Latest articles by Alec Fenn
The best kids' soccer cleats you can buy right now
Buying Guide Keep your Mini Messis happy this season with our selection of the finest soccer cleats on the market
Should you use free weights or machines?
Strength We find out whether free weights or machines are best for improving your strength on the pitch
Arjen Robben, You Ask The Questions: 'They called me the "man of glass" – but I had the last laugh'
The Big Interview The Dutch ace has retired aged 35 after a glittering career with the likes of Chelsea, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. He answered your questions about his career in May 2018...
Why sleep is football’s most staggering performance-enhancer – that nobody's talking about
FourFourTwo Football is leaving no mattress unturned in its quest for the perfect night’s kip. Sleep gurus, napping pods and wearable tech help today’s stars to stay fit and firing in ways their predecessors wouldn’t have dreamt of...
'Ronaldo averaged a game every 4.3 days'
Cristiano Ronaldo Wales’ head of performance on how GPS monitoring revealed Cristiano Ronaldo’s physical capacity and the challenge of measuring workload in international football
Marcus Rashford - by the men who made him
Shooting Marcus Rashford's brother and former youth team coaches explain his evolution from a football mad baby to one of the game's brightest stars
Jose Mourinho’s coaching secrets
Jose Mourinho Gwynn Williams was director of football at Chelsea during Jose Mourinho’s first spell in charge of the club – he reveals the secrets to his success
Why do so many footballers end up broke? FourFourTwo investigates...
Premier League It’s the unseen epidemic: the game’s young, rich and famous ending up penniless. Alec Fenn investigates how excess, addiction and divorce is leading former millionaires to financial ruin
How to improve your confidence as a coach
Luke Chadwick Luke Chadwick reveals how he has overcome issues with self-belief in his role as foundation phase lead coach at Cambridge United
Fletcher: What I learned from Vieira, Scholes & Keane
Manchester United Stoke City midfielder Darren Fletcher talks about football's finest athletes, developing box-to-box fitness and the value of a sharp football brain
The secrets behind Man United's youth success
Manchester United Former Manchester United youth team coach Paul McGuinness reveals how the club develop resilience in their next generation
The DNA of a great coach
Barclays Premier League What makes a great manager? FFT asks a host of former Premier League players about their experiences with some of the game's best coaches
Inside the Ronaldo factory
Speed Mick Clegg spent six years turning Cristiano Ronaldo into football's greatest athlete. Now he wants to create his clone...on an industrial estate in Greater Manchester...
Paul Scholes: Passing, playmakers and scoring goals
Passing Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes talks about pinging passes, finding the back of the net and his favourite modern midfielders
Scholes: Pogba has Ronaldo's arrogance; don't play him as a holding midfielder
Manchester United The former Manchester United midfielder believes the pair have the same confidence in their own ability and says Jose Mourinho should play his new signing as an attacking midfielder
