Chelsea starlet Reece James has revealed the hero’s shirt he still hangs above his bed to this day - his manager, Frank Lampard’s.James has been at Chelsea since 2005, joining the club’s youth academy as a six-year-old. A trip into the Chelsea dressing room as an eight-year-old resulted in him getting his hands on a still cherished piece of memorabilia.“I got taken into the Chelsea dressing room, they gave me a shirt and all the players signed it, including John Terry and a lot of others,” James told the Aprilissue of FourFourTwo, available in shops from Thursday March 5. “It’s still at my parents’ house today, hung over my bed. Frank Lampard’s name is on it – I haven’t told...
Ten minutes on the clock, 37 teamsto guess.Remember to tweet your scores@FourFourTwoand share with your friends - especially if they support United.NOW TRYQuiz! How many of the last 20 managers to win the FA Cup can you name? He burst onto the scene a wiry teenager, scoring in practically every debut he made. Now, he's a household name.Marcus Rashford has come into form like never before this season. Whether he's a winger or a striker, he has an eye for the big occasion.It seems hard to believe that he's just 22 - he's already been around for years and he's grabbed goals against a number of big, big teams.We just want you to name them.Can you remember every club he's...
For a team so unaccustomed to losing, Liverpool supporters have travelled home from their last three away games after watching their side defeated in three different competitions.Losses to Atletico Madrid, Watford and Chelsea are a blot on the copybook of what has been such an extraordinary season so far and Liverpool must now avoid a historic campaign ending in somewhat of a damp squib.The Reds will end their 30-year wait for a league title, likely becoming the earliest Premier League winners in the process –possibly doing so this month -but an exit in the Champions League next week would see the final two months of the season being played out with very little to play for.It means that next week’s...
Erling Braut Haaland has revealed Borussia Dortmund bosses showed him videos of the club’s fans to help convince him to sign for them in January.Haaland joined Dortmund fromRB Salzburg for a £17m feeoverthe winter break after discussing his next move with his father, the former Leeds andManchester City midfielder Alf Inge Haaland, and his agent, Minot Raiola. The trio decided Dortmund’s record of developing young stars, such as Jadon Sancho and Ousmane Dembele, made it the perfect next step in his career. But a video of Dortmund’s famous ‘Yellow Wall’ helped to confirm his decision.“I’d seen it before, of course, but they showed me – all the fans are amazing here,” he told the April issue ofFourFourTwo, available from Thursday,...
Currently, there’s a video being shared online which – let’s say – doesn’t exactly flatter Tanguy Ndombele.It shows the midfielder shortly after coming on against Wolves as a substitute, ambling lackadaisically after Pedro Neto. In isolation, the footage is actually mesmerising. It’s so unusual to see a Premier League player look so untroubled during a game. Particularly when his side is losing. Particularly when that player is his club’s record signing.I still can’t get over this from @pedrolneto7 pic.twitter.com/lQ06pmo1z5— DingleBerry (@Ferastafari) March 2, 2020It’s probably not the moment to be making grand conclusions about Tottenham. Theirs is a squad neglected over a long period of time, with week-to-week difficulties informed by the trauma of transitioning between Mauricio Pochettino and Jose...