Alex Hess

Premier League Will Norwich ever win again? Alex Hess remembers six even worse top-flight streaks and the teams behind them

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

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

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

Premier League The Portuguese’s public lashings don’t seem to be having the desired effects upon his players – so are the days gone for iron fists?

Memphis Depay Eighteen months on from his spell at Old Trafford ending with a whimper, the Dutch winger is playing with a bang as he returns to Manchester in the Champions League, writes Alex Hess

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

Premier League Rafa the gaffer, Jurgen the German and Dyche the worm-devourer – Alex Hess assess the Premier League’s bosses, with the exception of Darren Moore, who can’t be blamed for West Brom’s current state

Premier League Tactical trends and the death of the super-sub is behind the modern suffering of No.2 strikers, explains Alex Hess

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?

FFT100 As a measure of Pogba's excellence, just look at Manchester United when he's not in the side. The Frenchman offers what nobody else can at Old Trafford – and yet there's still so much to come

FFT100 It takes a special player to win Manchester United's Player of the Year award for three consecutive seasons – but then the Spaniard is deserving of such status

Manchester United The Old Trafford manager must move with the times when it comes to utilising playmakers as his side is being left behind, argues Alex Hess 

100 Best Teenagers He's recently left teendom behind, but Manchester United's brilliant academy graduate is eligible for this list (honest). Just how did he go from complete unknown to heir of the throne at Old Trafford? 

Premier League From titanic defenders to free-scoring strikers, Alex Hess assesses the players who've started this Premier League season like a train

Lists Three years ago this month, Brazil’s World Cup humbling rocked football. But what results over the last two decades have sent the biggest shockwaves through the football world?

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

Manchester United Success in the Europa League means more high-stakes showdowns in 2017/18. Unfortunately, these are the kind of games that will expose Mourinho’s true colours, says Alex Hess

Radamel Falcao He looked an irreparably broken player at Manchester United and at Chelsea, but the Colombian striker has enjoyed a remarkable renaissance in Monaco

Manchester United History tells us this should make for a winning combination, but results tell a very different story. Alex Hess explores the issues

Premier League Alex Hess explores the after-game one-on-one – with the help of those who've been there and done it

Premier League Alex Hess argues that pundits spend too much time focusing on the actions of match officials

Antonio Valencia Alex Hess explains why the Ecuador international has become such an important member of the Red Devils side

Premier League The huge managerial posts that could have left them with ever-lasting legacies served only to dent their steely reputations – and now both of their teams are staring relegation in the face. Alex Hess evaluates the damage done by disaster

Premier League With Glenn Murray in the form of his life aged 35, Alex Hess takes a look at other players who continued to shine in the autumn of their careers