know about FC Krasnodar, Russia's community club on the rise...
World Cup 2018 group by group: what you NEED to know
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FIFA World Cup The draw for the eight groups in Russia 2018 has been made – and this is how each team is shaping up. Bring it on!
Introducing Man City's Russian opponents you actually know nothing about
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CSKA Moskva CSKA Moscow are perhaps most infamous for the fans determined to give them a bad name, but Michael Yokhin says there's much more to the Army Men than meets the eye...
8 potential Bundesliga bargains that Premier League clubs should be looking at
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Bundesliga From a super-sub with an astonishing goal return to a record-breaking young goalkeeper, Michael Yokhin picks the top transfer targets from the German league
8 of the best players Premier League clubs can get for free this summer
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Premier League Sure, it’s exciting to splash millions on a star you think will haul your club to new heights – but there’s value to be exploited in these out-of-contract stars
Napoli are the only team to have beaten Liverpool this season – but now they're falling apart. Where has it gone wrong?
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UEFA Champions League Carlo Ancelotti must deal with a mutinous dressing room, an erratic owner – and worst, a trip to Anfield
Naby Keita’s remarkable rise from Lorient reject to Liverpool star
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Journeying from Guinea to France as a teenage footballer brought rejections, setbacks and challenges – yet Liverpool’s new signing fought through them all, as Michael Yokhin explains
Everything Tottenham fans need to know about Davinson Sanchez
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Tottenham Hotspur Wanted by Barcelona and Real Madrid but signed by Spurs, £42m man Davinson Sanchez has packed a lot into his 21 years
8 intriguing things to look out for in football this weekend
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Premier League A returning Norwegian, rejuvenated Dutchman and out-of-form Argentine all feature in Michael Yokhin's latest rundown
Dynamo Kiev scouted: Chelsea’s Shevchenko-worshipping opponents eager to peg back Mourinho
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Dynamo Kyiv Michael Yokhin profiles Dynamo Kiev, the double-winning invincibles looking to build on their stalemate with the Blues..
The 8 big stories you need to know in football this weekend
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FourFourTwo The team so bad they who could finish the season with minus points, derbies in Milan and Moscow, and the closest Jose’s getting to the Bernabeu – it’s all in Michael Yokhin’s weekly round-up
8 intriguing things to look out for in football this weekend
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Premier League Jurgen Klopp vs Jose Mourinho, Barcelona's bid for revenge and a former Premier League star's tour of Israel all feature in Michael Yokhin's weekend preview
The 8 big stories to look out for in football this weekend
By Michael Yokhin published
FourFourTwo Plenty to prove in the Madrid derby, an ex-Saint hits heavenly form and the potential for double Donnarumma feature in Michael Yokhin's weekly world preview
Meet Wilfred Ndidi: The all-action midfielder who really could be Leicester's new Kanté
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Talentspotter Michael Yokhin provides the lowdown on the Nigeria international on his way to the King Power Stadium
10 things we've learned from the group stage of World Cup 2018
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FIFA World Cup Jogi Löw has done an Arsene Wenger, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is unmissed and the hosts have won already – Michael Yokhin on 10 talking points from Russia 2018
Iceland's Birkir Bjarnason is out to beat the man who discovered him: Roy Hodgson
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Iceland When Hodgson leads England onto the field against Iceland on Monday, he will be intrigued to meet his former player again. Michael Yokhin explains the story...
FourFourTwo’s 50 Best Football Managers in the World 2016: No.16, Thomas Tuchel
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FFT 50 Managers Twice now, the 42-year-old has enriched the fruits left to him by Jurgen Klopp. But this is a man who puts his own stamp on things, says Michael Yokhin
Meet Henry Onyekuru: Everton's new Nigerian raised by Qataris in Belgium
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Talentspotter Reports suggest a deal has been agreed for the 19-year-old Nigerian to join Everton this summer. But what's his story? Michael Yokhin tells the intriguing tale so far
8 intriguing things to look out for in football this weekend
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FourFourTwo A storyline nobody wants to see in Brazil is just one of several to keep tabs on this weekend, brought to you by Michael Yokhin
Niklas Sule – the almost perfect centre-back who rejected Chelsea and Liverpool to stay in Germany
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Talentspotter Michael Yokhin profiles the highly-rated defender who was on the shopping list of many a Premier League club in the summer