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Óscar Estupiñán: Hull’s Towering Colombian Center Forward
This year has been one of many firsts for Hull City. The team headed for their first ever fixture in Turkey, a friendly against Super Lig giants Fenerbahce, last week. Led by Georgian head coach Shota Arveladze and Dutch assistant Peter van der Veen, who travelled alongside the club’s first-ever Turkish and Iranian players…
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Who Should Manchester United Replace Cristiano Ronaldo With?
According to reports, Cristiano Ronaldo is seeking a move away from Manchester United just one year after his remarkable return. United’s lack of movement in the transfer window, and the club missing out on Champions League football (meaning a 25% pay decrease), are supposedly the two key factors leading Ronaldo to make this decision. …
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Cheick Doucoure: Crystal Palace’s Malian Midfielder
Crystal Palace have been quietly going about their business this summer, reinforcing a squad that outperformed expectations last season. One position where they desperately needed investment, though, was in midfield, with Conor Gallagher returning to parent club Chelsea and captain Luka Milivojevic reportedly touted with a move away. So, following the arrivals of Sam…
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Romeo Lavia: Southampton’s Long-Term Replacement for Oriol Romeu?
Ralph Hasenhuttl appears to have heeded my advice. At the start of the summer, I said he would be wise to continue his policy of poaching talent from the ‘top-six’ academies. With the arrivals of Armando Broja and Tino Livramento from Chelsea last year proving incredibly successful. Now Southampton have moved their operations up…
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Player Analysis: Andrea Pinamonti
Andrea Pinamonti was considered to be one of the brightest young prospects in Italian football when he was scoring prolifically in the youth teams of Inter. He had also captained Italy at the 2019 FIFA Under-20 World Cup, scoring four goals as the Azzurrini went on to finish fourth at the tournament. Like many…
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Aaron Hickey: Brentford’s New Signing
At the end of the season, you see most clubs give opportunities to youngsters, most of the time it is a small chance to make a memory of playing first-team football for the club they have grown up at. That was the same for Hearts who at the end of the 18/19 season gave a…
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Recruitment Data Analysis – Finding Talent In Denmark
In this data analysis piece, we will be studying the Danish top division to find talent using purely statistical data. As we can appreciate, finding talent is different for each club as it mainly depends on their style of play. For example, a striker that wins more aerial duels may not be a requirement…
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Andrey Santos: The Next Gem From Vasco’s Academy?
Born on the 3rd of May, 2004 in the gigantic city of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Andrey Nascimento dos Santos is yet another youngster to break through from Vasco’s academy and get minutes at the club. Vasco have long held a policy of integrating youngsters whether be it because their academy is very good at…
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What Can Marseille Fans Expect from New Manager Igor Tudor?
French club Olympique Marseille decided to act quickly after Argentinian coach Jorge Sampaoli surprised the club with his resignation. The 62-year-old complained about a lack of transfer activity, something that his predecessor André Villas-Boas also lamented, and the Ligue 1 side has swiftly appointed a coach with a lower profile in Croatian tactician Igor…
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Russell Martin : Standing By His Principles at Swansea
In today’s write-up, we will be looking into Russell Martin’s tactical approach which he transferred from his first job at MK Dons to Swansea. The 36-year-old started his managerial career in 2019 and took over at MK Dons, where right from that bat he stamped his authority on how he wanted the team to play…
