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Malang Sarr: Is the 21-Year-Old French Defender Ready for Frank Lampard’s Chelsea?
After the conclusion of a 15-year spell with his hometown club of OGC Nice on the 1st of July 2020, 21-year-old Malang Sarr has become one of the most sought after and desirable free agents on the market this summer. With a plethora of major European teams chasing him to acquire his services for the…
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The Best U-21 Defensive Midfielders in Eredivisie
After a brief spell of underwhelming performances by both the national team as well as the domestic clubs in Europe, Dutch football is on the rise again. While the Netherlands has always produced top talents, it seems more and more Eredivisie teams are giving youngsters a chance to prove themselves than ever before. In…
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Joshua Kimmich: Mr. Consistent
After the Champions League Final on Sunday, it is more apparent than ever that Mr. Consistent can be more effective than the star of the show. Step forward, Joshua Kimmich. An unbelievably reliable player who is able to change a game without people realizing, Kimmich’s performance on the weekend was something that any child…
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What Torino Fans Can Expect from Marco Giampaolo
Longevity in coaching jobs is a rarity in the modern game and opportunities at the most powerful or historically significant clubs need to be taken otherwise those employment opportunities might not resurface. Unfortunately for Marco Giampaolo, his brief stint at AC Milan in the early stages of the 2019/20 season was nothing short of…
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What to Expect from Jude Bellingham at Borussia Dortmund
When Jude Bellingham was presented at Borussia Dortmund on July 20, the German club’s CEO Michael Zorc made it clear that the 17-year-old was going to play a role in the first team next season. Evoking the words of Austrian manager Jochen Fallmann, who once said, “There are no young and old players, there are…
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Exclusive Interview with Bernard Blaquart
On August 16, 1957, Bernard Blaquart was born in Roumazières-Loubert, a small town in southwestern France that sits two hours north of Bordeaux by car. Growing up in a family of eight siblings, Blaquart would join Girondins de Bordeaux’s academy as a teenager, where he would spend the next five years, save a sole loan…
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Sylvinho: The First Brazilian Gunner
In the last year, Arsenal’s Brazilian contingent has grown quite considerably with the arrival of Gabriel Martinelli, David Luiz, along with the recent acquisition of Willian on a free transfer from Chelsea. They look set to add to their tally with the signing of Lille’s Gabriel Magalhães, who looks set to join the Gunners for…
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Harry Maguire and British Media’s Double Standard
Framing, in the context of media, suggests that information is packaged and presented to intended audiences in order to influence how people process that information. When discussing British football and British media outlets, framing is incredibly important to take note of. For decades, race has often decided how British media report on stories. Raheem…
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What is Positional Play?
After Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City and Quique Setién’s Barcelona suffered humiliating eliminations in the Champions League quarterfinals, many were quick to claim that this was the end of Positional Play, or Juego de Posición in Spanish, as we know it. This isn’t even remotely true, as Thomas Tuchel’s Paris Saint-Germain and Hans-Dieter Flick’s Bayern…
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Player Analysis: Martin Ødegaard
On April 13, 2014, Martin Ødegaard became the youngest ever player to debut in the Norwegian top flight at 15 years and 118 days old, coming on as a substitute against Aalesunds FK at the Marienlyst Stadion. It took him just 18 minutes to make his mark on the game; he picked up a loose…
