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Using Data to Find Rangers a Goalkeeper in a Lesser Known League
Allan McGregor is considered a grandfather and a pertinent figure of the modern-day Rangers. After a hiatus, amidst financial difficulty, McGregor returned to the club that initially introduced him to senior football in 2001. A myriad of memorable moments from day one and a multitude of simply incredible saves yet every story comes to an…
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Standard Liège: The Story of Their Season So Far
After two turbulent seasons, Belgian side Standard Liège seems to be on an upward trajectory. The Liège-based club is a little more than halfway through the regular season in Belgium, with sights on a return to Europe. Four points from Club Brugge for the final Championship Playoffs spot at the time of writing, they are…
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Ernest Nuamah: FC Nordsjaelland’s New Ghanaian Prodigy
Countless boys in West Africa enroll in football academies, giving up on an education and splurging the family savings in their quest to establish a career at one of Europe’s top teams. Yet many of them are duped, taken abroad, and dumped by unscrupulous men posing as agents, according to activists. Tom Vernon, founder of…
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The Causes Behind Frank Lampard’s Mid-Season Dismissal at Everton
Everton’s board took the decision to sack Frank Lampard but his sacking is as much their fault as it is his Frank Lampard has experienced everything in his short tenure as the manager of Everton. The epic scenes at Goodison as Everton avoided relegation on the penultimate day of the Premier League season felt…
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Player Analysis: Ibrahima Bamba
Ibrahima Bamba is not a name many will be particularly familiar with. He is currently enjoying his first full season as a first-team player, having only made his first-team debut in February 2022. That said, the promising youngster has emerged as a key player for the Primeira Liga’s Vitória de Guimarães this season and is…
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Player Analysis: Dario Essugo
Name: Dario Essugo Age: 17 Position: CM/CDM Height: 5’10/1.79M Preferred foot: Right For the first time in 19 years, Sporting Clube de Portugal, otherwise referred to simply as Sporting, finally managed to win the Primeira Liga in 2020/21 after a two-decade stint of watching Benfica and Porto from the shadows trade places as the…
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When Montpellier Ruled France: A Look Back at the 2011/12 Ligue 1 Champions
Since the arrival of Qatari money, PSG have mostly dominated Ligue 1, but during the first few years of their Qatar Sports Investment takeover, it’s fair to say Les Parisiens struggled. In the 2011-12 campaign, the newly super-wealthy club spent €82 million under Carlo Ancelotti’s leadership. The Ligue 1 champions that year? Montpellier. Yes, La…
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Sensible January Transfers That West Brom Should Consider
With less than 10 days remaining before the end of the January transfer window, West Bromwich Albion have yet to complete a winter move due in large part to the issues surrounding the £20 million loan the club’s owner and majority shareholder, Lai Guoachan has taken out to help with the day-to-day running costs of…
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Curses, Gods and Fate: How Argentina Finally Broke the Cycle of Suffering
Arthur Schopenhauer, a German Philosopher in the 19th century stated in his work “On the Sufferings of the World” that “unless suffering is the direct and immediate object of life, our existence must entirely fail of its aim”. Being born as a human means that suffering is the general rule of life and not the…
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Levi Colwill: The Chelsea Loanee Making a Name for Himself at Brighton
Levi Colwill found himself in the directors’ box alongside Mykhailo Mudryk and Todd Boehly during Chelsea’s tense victory over Crystal Palace – an encouraging sign for a player that the Blues should be desperate to keep after his time at Brighton finishes, due to a formidable recent upturn in form. His loan on the…
