Latest articles by Andrew Murray

Year Zero: How Cristiano Ronaldo's 2006/07 Manchester United season turned him into the player we know
By Andrew Murray
Year Zero Cristiano Ronaldo was branded a showpony, then a pariah, as his future at Old Trafford looked to be on the rocks. But in 2006, he strapped a rocket launcher to his career. As the Portuguese great turns 35, we look at the season that made him

FourFourTwo's 100 Greatest Footballers EVER: No.1, Diego Maradona
By Andrew Murray
FFT 100 Greatest Diego Maradona has died, aged 60. The force of his exceptional talent and willpower bent the football world to his reality to such at extent that in 2017, we ranked him the greatest to ever play the game

How the 2000s saved El Clasico – and made Barcelona vs Real Madrid bigger than ever before
By Andrew Murray
El Clasico Barcelona and Real Madrid despise one another - but it took a symbiotic relationship in the noughties to make their rivalry the biggest in world football. Ahead of Saturday's Clasico, FFT delves into the blossoming of a bitter romance

Atletico Madrid, the Champions League's toughest team to beat? Meet RB Leipzig's biggest ever challenge: Diego Simeone
By Andrew Murray
Atlético Madrid The Argentine has performed miracles during his nine years at the helm, taking Atletico from 13th in La Liga to title winners and European trophies – now he bids for Champions League glory

Liverpool's Premier League winners: The best right-back in the world? How Trent Alexander-Arnold is reinventing the full-back
By Andrew Murray
CHAMPIONS At just 21, Liverpool's homegrown wonderkid is part of a tactical revolution. FourFourTwo asked experts how he's doing it

Euro 96, the complete history – part five: England overcome shootout fear
By Andrew Murray
Longread England's first Euro 96 knockout game against Spain saw the Three Lions finally put their Italia 90 penalty hoodoo to bed... didn't it?

How Johan Cruyff reinvented modern football at Barcelona
By Andrew Murray
Johan Cruyff Four years on from his passing, we look at the enduring legacy Johan Cruyff left at the Nou Camp – and what it means for football worldwide today
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