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RICARDO CARVALHO • “I don’t think Rooney tried to hurt me on purpose in 2006. Once, he stopped me in a match to wish Chelsea luck against Liverpool...”

HIGHS & LOWS

MEANWHILE IN… • ...Portugal, when AVB said he was rallying around his country ahead of Euro 2020, he meant it very literally

GAMES THAT CHANGED MY LIFE FABRIZIO RAVANELLI

REGGAE BOYZ 2.0 • Jamaica have raided England for a Gold Cup recruitment drive

WARREN ‘HAVE A NICE DAY’ BARTON • The ex-Magpie berates John Beresford, rues razor blades and explains his favourite Americanisms

THE ULTIMATE QUIZ • Roll up, roll up for posers on rejected trialists, Football League newbies and curious international call-ups...

CLERMONT FOOT • Les Lanciers twice had a female boss – now they’re in Ligue 1 for the first time

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STEVE LAMACQ • The legendary radio DJ remembers Bovril in china cups, punk night pals, ballads for awful left-backs... and the time Gordon Strachan put him in hospital

CRAIOVA vs CRAIOVA • After an ugly divorce, two bitter rivals are set to face off in Romania

STRANGE BUT TRUE • We asked our Twitter and Facebook followers to tell us their favourite hard-to-believe football facts – here are some of the best

LEE CLARK • The former Huddersfield manager headed south to Sudan for his latest challenge – the biggest issue has been sunburn...

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50 SHADES OF GAZZA • There will never be another Paul Gascoigne – that bonkers, brilliant, side-splitting soul adored by generations. But perhaps it’s just as well: only one man could have gotten away with so many traffic accidents, shoot ’em ups, avian scraps and more. FourFourTwo celebrates some of the greatest tales of all...

GAZZA’S GONGS

WHY I LOVE GAZZA... RIO FERDINAND

WHY I LOVE GAZZA... PETER BEARDSLEY

THE MONSTER WITHIN • He’s already transformed Chelsea into trophy winners, but Thomas Tuchel’s journey towards conquering Europe has been far from plain sailing. Brilliance has often collided with belligerence, to dramatic effect...

POETRY IN MOTION • The boss who bested Tuchel in his first European outing is a quirky character...

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