At FourFourTwo we get sent an awful lot of footballer autobiographies, a lot of awful footballer autobiographies, and some autobiographies of awful footballers. However, when Joey Barton's self-penned tome plopped into the in-tray, there was considerable interest in the office.
But now the always-entertaining Scouse motormouth has graduated from Twitter WUM to published author, which subjects did he choose to cover? Take our quiz to see how well you can judge the mind of Joey Barton... and remember you can hear it from the man himself in the One-on-One of this month's FourFourTwo magazine...
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[View the story "FFT's Transfer News and Rumours LIVE" on Storify]FFT's Transfer News and Rumours LIVESlicing through the many rumours, gossip and spottings from taxi drivers so you know exactly who is off where…Storified by FourFourTwo Mon, Aug 01 2016 16:19:00 Berghuis joins Feyenoord on loan from WatfordFeyenoord have completed the season-long loan signing of winger Steven Berghuis from Watford. Watford's Steven Berghuis has agreed a season-long loan deal to return to the Eredivisie, with the winger joining Feyenoord. Berghuis made just 11 appearances for Watford after signing for the club from AZ Alkmaar a year ago and the Dutchman has been allowed to return to his home nation.Sound the transfer klaxon. The Hornets have got one in Blaszczykowski joins...
Here’s a question for the pub clever-clogs. Which overseas nation has provided the most managers to England’s top level? The answer might surprise you; it certainly caught out the FFT office-dwellers, less than half of whom called it. While many might plump for Spain, France or the Netherlands, it is in fact Italy that has sent the most – 11 in all, including Fabio Capello for the England job itself. Of the 10 to have managed in the Premier League, half have spent time at Chelsea – Gianluca Vialli, Claudio Ranieri, Carlo Ancelotti and Roberto Di Matteo preceding the incumbent Antonio Conte. Perhaps surprisingly, of those five Azzurri Blues, Ranieri spent easily the longest in the Stamford Bridge hot-seat –...
One of the biggest problems with online FIFA fixtures, perhaps, is that too many players are inclined to shamelessly (with apologies to genuine-issue Madridistas) stick with the objectively best team in the game, Real Madrid, rather than experimenting with other sides. To whet your appetite for the imminent launch of FIFA 17, we’ve prepared the following guide to interesting sides that you really should try out. You’ll still probably get kerb-stomped by an angry 14-year-old with an unhealthy Ronaldo fixation every other game, of course – but that’s a story for another article. Just one goal against R. Madrid on FIFA 17! #PS4share pic.twitter.com/C3ajJouoUJ — Sahur (@Sahuron616) September 19, 2016 Manchester United Inexplicably overrated by EA in recent years, the...
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