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Player Analysis: Antonio Rüdiger
Antonio Rüdiger signed for Chelsea in the infamous summer of 2018. Unfortunately, it was infamous for all the wrong reasons, reasons that eventually led to the unhealthy divorce between club and manager that Chelsea fans are numb to. Just two years removed from Antonio Conte’s time, Rüdiger was frozen out by club legend and then…
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Player Analysis: Caden Clark
There are few American players who have displayed technical skill as well as New York Red Bulls’ Caden Clark has since signing an MLS contract in October of 2020. At 17 years old, Caden Clark burst onto the scene scoring a volley from the top of the penalty area against Atlanta United just one day…
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How Do Tottenham Replace Harry Kane?
Even if Harry Kane fails to make a move to Manchester this summer, his intentions have been made clear; Kane is ready to prioritise success over everlasting loyalty to Tottenham Hotspur. Perhaps Spurs will make a huge turnaround with Nuno Espírito Santo, and Kane does end up committing his future to the club he…
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The Swift Decimation of Scudetto Winners Inter Milan
100 Days. 14 weeks. 3.5 months. Rewind time by these numbers and it was the day Inter Milan became Scudetto Champions for the first time in 10 years, putting the ‘Pazza’ ghosts of Inter to bed along with the taunts. The heavy investment had paid off, the 12m per annum gamble on bringing serial…
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Player Analysis: Luke Thomas
As Brendan Rodgers enters his fourth year as manager of Leicester City, this could finally be the season he finally breaks into the top four. Leicester mean business – they have secured the services of talented youngsters in Patson Daka and Boubakary Soumaré, as well as senior heads such as UCL winner Ryan Bertrand. …
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The Best Footballers from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
After the Euros and Copa América, the footballing world quickly turned their heads to Tokyo for the Olympic Games, which were again delayed by a year. There was yet more controversy here too, as the venue of the Olympics was under a state of emergency with rising COVID-19 cases as the event kicked off, but…
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A Defining Meeting: The Irriducibili and Lilian Thuram
Today, the voice of fans can be heard loud and clear through social media channels or via reaction videos. But, 20 years ago there was no camera lens for them to eye up. Instead, the power of the fans was much more literal, and this was felt most strongly in Italy. Most of the major…
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Player Analysis: Nikola Milenković
FK Partizan is one of the biggest clubs in Serbia, but like many clubs in the former Yugoslavia and the rest of Eastern Europe, its players are often lured away to the western European leagues for much more lucrative pay. Italian club Fiorentina has certainly been appreciative of the Partizan Belgrade production line in…
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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…
