Dirk Kuyt: 'I almost missed the 2007 Champions League Final – because Peter Crouch drove at me in a go-kart...'

Dirk Kuyt

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Arthur Renard has been writing for FourFourTwo since 2013, when Ronald Koeman hosted him for a Readers interview in a small room in stadium De Kuip. Two years later Arthur moved to London, where he still lives and from where he covers English football, while he has also been travelling the world to cover events like the World Cup and Copa America.