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6 60 46 22 18 MY FOOTBALL: ANDY BURNHAM 88 YOU ASK... 6 Deco talks Barcelona, Chelsea, Jose Mourinho and Porto 2004 UPFRONT 12 The best pictures of the month 18 Stiliyan Petrov’s greatest games 19 Jules Breach tips City for glory 20 Test yourself with the FFT quiz 21 Half-and-half scarves debated 22 Andy Burnham chats Everton 24 Inflatable grasshoppers ahoy 25 All hail the Catford Carragher FEATURES 28 Messi’s Inter Miami adventure After an instant impact, now he wants to become MLS champion 40 Legends’ oddest career moves Guardiola to Mexico, Rivaldo to Angola: when things get weird 46 Guglielmo Vicario exclusive Tottenham’s goalkeeper talks refugees and his love for Buffon 52 Xabi Alonso: the puppet-master From Liverpool to Leverkusen 58 Champions League previewed Can Arsenal escape the curse? 76
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40 28 FEATURES 60 The rise and fall of Portsmouth How Milan Mandaric revitalised Pompey – for a while, at least 66 FFT at the Africa Cup of Nations What it’s like to be there? We went to Ivory Coast to find out 76 The Beckenbauer revolution How the great changed football 98 Jesper Blomqvist’s Perfect XI THE MIXER 90 Non-league ladders: buy now! AROUND THE GROUNDS 78 Billy Sharp on LA and, er, Hull 79 Zander Murray: pride of Scotland 80 George Weah at Edgeley Park 81 Why Gillingham hate Swindon 82 Football Icon: the next chapter Sky One TV star’s new career THE PLAYERS LOUNGE 84 “I rugby tackled a lion mascot” How John Moncur angered ’Arry 86 Lianne Sanderson: trailblazer 88 Antti Niemi is still not finished 66 72 52 58 INSIDE AFCON

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MY FOOTBALL: ANDY BURNHAM

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YOU ASK... 6 Deco talks Barcelona, Chelsea,

Jose Mourinho and Porto 2004 UPFRONT 12 The best pictures of the month 18 Stiliyan Petrov’s greatest games 19 Jules Breach tips City for glory 20 Test yourself with the FFT quiz 21 Half-and-half scarves debated 22 Andy Burnham chats Everton 24 Inflatable grasshoppers ahoy 25 All hail the Catford Carragher

FEATURES 28 Messi’s Inter Miami adventure After an instant impact, now he wants to become MLS champion 40 Legends’ oddest career moves Guardiola to Mexico, Rivaldo to

Angola: when things get weird 46 Guglielmo Vicario exclusive Tottenham’s goalkeeper talks refugees and his love for Buffon 52 Xabi Alonso: the puppet-master

From Liverpool to Leverkusen 58 Champions League previewed Can Arsenal escape the curse?

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