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The coming of Chucky: Hirving Lozano and the road to the top
In an era where the influence of the Eredivisie is waning and being widely written…
How the biggest match-fixing scandal in Bundesliga history changed the German game forever
Horst-Gregorio Canellas was furious. His lips were trembling and his forehead was beginning to sweat.…
Alfio Basile, the only man to have coached Maradona and Messi, and Argentina’s glorious early-90s
At this summer’s World Cup, Argentina will hope to end an international drought that stretches…
World Cup 2018: how the globe’s favourite football spectacle was hijacked by politicians
“You have entrusted us with the FIFA World Cup for 2018 and I can promise…
The devil’s odyssey: how Silvio Berlusconi turned AC Milan into a superpower
Our legacy is often defined through the eyes of the person depicting it. What we…
Dimitry Seluk in conversation: the super-agent lifts the lid on the industry, Touré, Guardiola and more
Yaya Touré calls him Papushka, which means Daddy in Russian. Dimitry Seluk, Toure’s eccentric, extravagant and…
From 54 goals in a season to drug addiction: the rise and fall of Mário Jardel
The date is 25 August 2000. As Real Madrid and Galatasaray prepared to square off…
The day a dog saved Manchester United
The modern-day Old Trafford rarely escapes the eyes of those who visit the city of…
The art and anatomy of scoring a beautiful goal
They say art is a subjective matter. What one person finds majestic another can find abhorrent.…
A statistical history of the World Cup’s Golden Boot award
Winning the World Cup is a matter of pride for many, but the individual glory…
Victor Valdés: the under-appreciated mainstay in Barcelona’s greatest era
THE ENGLISH MEDIA, fans of the Three Lions, and Premier League aficionados were aghast when…
Why don’t most Major League Soccer franchises play their academy starlets?
AMONGST THE FURY of zLAtan deservedly gripping Major League Soccer, a few storylines went unnoticed…
Emperor Cuauhtémoc Blanco
THIS ARTICLE WAS FIRST FEATURED IN THE MEXICO ISSUE OF TFT MAGAZINE COMBATIVE, FIERY, controversial…
The tricks, trials and tribulations of Michel Bastos
IT WAS LESS than a decade ago that Michel Bastos was setting French and European…
Menace on the stands: the craziest fan bases in the world
Football is the sport with perhaps the biggest fan base in the world – and…
Filipe Luís: the astrophysics-loving movie buff bucking the Brazilian stereotype
HAVE YOU HEARD the story of Sir Michael Caine and the Brazilian footballer? Understandably, it…
I’m an MK Dons fan: here’s why we must drop the Dons from our name
DESPITE ADMITTING THAT relocating a football club was not a good idea’ MK Dons chairman…