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'Roman Abramovich came to speak to me after I’d had an argument with Jose Mourinho and put an official transfer request in. It was very unusual: he wanted to keep me' Joe Cole on dealing with Chelsea’s former owner

Joe Cole reveals rift with Jose Mourinho during 'footballing heaven' Chelsea title season

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‘I’m convinced it will be unforgettable’ Javier Zanetti tells FourFourTwo about joining forces with Rivaldo, Didier Drogba and Andriy Shevchenko to launch new global tournament at Walt Disney World

The Argentine great is one of several footballing legends backing an event that brings together top academy teams and inspiring grassroots sides

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Arrowhead Stadium: Capacity, location, World Cup 2026 games and everything you need to know about the venue

Arrowhead Stadium is hosting World Cup 2026 games as Kansas City welcomes football's greatest showcase

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The three finest individual displays of 2025 – two of which came from the same club

Heck of a year, but these were the three standout efforts on the pitch that deserve special recognition

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'After Chelsea won the 2014/15 title, we were unofficially on holiday - then Jose gave us 40 days off. Players came back overweight - I remember seeing them and thinking, 'Oh, we’re in trouble…'' Nemanja Matic on Chelsea's horror title defence

Premier League champions Chelsea finished 10th, leaving Leicester City to step up to the plate and win the title

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‘I was very confident, it was weird. There was no shred of doubt I was going to smash it. ‘Hit it clean,’ was all I was thinking. That’s what I did’ Sean Dyche on viral ‘Brexit penalty’ for Chesterfield

The Nottingham Forest manager is providing a rich seam of meme material

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'The linesman cost me a few England caps! I hit the bar and the ball came down over the line - but it wasn’t given' Arsenal legend reveals lingering Three Lions regret

Arsenal have had countless England internationals over the years but few have played as many games for the Gunners as Ray Parlour

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‘Our fans died travelling to Madrid. We played to honour them and the Bernabeu applauded us’ Former Premier League striker remembers the most difficult game he ever played in

Former Liverpool striker Florent Sinama Pongolle joined Spanish LaLiga side Recreativo Huelva following his spell in England

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‘I was the bad guy' Newcastle United man cites abnormal help as key reason for Chelsea bounceback

Newcastle United striker Nick Woltemade has heaped praise on the Geordie faithful for their response to his derby day mishap

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Liverpool share surgery update on Alexander Isak as six-month worst-case scenario revealed

Liverpool striker Alexander Isak has undergone surgery on a fractured fibula

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MetLife Stadium: Capacity, location, World Cup 2026 games and everything you need to know about the venue

MetLife Stadium is hosting World Cup 2026 games, as the greatest show on Earth comes to New Jersey

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In ten years at Fulham, he has enjoyed three promotions, suffered two relegations and experienced plenty of highs and lows along the way... proof that there ain't nobody like Tom Cairney

FourFourTwo featured Tom Cairney in Boy’s A Bit Special in 2010 – he’s since become a Fulham legend, reaching a decade at the club. As he tells us, there have been plenty of ups and downs along the way

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'My birthday was one day before the League Cup final, I thought Steve McClaren might put me on the bench, but I wasn't even in the squad' Former Middlesbrough man reveals bitter taste left by cup triumph

Middlesbrough's 2004 Carling Cup triumph was a monumental victory for Teesside and head coach Steve McClaren, but not everybody was as happy as the former Manchester United assistant

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‘My match bonus was 10 times my salary. I gave the money to my dad. Those bonuses were more than he earned in a whole month’ World's most expensive player Denilson tells extraordinary rags-to-riches tale

Once the world's most expensive player, ex-Sao Paulo, Real Betis and Brazil star Denilson came from incredibly humble beginnings

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‘Pep told me to enjoy it. It was a reward. I was the first Canary Islander to play in a Champions League final’ Pedro reveals calming instructions he received in biggest game of his career

Former Barcelona winger Pedro is among the most decorated footballers of the modern era

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“I gave my tie from the European Cup final to Rod Stewart. He always fancied it and I had a spare one – he wears it all the time now!” Lisbon Lion Jim Craig recalls run-in with Celtic-supporting rockstar

Former Celtic defender Jim Craig gave his tie from the victorious 1967 European Final to one of the most famous glam-rockers of the era

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‘Moving into Sao Paulo club accommodation at 12 meant one less mouth for my parents to feed. I’ll always be grateful’ Denilson opens up on his humble beginnings

Denilson’s rags-to-riches story saw him rise from the dusty pitches of Diadema to becoming the world’s most expensive player

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‘Alan Shearer made a joke about my terrible performance – I was still like, “F**king hell, that’s Alan saying my name!’” Dan Burn recalls being picked out by the Newcastle legend

The commanding centre-back quickly found out that his Magpies icon doesn’t mess his words…

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‘Louis van Gaal came across quite cold. He didn’t want me to speed up play: when I was on the pitch, I wasn’t myself. I was happy to respect the instructions but with him I felt really confined’ Manchester United flop on his time with the Dutchman

The £25million midfielder arrived at Old Trafford with a lofty reputation

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‘Ole Gunnar Solskjaer deserved more time as Manchester United manager - we did amazingly and we were on the way to doing something big’ Nemanja Matic on life under Ole at Old Trafford

Solskjaer achieved back-to-back top three finishes during his stint in the Old Trafford dugout

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SoFi Stadium: Capacity, location, World Cup 2026 games and everything you need to know about the venue

SoFi Stadium is one of two California stadiums hosting World Cup 2026 games

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‘My kids still bring up the rabona fail… I did it loads in my career, and I'd try it again today!’ David Dunn opens up on his most infamous footballing moment

The former Blackburn midfielder’s most replayed moment was not one of the 67 career goals he netted…

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Aston Villa have broken football data and now find themselves in the Premier League title race

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery doesn’t want to talk about the title but his results are making those questions unavoidable

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‘Signing for Chelsea, scoring at the Club World Cup final and starting for Brazil at the Maracana – it’s been a remarkable year in my life’ Joao Pedro reflects on a bumper 2025

It’s been an eventful year for the Chelsea forward who joined the Stamford Bridge mob over the summer

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‘I was fined by Manchester United. I went to Jose Mourinho and said, ‘Listen, if I pay this, I’ll never play for this club again.’ Something like that would never have happened at Chelsea’ Nemanja Matic on the difference between his two English clubs

The Serbian international encountered a culture shock when swapping Stamford Bridge for Old Trafford

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