Alex Hess
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6 of the most shocking Premier League runs of form EVER
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Premier League Will Norwich ever win again? Alex Hess remembers six even worse top-flight streaks and the teams behind them
The making of Ronaldinho – how the Brazilian superstar broke through at PSG
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Year Zero Looking back at the season Ronaldinho broke onto the European scene, which ended with him in magical form and heading to the World Cup
What Messi and Ronaldo's World Cup exits say about this tournament – and why they could signal the end of an era
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FIFA World Cup Football’s cult of the individual will never go away, but the success of teamwork seen at Russia 2018 might yet spark a new trend, writes Alex Hess
How European football ended up full of stranded superstars – and absolutely everybody loses
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Neymar Some of football's most famous faces are in for a season of stagnation, as finding a move proves harder than ever for the game's elite
Arsene Wenger became English football’s moral compass – he’ll be sorely missed when he's gone
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Arsene Wenger In a Premier League drunk on money, Wenger’s prudence and principles stood out. There’s nobody around to fill his shoes, argues Alex Hess
Where has it all gone wrong for Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the Premier League?
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan Just two years ago, he was voted the best player in the Bundesliga – yet the Arsenal midfielder is in danger of sinking without a trace in England, writes Alex Hess
FourFourTwo’s 100 Best Teenagers in the World 2017: No.9, Trent Alexander-Arnold
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100 Best Teenagers Amid the bleak wasteland that is Liverpool’s defence, a twinkle of light: an academy-grown right-back who's been a Red since he was six
FourFourTwo’s World Cup TV review: the good, the bad and the ugly of BBC and ITV’s coverage
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FIFA World Cup Smouldering Cesc, loveless Lawro and insightful Eni have all piqued Alex Hess’s interest from his sofa so far at Russia 2018
How Fabio Borini could boost Liverpool's Champions League charge next season
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Fabio Borini Alex Hess suggests why the Reds could do worse than look towards a player they already own next term...
Why Liverpool against Real Madrid is European football’s ultimate clash of styles
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UEFA Champions League Despite superficial similarities, Real and the Reds couldn’t be more different – both on the pitch and off it. With a Champions League up for grabs, Alex Hess explains why one side will have to give way...
Premier Questions: 6 queries that will define the weekend
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Premier League Alex Hess picks out some of the key talking points ahead of another round of top-flight fixtures
Curse of the second-choice Premier League striker: an unwinnable war?
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Premier League Tactical trends and the death of the super-sub is behind the modern suffering of No.2 strikers, explains Alex Hess
The FourFourTwo Preview: Watford vs Arsenal
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Premier League Premier League | Vicarage Road | Sat 17 Oct | 5:30pm
8 unlikely Premier League heroes from the season so far – featuring Chelsea, Liverpool and Everton stars
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Victor Moses Alex Hess takes a look at some of the players who have outperformed expectations so far this term
Where are they now? Paul Pogba’s first Manchester United team, September 2011
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FFTWATN Pogba replaced Ryan Giggs at half-time in a League Cup win over Leeds – but what happened to the rest of his team-mates that day?
The 5 major things that Gareth Southgate has done to reboot this England team
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Gareth Southgate It’s not all waistcoats and being polite: these are the ways that Southgate has transformed the Three Lions, from wielding the axe to breaking a curse
Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham really did prove that trophies are not the only measure of success
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Tottenham Hotspur The outgoing Spurs manager didn’t deliver silverware – but he built a project and left a legacy that fans will cherish for a long time
FourFourTwo’s Best 100 Football Players in the World 2016: No.11 – Thomas Muller
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FFT100 Alex Hess takes a look at the space invader who just misses out on the top ten…
FourFourTwo's 100 Greatest Footballers EVER: No.20, Paolo Maldini
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FFT 100 Greatest The imperious Italian spent 25 years at Milan achieving glory and acclaim as one of the greatest defenders football has ever seen
Beware Falcao, Welbeck, Balotelli and Ozil: don't believe the big-money hype
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Radamel Falcao Don't get sucked into investing emotionally in those big money deadline deals. They rarely work out, says Alex Hess...
Can we actually tell how good Garry Monk is yet?
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Garry Monk The Swansea boss has been tipped as a future England manager. Alex Hess warns that such predictions may be premature...
What Adam Lallana’s Liverpool rebirth can teach us about football
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Adam Lallana The Englishman struggled under Brendan Rodgers and his inability to last a match became notorious, but he’s now thriving under Jurgen Klopp against all expectations, writes Alex Hess…
When did club board members replace managers as the focus of fans' anger?
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Premier League When Manchester United supporters attacked Ed Woodward's home this week, it was just the latest example of a cultural shift towards blaming the boardroom for failures on the pitch
Why Chelsea fans have hated Sarriball this season – and even victory in Europe won't help him
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Chelsea Even success in the Europa League may not save Maurizio Sarri. But why are the Stamford Bridge faithful so opposed to his “progressive” playing style?
8 ageing footballers who arrived late to light up the Premier League
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Premier League As 34-year-old Dani Alves prepares to join Manchester City, Alex Hess recalls the international stars who turned up late to the Premier League party – and then showed their class