Vasco da Gama

Fluminense FFT's man in Brazil, Mauricio Savarese, on the full-blown farce threatening to derail the country's top flight in a rather big year...

Football Manager 2018 These hot prospects are slightly more in price range for most bigger clubs – and will be well worth the outlay in years to come

FourFourTwo He lived the dream as a globetrotting pro for two decades, yet could barely kick a ball. FFT meets the maverick Brazilian who used every trick going to dupe his clubs’ coaches, team-mates and fans 

FIFA World Cup Whoever eventually misses out on Russia 2018, they’ll have to go some way to match these jaw-dropping omissions

Lists Player-manager is a wonderful dream: in your mind, you’re Messi and Fergie all rolled into one. Except it doesn’t really work out like that, as Tom Seymour explains