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Businessman Walter Soriano with his close friend Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona's 'unknown friend' breaks silence for the first time on the anniversary of the Argentinian football legend's death

By Christian Martin Published

Walter Soriano, a low profile but highly trusted confidant of the legendary footballer has always refused to speak about Maradona until now

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Businessman Walter Soriano with his close friend Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona's 'unknown friend' breaks silence for the first time on the anniversary of the Argentinian football legend's death

By Christian Martin Published

Walter Soriano, a low profile but highly trusted confidant of the legendary footballer has always refused to speak about Maradona until now

Sport
Fantasy Football Baddiel and Skinner
Before Three Lions: How Baddiel and Skinner’s Fantasy Football defined football in the 1990s

By Chris Flanagan Last updated

LONG READ In 1994, David Baddiel and Frank Skinner launched a television show which quickly outgrew its own name. Soon, they were hosting big name star guests and releasing record-breaking singles

LONG READ
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In the mag: World Cup icons! FREE Panini album! Football League Top 50! Robben One-on-One!

By Gregg Davies Published

FourFourTwo Get your hands on the latest issue of FourFourTwo magazine – available in print, or on iPad and iPhone – from April 4

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FourFourTwo's 100 Greatest Footballers EVER: 100 to 91

By Alex Reid Published

FFT 100 Greatest The original box-to-box man, Sweden’s kung fu goal genius and the player set to overtake Pele's Brazilian record as our countdown kicks off

FFT 100 Greatest
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How does Harry Kane compare to every Golden Boot winner since 1966?

By Paul Sarahs Published

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Edgar Davids Barnet
10 footballing greats who tried – and completely failed – at being player-managers

By Tom Seymour Published

Lists Player-manager is a wonderful dream: in your mind, you’re Messi and Fergie all rolled into one. Except it doesn’t really work out like that, as Tom Seymour explains

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Emotional Levy revealed ‘human’ side to Spurs players, says Pochettino

By FourFourTwo Staff Published

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Mario Kempes 1978
World Cup icons: How fishing helped Mario Kempes return home to triumph for a broken Argentina (1978)

By Martin Mazur Published

World Cup 1978 Argentina's 1978 World Cup win was played out on a backdrop of military terror, but their star striker and his team-mates fought – and angled – their way to victory amid the horror

World Cup 1978
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Messi can't win World Cup alone, warns Kempes

By FourFourTwo Staff Last updated

Lionel Messi Former Argentina international Mario Kempes has urged the current national side not to rely solely on Lionel Messi at the FIFA World Cup.

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