WHO WILL RULE THE 2020s?

Moving on from 'Messi or Ronaldo?' [FourFourTwo]( Friday 6 March 2020 [View this email online]( Looking for something? Messi and Ronaldo won’t be around forever, you know. Those two players have been the benchmark by which all other footballers have been measured for almost 15 years. They have defined the game: football in the 2010s will be seen as the ‘Messi-Ronaldo era’. But it’s not the 2010s anymore. Both of them are well into their 30s, and others will fill the gap of the world’s best players. But who? Our new issue examines 50 players we reckon will boss the game over the next decade. Some of the ones we’ve tipped will be familiar to you already – we have interviews with Marcus Rashford, Erling Braut Haaland, Vinicius Jr, and Ruben Neves, as well as profiles of Kylian Mbappe and Trent Alexander-Arnold – while others may not be on your radar yet. Rashford tells us [about his desire for trophies]( – a Manchester United title and a World Cup, if you don't mind – and his [everlasting respect for Louis van Gaal]( while [Haaland reveals why he chose Borussia Dortmund]( when half of Europe's elite clubs would have jumped at the chance to sign him. Plenty of knowledge there to impress your mates with. Grab your copy below. ⚜ Quiz Of The Week ⚜ Can you name every British club to reach a European final? 2019 saw a historic first: a double of all-English Champions League and Europa League finalists. We've always known how good our league is. We've produced more European Cup winners than any other nation and if you check down the list - barring the European competition ban of the 1980s - the longest we've gone not seeing a British name in a European final, is just four years. Whether it's the European Cup (later Champions League), the UEFA Cup (later Europa League) or the Cup Winners' Cup (later retired to a home for old trophies to live out its old age in peace in a rocking chair next to the Intertoto Cup, Fairs Cup and Anglo-Italian Cup), Britain has always fared well across the continent. Can you remember all the times a British team got to the final? Some ended in heartbreak, some in ecstasy. You don't even have to tell us who won the match - in this case, it really is the taking part that matters more than the winning. Seven minutes are on the clock. it here now.]( ISSUE 311 Stars of the decade! We look forward to asses 50 of the world's brightest young talents who are going to own the 2020s. In the April issue, out now, we: 🏆 Chat about trophies with Marcus Rashford 🐝 Discover why Erling Haaland chose Borussia Dortmund 🏃‍♂️ Examine how Trent Alexander-Arnold changed full-backs 🔴 Ask about Gabriel Martinelli’s plan to become an Arsenal legend 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Visit Chelsea right-back Reece James and his Man United striker sister Lauren 🐺 Discuss Champions League ambitions with Wolves’ Ruben Neves 🔬 Learn about Vinicius Jr’s life under the Real Madrid microscope 👑 Assess whether Kylian Mbappe is ready to take the Messi/Ronaldo crown Plus the obligatory much, much more. A[nd it's on sale now!]( SUBSCRIBE TO FFT TODAY GET 13 MAGS A YEAR FOR LESS THAN £3.80 AN ISSUE Every issue of FourFourTwo sent direct to your door before they appear in shops. Interviews with the likes of Raheem Sterling, Jurgen Klopp, Diego Maradona and Jadon Sancho, as well as amazing stories from around the world, such as the kidnapping of Alfredo Di Stefano, the football team that fled the Chernobyl disaster, and how Monterrey made it to the Club World Cup. All for just £12.25 every quarter. [🎁 GET YOUR SUBSCRIPTION HERE! 🎁]( The FourFourTwo Podcast Jose Mourinho divides opinion. He’s won European titles, multiple Premier Leagues, Primeira Ligas, Scudetto, and a La Liga in an honours list that boasts 19 major trophies in as many years in management. But his self-confidence, temperament, and philosophy have brought detractors. It’s nearly a decade since he won the Champions League and five years since he won the league, bringing questions over whether the 57-year-old is now a manager past his prime. He is one of only five managers to have won the European Cup with two different teams, and could yet do something unprecedented and win it with a third. Despite coaching last season’s Champions League runners-up, a victory with Tottenham would be on par with the level of shock that wins with Porto and Inter. [LISTEN HERE]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Future Logo] © Future Publishing Limited. Reg No. 2008885 England. Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA. This email is intended for {EMAIL} To unsubscribe from FourFourTwo emails or update your email preferences, please [click here](. We've updated our Privacy Policy. The updates include additional information we have added in response to the California Consumer Privacy Act. The updated policy is effective as of January 2020. We encourage you to read the complete updated Privacy Policy [here](. View our Terms and Conditions[here](