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Edouard Mendy’s Unexpected Rise for Club and Country
In the summer of 2020, as nearly every football club in Europe sought to tighten their purse strings and ride out the storm from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Chelsea took a drastically different approach. After narrowly sealing Champions League football under Frank Lampard, the club brought in a treasure trove of attacking stars such as…
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Starting from Scratch: What Will a Conte-Led Tottenham Look Like?
The irresistible force paradox is perhaps the most famous of its kind. So famous, in fact, that it’s one of the first questions presented to young students when they begin to learn how to critically think. The paradox is quite simple – what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? The reason…
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Player Analysis: Kyogo Furuhashi
When Kyogo Furuhashi joined Celtic from Vissel Kobe as Ange Postecoglou’s real statement signing having admired the player from his position in the dugout at Yokohama F Marinos, many in Scotland had no idea what they were in for. Soon enough, you had all of Celtic Twitter tuning into a 10 am game in Japan…
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Hypocrisy Reigns Supreme at St James’ Park
Newcastle rejoice at the prospect of new owners, but a dark cloud hangs over the new regime. For well over a decade, Mike Ashley was seen as the enemy by Newcastle United fans. Lack of spending, lack of ambition and lack of commitment are just some of the charges levelled at the former Toon…
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Johan Cruyff’s “Liquid” Diamond Midfield, the Engine That Demolished Los Blancos
8th of January 1994 remains a day that not many football fans will ever forget. It was El Clasico, on the grandest stage of them all in Europe, Camp Nou, that brought a stunning result 5-0 for The Dream Team led from the bench by the Master himself, Johan Cruyff, against their bitter rivals, Los…
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Erik Ten Hag’s Ajax: A 4-3-3 / 4-2-3-1 Hybrid
After eleven games played, Erik Ten hag’s Ajax sit first in the Eredivisie with 26 points and a staggering +35 goal difference. Since taking over in December 2017, Ten Hag has established a dominant and exciting style of play at Ajax, winning two Eredivisie titles and two KNVB Cups. Whilst perhaps their ‘peak moment’…
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Antonio Conte: Tottenham and Daniel Levy’s Extraordinary Coup of an Elite Manager
Daniel Levy has his man after pining all summer for him. A concoction of events has caused Levy to spring into urgent action. Incensed irritation from home Tottenham fans in the shiny, new London Stadium during the abysmal 3-0 defeat to Manchester United. The matter of Nuno Santo never being the first choice for the…
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The Curious Case of Mason Mount: From Youth Product Proving His Worth to Indispensable
In part one of this series, I explicated my thoughts on Mount as a personality, as the new face of Cobham, and as an icon of the new epoch that awaits Chelsea. Mount, according to reports from The Athletic, sets the tone in training both under his former boss Frank Lampard and now under his…
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Five Footballers Who Love To Gamble In Casinos
Gambling is an entertaining pastime activity enjoyed by millions of people around the globe, and some of the best world’s football players are among them. This allows them to blow off some steam and relax after difficult matches and training sessions, and since their salaries are much higher than those of regular people, football players…
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Is the European Super League a Necessary Evil Needed in Football?
On April 18th, 2021, the news of the European Super League sent shockwaves around the world. The fans were shocked and felt betrayed by their clubs. Many fans protested outside the stadiums of their respective clubs, and there was a clear-cut campaign from sports media outlets against these clubs rightly accusing them of greed and…
