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August 2016

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August 31
- Forget transfers: The Under-23 star you can get excited about at YOUR club
August 30
- When does the transfer window close in England, Spain, Germany, France and Italy?
- Revealed: How old is your Premier League team?
- Interview, Michail Antonio: “England don’t need guys who think they should be there because of who they are”
- Yacine Brahimi: The Arsenal-linked winger who idolises Zidane and plays like Mahrez
August 29
- Premier League Best of the Weekend: FFT's favourite player, team and goal
- FourFourTwo’s tactical review: Defenders save Spurs, Arsene and Alexis, Jose’s magic tweak
August 27
- 4 talking points from Chelsea 3-0 Burnley: is Hazard really back to his best?
- 5 key points from Tottenham 1-1 Liverpool: separate styles still lead to shared spoils
- Premier League LIVE, Sat 27 Aug: As it happened
August 26
- Lucas Perez: The 'Spanish Vardy' who Arsenal are taking a big risk on
- Why the scrapping of the emergency loan window is bad news for every English club
- You decide: Who should get in Sam Allardyce's first England squad?
- 4 clues Sam Allardyce has given us about his first England squad
- 6 weekend talking points: Kane, Dyche, Phelan, Man Utd, Janmaat & English players' hangover
- 10 Serie A starlets you'll soon know about – and who they're linked with
- Tottenham vs Liverpool preview: Why Wanyama could struggle to replace Dembele's influence
- Review: Championship Manager 17
August 25
- Opta's 23 best facts of the weekend: what record is Zlatan chasing?
- 11 out-of-favour Premier League stars in line for moves before the window closes
August 24
- The dream and nightmare draws for YOUR team in the Champions League
- When is the Champions League group stage draw, and at what time is it?
- 17 things that need to be fixed in time for FIFA 17 and PES 2017
- Wenger insisting on courting transfer targets with poetry, hand-carved love spoons
- Meet Alessio Romagnoli: who is the defender Chelsea have their sights on?
- 10 Football Manager 2016 wonderkids who moved for real this summer
August 23
- Why a change in approach off the pitch will allow Tottenham to reap the rewards on it
- San Lorenzo: Forced out of their own back yard – but now being carried home by their fans
- Quiz! Can you name the club by their PES 2017 name?
- 11 exciting players we can't wait to see in the EFL Cup this week
August 22
- Vote! Which Premier League club record signing has been the worst?
- Impossible to tell whether London Stadium is empty or full, West Ham officials admit
- FourFourTwo's tactical review: Pogba’s licence, Conte’s 4-2-4, Arsenal’s issue
- Premier League Best of the Weekend: FFT's top team, player... and moan
August 20
- 4 points from Tottenham 1-0 Palace: Kane the 10, Pardew needs help
- 4 big things to talk about from Leicester 0-0 Arsenal: why Gunners fans are right
- 5 things from Watford 1-2 Chelsea: Smart Hornets make Blues struggle for shape
- 5 things from Burnley 2-0 Liverpool: Reds out of position, Clarets out of the traps
- Premier League LIVE, Sat 20 Aug: Pep stroll, comebacks aplenty plus much more
- 5 big talking points from Man United 2-0 Southampton: Pog's back, Zlatan breaks stuff
August 19
- Leicester vs Arsenal preview: why Olivier Giroud HAS to play
- Opta's 19 most brain-tickling pre-match facts of the Premier League weekend
- 12 of the weirdest transfer rumours we've heard this summer
- 10 goalkeepers who properly fell out with their managers
- Where are they now? Argentina's star-studded 2008 gold medallists
- Arsenal will continue to start behind – and Arsene Wenger has lost his disciples for it
August 18
- 8 unlucky footballers who might make Shane Duffy feel better
- Shearer’s Newcastle debut, 20 years on: “I didn’t think I’d ever play for them”
- 7 bright young things you need to keep eyes on in La Liga this season
- 10 years of the Emirates Stadium: 11 defining games at Arsenal's Highbury successor
- Who's won the transfer market in Italy this summer? FFT evaluates
- Rated! La Liga’s big transfer winners and losers of the summer
August 17
- Where next for Joe Hart? 5 destinations examined
- Quiz! Name the teams who've hosted Premier League games at two different stadiums
- Saved! 3 England defenders whose careers will reach new heights in 2016/17
August 16
- Why Liverpool's victory over Arsenal showed Klopp has everything Wenger doesn't
- The election that changed football: when Joao Havelange unseated Sir Stanley
- 7 times Alberto Moreno lost his head and forgot how to defend
- Scouted: 9 Eastern European wonderkids being chased by the continent's big guns
- The long read: Guardiola's 16-point blueprint for dominance - his methods, management and tactics
- 5 big talking points from Chelsea 2-1 West Ham: Conte, Kante and West Ham's record signing
August 15
- Tactical Review: Pep's 2-3-5, Koeman's defensive masterclass and Zlatan's link-up play
- Mourinho vs Van Gaal: How Man United's new tactics compare
- FFT's Best of the Premier League weekend: Shaqiri, Coutinho, Hull and more
August 13
- 7 Stats Zone screens showing how Pep Guardiola's City will set up this season
- Premier League Opening Day LIVE
- 11 things we predict will happen during the new Premier League season
- Which Premier League team is winning the PR war?
