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‘I received offers from Bolton and Newcastle, but they didn’t progress far. Then Leeds came in – I saw it as a chance to experience a new league and country’: How World Cup winner Roque Junior ended up at Leeds United
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Leeds United thought they had pulled off a transfer coup when they landed World Cup winner Roque Junior in 2003

‘He’ll still be playing at 40 at a good level because he’s in such good shape and looks after himself so well. He does everything to be a top professional’: Ex-Liverpool coach insists Mohamed Salah has plenty more miles in the tank
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Mohamed Salah is enjoying one of his most prolific seasons to date, despite uncertainly over his Liverpool future

‘Winning in Tokyo is very dear to my heart. The man of the match got a free car and Phil Neville ran on pretending to drive one! Ryan Giggs had it in the end’: Mark Bosnich looks back at Manchester United's 1999 Intercontinental Cup victory
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Manchester United were the only English team to ever win the old Intercontinental Cup back in 1999

'My dad was a big West Ham fan. I scored at Upton Park once for Arsenal – my dad was in the home end and he was like, "What are you doing, son?"' Ray Parlour on growing up a West Ham supporter
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Arsenal legend Ray Parlour was a boyhood West Ham fan but never got the chance to turn our for the Hammers

'My surname was a handicap, no doubt. I’d get told, ‘If you wanted to avoid all of the attention, just don’t play football’. But I wanted to because I loved it!': Diego Maradona Jr. achieved great success despite his name proving a hinderance in the sport
By Ryan Dabbs published
EXCLUSIVE Diego Maradona is one of the greatest footballers ever, so attempting to become a professional footballer was always going to be tricky for his son

‘The pure simplicity of the way Slot has managed the squad is probably the biggest thing I could say about him. It’s not broken, so let’s get on with it’: Liverpool legend full of admiration for Jurgen Klopp's successor at Anfield
By Ryan Dabbs published
EXCLUSIVE Liverpool have become even better under Arne Slot, and a club legend belives the Dutchman's simplicity has been his greatest strength

‘I trained at Spurs and thought they’d give me a chance. But I received a letter thanking me but saying they didn’t think I was good enough – I was gutted’: How Tottenham missed out on signing Wales legend John Toshack
By Ryan Dabbs published
Tottenham invited a future star for trials when they were aged just 15, but turned him away after deeming them not good enough to play for the club

'People around the world know me because of my goal at Chelsea. I still can’t explain it, though. Drogba even asked me, 'Who are you? What did you eat?"' Newcastle cult hero Papiss Cisse recalls iconic strike at Stamford Bridge
By Ryan Dabbs published
EXCLUSIVE Ex-Newcastle striker Papiss Cisse scored two exceptional goals against Chelsea in 2012, but even he 'can't explain' the second strike

‘Slot hasn’t come in and changed everything, making it all about himself – it’s been about the players he’s inherited, getting the best out of a system he likes’: Liverpool manager impressing former players with personality and tactical approach
By Ryan Dabbs published
Liverpool have been transformed under Arne Slot since his arrival, something not many would have thought possible following Jurgen Klopp's departure

‘We thought we’d signed him, but Chelsea blew us away. I think they signed him so we couldn’t have him, as much as because they really wanted him’: Liverpool actually failed to sign Mohamed Salah in 2014, three years before finally getting the Egyptian
By Ryan Dabbs published
Liverpool and Mohamed Salah could have joined together in January 2014, if it wasn't for Chelsea getting in the way
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