Michael Butler
@michaelbutler18
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Journalist for @guardian_sport
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Joined March 2011
Henrik Larsson might be the most interesting footballer I've met.
Henrik Larsson: ‘I have 106 caps for Sweden but I see myself as foreign’
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RT @Athletic_en: 😍 There's something about that top... 💙🤍 Before switching to red and white in 1910, @Athletic_en played in a blue-and-whi…
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Ruud van Nistelrooy returns to Old Trafford with Leicester in the FA Cup. A piece on how the Foxes and United have got statistically worse (mostly) than under their previous managers
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My latest 90s Footballers interview with Paul Lambert, featuring the extraordinary story of how he joined Borussia Dortmund from Motherwell, Champions League glory and the sad reason why he had to return to Scotland after just 16 months
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On the ones and twos for Liverpool v Real Madrid. Join me!
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My first game at Ewood, aged seven, after a few earlier away games down south. Can still remember the sound of Shearer’s third goal pinging off the underside of the crossbar 🥰
🏆 𝟗𝟒/𝟗𝟓 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 ⏪ @alanshearer followed up @chris_sutton73's opener with a thumping hat-trick as we smashed Queens Park Rangers 4-0 at Ewood #OnThisDay
#Rovers 🔵⚪️
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I met Christian Vieri to talk about cricket, Inter, Zidane, fighting with Lippi, winning a Ferrari from Atlético's president and riding motorbikes with Salas
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RT @guardian_sport: Old habits die hard in Turkish football despite wonderkids thriving abroad | Michael Butler
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You can almost hear him whisper that last line.
You'll undoubtedly know it by now, but I think about this Didi Hamann story on Sven very often. Magnificent.
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RT @JoshHalliday: Morgan’s one of the best Scott Trust interns I’ve had the pleasure of working with. Industrious, smart, socially-skilled…
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RT @david_conn: Hillsborough 35 years on: the 97 people who died, as remembered by their families in deeply loving personal statements. ht…
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RT @donaldgmcrae: It meant a lot to win this as the great Mike Dickson was also on the shortlist. Sadly, Mike has passed away but I'm happy…
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@GibaDamiano Hi Gilberto. I'm a football journalist at the Guardian newspaper in London. Hoping to speak to you about the US Virgin Islands' upcoming derby against the British Virgin Islands? Could you give me a follow so I can DM you?
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@JC__Mack Hi J.C. Mack. I'm a football journalist at the Guardian newspaper in London. Hoping to speak to you about the US Virgin Islands' upcoming derby against the British Virgin Islands? Could you give me a follow so I can DM you?
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I went to Estonia to meet Jari Litmanen, the Finnish king in glass slippers. We spoke about his military service, Liverpool, battling Covid for years, the importance of saunas in his Copa Mundials, and how Dennis Bergkamp helped him become a legend at Ajax
Jari Litmanen on Ajax, Barça and a wrist that ‘broke into eight pieces’
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