In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Four Four Two

• ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI
  “Sir Alex Ferguson wanted me and I said yes – even though it was very tough to understand every word he was saying!”
• AN EVENING TO REMEMBER
  Jules Breach, Paul Merson and Ray Parlour rocked up as FFT threw a shindig to toast three decades of football coverage
• SOME MARSEILLE
  A former Champions League winner now plays in a bona fide Oasis tribute band – what’s the story?
• THE ULTIMATE QUIZ
  Put your football knowledge to the test with our puzzlers about Calciopoli, Colombians and big grass snakes
• JULES BREACH
  The TNT Sports reporter on why the FA Cup remains magic for clubs at all levels of the pyramid
• BILL WYMAN
  The original Rolling Stones bassist on pretending to have toothache to go and watch Crystal Palace, and taking Ian Wright around London’s clubs…
• Sporting chance
  Several managers have failed to return Manchester United to their perch since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement. Ruben Amorim overcame potential bans and a Christmas row with Jesus to revive a listing Lisbon giant, but can lightning strike twice at Old Trafford? Those who know him best reveal all
• Return of the target man
  Chris Wood began 2024-25 in the goalscoring form of his life, hitting double figures before Christmas as Nottingham Forest gatecrashed the Premier League’s top four. He tells FFT how New Zealand toughened him up, and why he left Newcastle
• WHEN BUENOS AIRES BECAME BRAZIL
  Black-and-white-striped compatriots Botafogo and Atletico Mineiro descended on Argentina’s capital for the Copa Libertadores final – and FFT joined the 70,000 travelling fans to witness the madness
• 30 BEST MASCOTS IN THE WORLD
  FFT rates the finest Wombles, jalapeno peppers and chainsaw-wielding maniacs that football has to offer
• “PLANTING THAT FLAG WASN’T PLANNED, IT JUST HAPPENED. IT MADE ME A HERO”
  Graeme Souness should have had his feet up in the mid-90s after undergoing heart surgery, but then Galatasaray made him an offer he simply couldn’t refuse. In his own words, he recalls controversy, fallouts, threats… but certainly no regrets
• “SO TELL ME… WHO DID WIN THE RUMBELOWS CUP IN THE END?”
  Returning to the White House this month, Donald Trump will be central to next year’s World Cup. His football/soccer links go back decades, via Saint & Greavsie, a possible Rangers takeover… and reports of a six-match stint as Wolves’ youth-team goalkeeper
• ESCAPE TO VICTORY
  More than three years have passed since the US withdrawal from Afghanistan sparked a resurgence of the Taliban. It forced the country’s women’s team to flee, but they’ve inspired many since setting up home at Australian club Melbourne Victory. This is their remarkable story…
• Mo Salah should be slowing down – but he’s getting better
  At the age of 32, Liverpool’s Egyptian King has been a renewed goal threat this season – thanks to some tactical tweaks by new Anfield gaffer Arne Slot
• How Erling Haaland scored 100 goals in just 105 games
  Sceptics doubted the Norwegian would fit into Manchester City’s style of play and find the net regularly – in fact, he reached a century in double-quick time
• How Leicester City did the impossible during 2015-16
  Claudio Ranieri’s Foxes stunned England to win the Premier League, despite having near enough the lowest amount of possession in the whole division
• DARREN MOORE
  The Port Vale gaffer on League Two promotion credentials, impossible comebacks and toppling Manchester United
• A CUP OF CONTROVERSY
  The curious new National League Cup has brought low crowds and boycotts
• READING
  Simeon Pickup from The Tilehurst End podcast recalls Madejski magic, hostile rappers and the EFL George Clooney
• COMPULSORY VIEWING
  Featuring passionate discussions and zany skits, A View from the Terrace is the best football show you’ve never seen
• RISE OF THE (OTHER) LIONESSES
  Women’s Championship side London City Lionesses are aiming high with leading Lyon Féminin owner, Michele Kang
• Alan Curbishley
  “IF PARKER HADN’T LEFT CHARLTON, WE WOULD HAVE MADE THE TOP FIVE AND GOT INTO EUROPE”
• Kevin Mirallas
  “PEOPLE SAID I WAS DROPPED FOR MISSING A PENALTY BUT THAT’S NOT TRUE – BAINES LET ME TAKE IT”
• Steve Howey
  “I QUESTIONED MY SEXUALITY WHEN GINOLA ARRIVED – HE’D HAVE LOOKED STUNNING IN A BIN LINER!”
• FIORENTINA HOME 1997-98
  FFT’s kit connoisseur combs the Serie A archive to explain how a sponsor can ‘power up’ a shirt
• ROBERTO SENSINI
  The ex-Argentina destroyer picks a side straight out of the Serie A hall of fame, with a heavy Albiceleste influence