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How Romelu Lukaku Will Shape Up in Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea
28-year-old center forward Romelu Lukaku has always been a divisive figure amongst football fans, despite having a superb goal-scoring record throughout his career that many would consider world-class and borderline elite. At the beginning of his career, he was a highly wanted young prospect, who was bought by Chelsea in August of 2011, a few…
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Player Analysis: Cade Cowell
Since the start of 2020, Major League Soccer has moved 10 homegrown players to European clubs for over $40 million before bonuses. America’s top division has quickly moved from “retirement league” to a league developing both domestic and foreign talent at an impressive rate. The rate of these sales is not going to decrease in…
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Can Wayne Rooney Fix Derby’s Deep-rooted Problems?
The Championship is ‘the league of risk’ and the motto is high-risk, high-reward. This is because of the ludicrous reward of promotion, contrasted to the financial struggles of championship football. The Premier League dream has fans, players and owners alike dreaming but with these dreams can come huge financial costs. Derby County have spent…
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How Gianluca Busio Compares With Tyler Adams
“You can see that I’m in the same spot that Tyler Adams was two years ago. A 16-year-old, playing in MLS, getting a couple games in and now he’s in the Bundesliga. I think of it as, why can’t that be me?” This is what Venezia’s Gianluca Busio had to say of Tyler Adams, now…
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How Rodrigo de Paul Will Fit Into Atlético Madrid
Fresh off winning Argentina’s first Copa America in which he played a pivotal role, star Rodrigo De Paul recently made a switch worth around €35 million from Udinese back to Spain – joining Atlético Madrid, having previously played for Valencia (2014-2016). The long-awaited next step in his career comes after making over 170 appearances during…
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Moments of the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup – Part 4: Dynamo Kiev 1985-86
In recent years it has been Shakhtar Donetsk that has led the way for Ukraine in European club competitions when they won the UEFA Cup in 2009. But it was Dynamo Kiev that put Ukrainian football on the map throughout the 20th Century. Dynamo’s memorable journey to the 1998 Champions League semi-final showcased Ukrainian…
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The Rise and Fall of Boavista
The 1999/2000 season in the Primeira Liga finished in a similar fashion to all the previous campaigns. Sporting Lisbon won the league, four points ahead of Porto, and eight points clear of Benfica. It seemed evident that for the next season the top of the league would paint a similar picture- only differing if the…
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What’s Next for West Brom, Fulham and Sheffield United
Last season Fulham, Sheffield United, and West Brom were relegated from the Premier League. It was a tough season for all three teams as they struggled to compete and stay up. All three teams are now in the Championship with new managers at the helm. Their goal is clearly to get back into the Premier…
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The Numbers Behind Cristian Romero’s €55m Move to Tottenham
Italian transfer gurus Gianluca Di Marzio and Fabrizio Romano reported on Wednesday that Tottenham Hotspur had reached an agreement with the Bergamo side, Atalanta, on a deal to secure the services of Cristian Romero for a fee of €55 Million. Just how good is the 23 years-old Argentinian? Let’s take a look at the numbers.…
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A Look Ahead of RB Leipzig’s 2021/22 Campaign
RB Leipzig enter their sixth-successive Bundesliga season with changes aplenty. Their old manager, Julian Nagelsmann is gone, while they’ve lost key defenders and it’s a new, young squad and manager looking to make a mark. Last season ended in sloppy form as they got close to Bayern Munich in the title race but slumped…









