
Richard Jolly
Richard Jolly also writes for the National, the Guardian, the Observer, the Straits Times, the Independent, Sporting Life, Football 365 and the Blizzard. He has written for the FourFourTwo website since 2018 and for the magazine in the 1990s and the 2020s, but not in between. He has covered 1500+ games and remembers a disturbing number of the 0-0 draws.
Latest articles by Richard Jolly

How Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp have led the war on the striker – in very different ways
By Richard Jolly published
ANALYSIS While Liverpool's goal gluts come from a small coterie of lethal attackers, Manchester City share their threat across the pitch

Paul Pogba's next transfer decision has to be better than his last – but is there a club that would suit his skillset?
By Richard Jolly published
WHERE NEXT? Pogba's undoubted quality hasn't been utilised right during a lacklustre five years at Manchester United – he needs a team built around his attributes

Antonio Conte and the side Manchester United that could have been
By Richard Jolly published
WHAT IF? Manchester United host Tottenham on Saturday, and the manager who was strongly linked with the Old Trafford job before Tottenham appointed him instead

FIFA has no choice but to ban Russia, following the invasion of Ukraine – and here's why
By Richard Jolly published
COMMENT FIFA has been complicit in giving Russia a good reputation in the world – now it must side with Ukraine in its time of need
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