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Player Profile: Genk’s Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye
Racing Genk is enjoying another fantastic season in the Jupiler Pro League. After 24 matches, the Limburg-based side leads the league by seven points over last season’s runners-up Union St. Gilloise. Chasing their fifth title in club history, Genk has a number of players having fantastic seasons. That includes Belgian Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye, or…
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Jeffrey Schlupp: Crystal Palace’s Ghanaian Jack-of-all-Trades
Jeffrey Schlupp is a fascinating case study in the art of perception. It’s always felt like the Ghana international has been on the fringes of every team he’s been at; a bit part player capable of remarkable moments of attacking intelligence, but a disposable option at that. Yet here he is at 30 years old…
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What’s the Role of No Deposit Bonuses in Football Betting?
One of the first things you should do before choosing which sport to bet on is to consider what they offer. Things like tennis and eSports are gaining new fans daily, but if you check the list of bookmakers with no deposit bonuses by Silentbet, you will see that all top-tier bookmakers focus on football.…
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Remarkable Ten Hag Has United Believing Again
So much focus within modern football is on recruitment which is undoubtedly important. However, we should never forget that a top manager should be able to get the very best from the players at his disposal. Erik Ten Hag has done that with this Manchester United squad. Luke Shaw and Marcus Rashford are shining examples…
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Marcus Rashford: A Potential Fulfilled
You know that scene in Space Jam where the Monstars stole the NBA players’ ability, and suddenly the most talented players in the world couldn’t make a dunk or a pass. Over the last year, fiction became reality as this happened to Marcus Rashford. After successive world-class seasons, it looked like the academy graduate was…
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When the Scots Ruled Spain
We tend to think of the Copa Del Rey as a purely Spanish affair, which probably sounds like the most obvious statement ever. This statement however is wrong, because nearly 100 years ago, two foreign teams were invited to play in the tournament and one of them actually won it. The Copa Del Rey…
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Manchester United Foundation Wins Planet League’s Green Football Cup
Manchester United Foundation has won Planet League’s Green Football Cup thanks to the efforts of its young people in participating in environmentally conscious activities such as energy saving and travelling on foot or by cycle. Foundation participants scored over 17,500 ‘green goals’ – which are awarded for every planet-saving activity completed – which was 7,000…
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Olympique Lyonnais: Failure, Success, and Everything in Between
It’s difficult to look further than the dominance of PSG in recent years, the club was acquired by Qatar Sports Investments in 2011 and have embarked on a relentless spending spree in an attempt to obtain silverware. To some degree, it has been successful as Les Parisiens have won eight Ligue 1 titles since the…
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Mateusz Klich’s Legacy at Leeds United
“I am very happy to have signed for such a huge club and I’m looking forward to playing in the famous white shirt. I’m excited to come to England and test myself in the Championship and I can’t wait to get going.” The words of then-27-year-old Mateusz Klich, after the Polish international became Thomas…
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Player Analysis: Carlos Alcaraz
Name: Carlos Alcaraz Age: 20 Position: CAM/CM/LM Height: 6’0/1.83M Preferred foot: Right Just over a year on since Southampton’s official ownership change, they currently languish at bottom of the Premier League table after back-to-back 15th-place finishes in the previous seasons. With Rasmus Ankersen, former Brentford co-director of football entrusted with the Chief Executive position,…
