Paul Pogba could leave Manchester United this summer and return to Juventus, according to his agent Mino Raiola.The Guardian reports that both the Italian Champions and Real Madrid are interested in signing Pogba, who will enter the final year of his current contract this summer.The France international is also keen to leave Old Trafford, but Man United have set an asking price of £83m for the midfielder. Both Juve and Madrid consider this fee to be too high.If Pogba does move on this summer, then Raiola says a return to Turin is the preferred destination for his client."Pogba feels at home in Italy. Italy is like his second home or family, same for (Zlatan)Ibrahimovic. That's why Paul would like to...
You have 15 minutes to guess 220 players.Aren't we kind to you?Remember to tweet your scores@FourFourTwo, and challenge some friends while you're at it.THEN TRYQuiz! Can you name the English league top scorers of the 90s? Ahhh last summer. The sun was out, Peaky Blinders was back on TV and Theresa May was clearing out 10 Downing Street, wondering if she'd get her deposit back.It seems so long ago now, but this weekend sees each club pair up with the opposition they played on the first weekend of the 2019/20 season.It all started with a demolition of Norwich City for Liverpool- you might not even remember which club your club played, but we're looking for the starting line-up of every...
This article first appeared inthe Autumn 2019issue of FourFourTwo magazine.What time are you arriving in Rome?” the WhatsApp message asks FourFourTwo.“Half-past midnight.”“You can come to our headquarters directly after you arrive in Rome.”“Yes, but at 1.30am? Or is it better to come on Sunday morning before the game?”“Sunday, we are very busy – 1.30am.”“Where should I come to?”“We’ll let you know later.”The headquarters belong to the Irriducibili, Lazio and Italy’s biggest ultra group. They are going to be busy tomorrow: Lazio take on arch-rivals Roma at the Stadio Olimpico and they have a curva to arrange. Even so, in 30 years of covering football in more than 80 countries, this writer has never been asked to meet anyone at 1.30am...
You have ten minutes to guess 25 teams.So no dallying!Remember to tweet your scores@FourFourTwo, and challenge some friends while you're at it.THEN TRYQuiz! Can you name the clubs who've been promoted from the Championship since 1999/2000? The Special One's storied career takes centre stage inthis month's mag, which isout now. To celebrate this, we've cobbled together a quiz or two all about the man himself.Having done the players who have featured for both him and Pep earlier this week, we now take a look at the teams the Portugese has defeated most in his managerial career.There are, of course, plenty of littlesides to get, but let'snot forgethow much helovesa big occasion.We're looking for the top 25 sides Jose loves to...
Perhaps this should be known as thenostalgia derby. Frank Lampard and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer are architects of arguably their respective clubs’ greatest moments, the midfielder the captain of Chelsea’s lone Champions League-winning side;the striker the scorer of the goal that made Manchester UnitedChampions Leaguewinners in unforgettable fashion. Their clubs even met in a Europeanfinal in a time, 2008, when they were arguably the world’s two outstanding teams.If they do not meet as the Premier League's 4th and 8th placed sideson Monday, it is because Wolves have leapfrogged United. The mighty have fallen. The managers are throwbacks to more glorious times. They are comparable figures, the playing legends who arrived in the dugout with a well of goodwill, relativelyinsulated from criticism...