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The brilliant Michael Olise represents a key faultline in history of French football

Unusually in this France side, he plays with a sense of freedom and joy and has not yet submitted fully to Deschamps’s tactical yoke

The Guardian - UK

Thierry Henry harnesses Olympic flame to stake claim for France job

The former Arsenal striker has repaired his reputation as a coach by guiding the hosts to the last four at Paris 2024

The Guardian - UK

Jari Litmanen on Ajax, Barça and a wrist that ‘broke into eight pieces’

The best footballer Finland has ever produced talks to Michael Butler about the highs and lows of his career and his anonymous life today in Estonia

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Tranmere’s Joe Murphy: ‘Eight of the team weren’t born when I made my debut’

The Tranmere goalkeeper prepares to take on Leicester in the League Cup, 23 years after facing them in the competition’s final

The Guardian - UK

Which players have won the league and been relegated in the same season?

Plus: caretaker managers of the month, more unlikely supporters’ clubs and bootless goalscorers

The Guardian - UK

'I felt like crying' - Boyhood Red booed by Liverpool fans enjoyed Man United redemption before transfer exit he hated

Danny Murphy lived his dream by playing for boyhood idols Liverpool but had to work hard to win over sections of the Anfield crowd despite a series of famous winning goals against Manchester United before a bitterly regretted sudden transfer exit

Liverpool Echo

'Oh my God it's over' - Liverpool £4.2m signing cruelly denied goodbye by Rafa Benitez had heroic last laugh

Vladimir Smicer's future with Liverpool seemed written in the stars from his earliest appearances at Anfield during Euro 96 but it took until the final kick of the Czech attacker's six-year LFC career for him to truly cement his legacy

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'I rang my agent' - Steven Gerrard changed mind about Liverpool transfer Jamie Carragher wanted 10 years earlier

Eyebrows were raised inside and outside Anfield when Liverpool brought in 35-year-old Gary McAllister on a free transfer but he proved to be one of the most inspirational signings in the club's history

Liverpool Echo

'I was damaged goods' - Liverpool most controversial celebration led to shock £11m transfer and record fine

Liverpool ended a painfully-long five year wait for a victory over Everton on this day in 1999 in one of the most dramatic Merseyside derbies of the Premier League era with local lads Robbie Fowler and Steven Gerrard making headlines but for very different reasons

Liverpool Echo

Sports quiz of the week: Barcelona, World Cup, Masters and F1 in Vegas

Who turned up? Who drove right? Who turned it around?

The Guardian - UK

'The atmosphere, the feeling, the passion of the fans' - How Anfield stunned Francesco Totti with emotional Liverpool return

Twenty years ago today, Anfield experienced one of its most emotional European nights as manager Gérard Houllier made his return after five months recuperating from life-threatening heart surgery to inspire Liverpool to Champions League victory over AS Roma

Liverpool Echo

'He knocked confidence out of me' - Liverpool man blasted boss who plucked him from obscurity before becoming Champions League hero

Milan Baros's short but eventful spell with Liverpool saw him make a surprising Champions League debut, top score for his country in the European Championships and play a vital role in the Reds' incredible 2005 Champions League victory

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