EXCLUSIVE: Argentina legends Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa talk Maradona, Messi and magical memories from their playing careers… and explain why a World Cup title would bring euphoria back to the country

After all these years, they are still the Argentines most associated with England. Ossie Ardiles liked our country so much, he made his home here, settling in Hertfordshire, just north of London. Ricky Villa came, made an indelible impression on our football life with one of the great FA Cup final goals, and is now…

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MARTIN SAMUEL: This is Lionel Messi’s last chance to shape his legacy and rest in the pantheon beside Pele and Maradona… an off day against a great French side will be fatal. No pressure, then.

Click:chinese novel There used to be a segment on the original Fantasy Football show, about Pele. It implied he was rubbish. There would be a clip of him skying a free-kick high over the bar, missing an open goal, getting his jump for a header entirely wrong. The joke, obviously, was that Pele wasn’t rubbish…

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JEFF POWELL: Forget the emotional outpouring, Lionel Messi still ISN’T the Greatest Of All Time… he’s behind Pele and Maradona in third – and Cristiano Ronaldo is ninth in the list of football’s GOATs

Lionel Messi has ascended at last to football’s celestial rostrum, his elevation authenticated in the most scintillating of all World Cup Finals. Amid the heart-stopping euphoria of Sunday night in Qatar, the emotional outpouring to acclaim him as the Greatest Of All Time was inevitable. As the sands of that eye-scorching desert storm settle on…

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Liverpool officially confirm the £44m arrival of Cody Gakpo from PSV… and the Holland star is in line for his Reds debut against Wolves in the FA Cup on Saturday

Liverpool have announced the signing of Cody Gakpo is now formally concluded.  The Reds revealed their £44million move for the PSV Eindhoven forward on December 28, subject to the final details being completed. And on Tuesday, Liverpool confirmed Gakpo, 23, is now registered with the club – and could be in line to make his…

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EXCLUSIVE: Argentina legends Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa talk Maradona, Messi and magical memories from their playing careers… and explain why a World Cup title would bring euphoria back to the country

After all these years, they are still the Argentines most associated with England. Ossie Ardiles liked our country so much, he made his home here, settling in Hertfordshire, just north of London. Ricky Villa came, made an indelible impression on our football life with one of the great FA Cup final goals, and is now…

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A Man United prospect hoping to emulate Garnacho, an Arsenal winger dubbed the next Saka and a Spurs talent hoping to KO his former club… the kids hoping to shine in the FA Cup third round

The FA Cup third round weekend is traditionally one of the highlights of the English football calendar. Those non-leaguers and EFL minnows who have battled their way through have the chance to write themselves into Cup folklore by taking a big name scalp. But for some of the bigger clubs, it has become a convenient…

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Arsenal will wear a special all-white kit AGAIN ahead of their FA Cup tie at Oxford for ‘No More Red’ campaign to tackle knife crime… but it’s a bad omen on the pitch after their embarrassing defeat by Forest last season!

Arsenal will once again wear a white kit in the third round of the FA Cup after launching the next chapter of their No More Red campaign. Click Here: cheap adidas men shoes Launched in January last year along with the Gunners’ kit manufacturer Adidas, the initiative is designed to support the long-standing work being…

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Frank Lampard is reprieved by Everton and will take charge of FA Cup clash with Manchester United despite calls for him to be sacked after dire 4-1 home defeat by Brighton… but his exit appears to be just a matter of time

Frank Lampard will take charge of Everton’s FA Cup tie at Manchester United but his long-term future continues to be shrouded in doubt. Everton’s under-pressure manager, whose side have lost eight of their last 11 fixtures in all competitions, reported to work at Finch Farm on Wednesday morning, just after 9am, to sift through the wreckage…

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MARTIN SAMUEL: Gareth the gambler will lose without a grand plan to stop Kylian Mbappe… it would be arrogant and negligent for Southgate to think England can beat France and this generational talent without one

The England manager considered the life of the mind. ‘The job,’ explained Gareth Southgate, ‘is not just to have a philosophy, the job is to win matches. ‘So you can have a philosophy, but if you’re going home at the start of the tournament, that philosophy doesn’t wash. With the national team you’ve got to…

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MARTIN SAMUEL: Gareth the gambler will lose without a grand plan to stop Kylian Mbappe… it would be arrogant and negligent for Southgate to think England can beat France and this generational talent without one

The England manager considered the life of the mind. ‘The job,’ explained Gareth Southgate, ‘is not just to have a philosophy, the job is to win matches. ‘So you can have a philosophy, but if you’re going home at the start of the tournament, that philosophy doesn’t wash. With the national team you’ve got to…

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