A year has passed since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was appointed caretaker manager of Manchester United. He wasn’t completely surprised to be offered the job. He knew that Jose Mourinho had lost serious support inside Old Trafford and had been sounded out for his thoughts, and he had attended a couple of games in the stadium which he often lit up.Life was great in Norway, his family living on one of the three islets which make up his hometown of Kristiansund. Solskjaer’s then club Molde – from the rival town an hour away by the stunning Atlantic highway – was flourishing under his tutelage. But who would turn down Manchester United?Solskjaer made his entrance in front of 700 staff at the...
With FUTMAS underway, EA Sports will be releasing versions of two different cards for FIFA 20’s Ultimate Team every day up until December 24.Here’s a look at seven FUT player SBCs we want EA to offer throughout the course of their seasonal shindig....FIFA 20 for the best priceWhere to get FIFA 20 for the best price on PS4, Xbox One, Switch – plus bundle dealsMoussa SissokoCast your mind back to FIFA 18, when one French midfielder plying his trade in the Premier League proved to be one of the most overpowered players on the entire game: Tiemoue Bakayoko.Two FIFA titles later, another player of Bakayoko’s calibre has emerged in the form of Tottenham’s Moussa Sissoko, who – despite being an...
This article first appeared in the August 2019 issue of FourFourTwo. Subscribe to the magazine now for £9.50 every three months – just £2.90 an issue!Monterrey wasn’t supposed to be like this. It’s two hours until the second leg of the CONCACAF Champions League final, a derby between Monterrey and Tigres in Mexico’s third-biggest city. Think Manchester United and City or Liverpool and Everton clashing in a two-legged European Cup final. We had been sold a vision of passion and crazy fans set against a backdrop of verdant mountains and a stunning new stadium. The 53,500-capacity BBVA Bancomer certainly fits the bill, the mountain backdrop too, but outside the ground it’s about as rowdy as a Coldplay acoustic set.Everyone looks...
FourFourTwo’s ranking of the 100 best male footballers in the world returns after an action-packed 2019 full of underdog excellence, crazy comebacks and a defender almost winning the Ballon d'Or. Almost.As ever, a note about subjectivity: this list is largely derived from performances over the calendar year, in conjunction withFFTstaff and dozens of our most respected writers from around the world,but we feel there should be a nod to overall class as well. After all, does one good– or bad– year define a player? We think not. You may (see also: will almost certainly) disagree.Let us know your thoughts on Twitter (we're over at @FourFourTwo) with the hashtag #FFT100...100. NABIL FEKIRREAL BETISFranceA few eyebrows were raised when the Lyon captain...
One of the liberties Frank Lampard has as Chelsea’s head coach is beginning to reveal itself. Speaking after Saturday’s loss to Bournemouth, Lampard was blunt in his assessment.“In front of our home fans it's clear now that we're not playing well enough, not getting enough results. We just didn't get the fans excited enough. The fans shouldn't be excited if we're going to play 10 balls across the back four, they shouldn't be. And that's not the team I want to manage.And some responsibility is on the players to excite them, to have the personality and have the balls to take the ball in an area and beat someone or play forward. We need more urgency in our play, if...