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Player Analysis: Luke Ayling
Leeds United are judged as a team of great hyperbole. In one instance lauded for their high pressing attacking football and in the same breath remonstrated for their naivety. The reality is something closer to the latter. They are not a team blessed with the individual quirks of Jack Grealish but instead take confidence from…
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How Losing Leroy Sané Changed Manchester City’s Attacking Dynamics
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City set English football alight in the 2017/18 campaign, becoming the first Premier League team to record 100 points, whilst also breaking a host of records: most wins (32), most goals (106), most points ahead of second (19), and best goal difference (+79). The following season, City completed an unprecedented domestic quadruple,…
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Analyzing the Premier League Squads before the January Transfer Window: Part 1
The winter transfer window is upon us once again. However, we cannot expect clubs to be very active like how they are in the summer transfer window as the season has already begun and most of the managers are content with the resources at their disposal. That being said, certain clubs still need additions…
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Player Analysis: Jamal Musiala
Since joining from Barcelona at the age of 22, Thiago Alcântara proved to be an oasis of serenity and precision in the heart of Bayern Munich’s midfield, playing an integral role in the Bavarian side’s domestic hegemony and leading them to a historic treble last season. However, after seven years in Germany, he departed for…
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Data Analysis: Ché Adams
Since taking charge of the club two years ago, Ralph Hasenhüttl has taken Southampton from the throes of the relegation zone to a fight for European football. Saints currently sit 7th in the table after 14 matchdays, just three points off second-placed Leicester City, and on the back of Hasenhüttl’s energetic, high-pressing 4-4-2 formation, Southampton…
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Curtis Jones: At the Heart of Liverpool’s Midfield
It all started with a Merseyside derby curler. It wasn’t Curtis Jones’ first appearance in a red shirt, nor was it particularly the moment where he truly broke into the first team. But it was the moment, if you ask any Reds’ supporter, that etched the local lad into the hearts and minds of…
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Player Analysis: Mikel Oyarzabal
At 23 years of age, Mikel Oyarzabal is quickly establishing himself as one of the biggest talents in La Liga. Born in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, Oyarzabal joined Real Sociedad’s academy in 2011, where he would spend the next few years apart from a brief loan spell at Eibar in 2013/14, before making his first-team debut under…
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Greg Vanney and Toronto FC: The Gregfather’s Legacy
Greg Vanney leaves Toronto FC as the club’s most victorious and longest-serving coach. Rocco Fasano explores the American’s legacy over the course of 7 seasons that started with a losing record but decorated with silverware throughout. “I’m a builder. I like to build things and I like projects and I like big things,” an…
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Player Analysis: Federico Bonazzoli
When Federico Bonazzoli emerged from the Inter youth academy, he was considered to be another Italian forward with a bright future. The former Italy youth international has not established himself as a prolific striker but he has produced moments of quality that can convince coaches and football fans that he is a complete forward…
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Franck Ribéry’s Tumultuous Spell at Fiorentina
Modern football fans have been able to see some of the stars of recent play well into their ’30s. Players that launched themselves into stardom in the 2000’s are still playing a prominent part in Europe’s major leagues. Serie A in particular has a few veterans who are making an impact well into their 30s…