- Man United tactics: Mourinho must go for 4-3-3 – as Stats Zone proves
August 12
- Arsenal vs Liverpool preview: will Klopp's 'gegenpressing' prove too much for Gunners?
- 10 men you didn't know were still playing, feat. Zokora, Aliadiere, Malouda and more
- Vote! Premier League 2016/17: how do you think the league will look come May?
- FourFourTwo's Premier League power rankings 2016/17: where will your team finish?
- The 5 big questions that will define Liverpool's 2016/17
- Exclusive: Santi Cazorla - Premier League is 'the most difficult in the world'
August 11
- The three phases of Arsene: How Wenger's approach to transfers has changed down the years
- The 5 big questions that will define Chelsea's 2016/17
- Which Premier League team has the best opening-day record?
August 10
- The long road home: Why Pogba's joined Man United at the perfect time - and could be worth every penny
- Analysed! Your club's biggest strength and weakness going into 2016/17
- 10 under-the-radar summer transfers you might have missed
- Join our FourFourTwo Premier League games and win cash prizes
- The 5 big questions that will define Manchester United's 2016/17
- Pogba's Manchester United move shows Juventus are still not among Europe's elite
August 9
- Premier League new boys: what to expect from this season's new arrivals
- FFT.com's New Premier League Season Preview
- The 5 big questions that will define Tottenham's 2016/17
- 10 shocking substitutions, feat. Lineker, Gerrard and a mouthy West Ham fan
- 19 of the best Zlatan Ibrahimovic quotes: The world according to Manchester United's new boy
- Rafa Silva: The 'Portuguese Eden Hazard' interesting the Premier League big boys
August 8
- Your Premier League club's most important player of 2016/17
- The 5 big questions that will define Manchester City’s 2016/17
- Why Eric Bailly could be a big hit at Manchester United
August 5
- Rated! The Manchester United players Jose should sell - and who he must keep
- Hull and Leicester to mix the teams up or play three-and-in
- Infographic: Is your club in its "rightful place"?
August 4
- 8 stars of the future to look out for at the Olympics football tournament
- 7 strikers set to tear up the Championship this season
- 1966 documentary accidentally reveals England were knocked out in semis
- Brazil's slow-motion enigma: How Paulo Henrique Ganso went from hero to zero and (most of the way) back again
August 3
- 8 exciting new signings in La Liga you need to keep tabs on in 2016/17
- David Moyes wasn’t mistreated at Manchester United – and here’s why
- Interview: Krystian Bielik – “I’m not pressuring myself, my time will come when Arsene says so”
- Interview: Demarai Gray – 'Ranieri has improved me so much already, but now I want more goals'
August 2
- 7 Ligue 1 prospects worth getting excited about in 2016/17
- 8 celebrities you had no idea were good at football
- In the mag: Season Preview 2016/17! Vidic One-on-One! 81 things we want from the new season!
- Leroy Sane: The dazzling game changer joining Pep at Manchester City
August 1
- Why Everton's flushed new owner won’t be following the stereotypical sugar daddy mould
- Shkodran Mustafi: Meet Arsenal's new World Cup-winning stopper
- Are these the 17 worst kits of the 2016/17 season?
- A magician mistreated by Fergie and Keano: reassessing Juan Sebastian Veron at Manchester United