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Player Analysis: Luca Pellegrini
Italy has been a production line of defenders for decades, and with a new generation emerging, it is not surprising that there are some promising talents who can feature in the Azzurri defence in the future. Left back is one of those positions which the Italians have been blessed with talent. Starting from Renzo…
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Player Analysis: Rayan Aït-Nouri
After purchasing the Ligue 2 club for €1.3 million in 2011, Angers club president Saïd Chabane knew that to climb up the ranks of French football and become a sustainable, profitable club, a strong academy was needed. One that could generate quality assets for the first team that could also become another revenue stream. The…
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Roberto Baggio: The Legend of Il Divino Codino
The mullet. The number ten. Echoing cries of ‘é fino di Baggio’ from high up in the gantry. Few would’ve expected the Divine Ponytail to recover from that many setbacks. But here he was. Eight years after he scared Paolo Maldini and Franco Baresi to pieces at the San Siro, Baggio simply drifted beyond…
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Player Analysis: Alex Telles
Manchester United have completed the signing of Alex Telles from Porto for €15 million + €3 million in add-ons. The 27-year-old Brazilian is set to join the Red Devils on a 5-year contract, where he will look to push Luke Shaw for the starting left back spot at Old Trafford. In this analysis, I will…
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The Making of Peter Bosz
In an attic in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, one can find an old box containing notes. These cover tactical writings related to the Dutch national team of 1992, when they were led by Rinus Michels at the European Championships in Sweden that year. The Dutch managed to reach the semi-finals that year, losing to Denmark in…
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Player Analysis: Goodman Mosele
Since making his PSL debut for Baroka in August 2017, Goodman “Pelele” Mosele, a graduate of Baroka’s MDC (reserve) team has gone on to make 55 appearances for Bakgaga Ba Ga-Mphahlele in South Africa’s Premier Soccer League. His breakthrough season came in the 2018/19 campaign, where he made 20 appearances, 18 of those being…
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Premier League Predictions: Matchday Four
With it being the last round of games before the international break, players throughout the Premier League will want to head to their respective counties with a win, or avoid defeat at the very least. Chelsea vs Crystal Palace There was a distinct sense of complacency in Chelsea’s first half performance at West…
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Player Analysis: Declan Rice
After being unable to bring in a single player last summer due to a FIFA transfer ban, Chelsea have had a transfer window for the ages. After signing Hakim Ziyech from Ajax and Timo Werner from RB Leipzig, Chelsea have completed deals for Kai Havertz, Ben Chilwell, Thiago Silva, Malang Sarr and Édouard Mendy. There’s…
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How a Youth Team Coach and Joey Veerman Could Take SC Heerenveen to the Top
An open training session at FC Volendam sparked an intriguing combination of two varying footballers by an idle spectator: “Joey De Bruyne”, he giggled to himself. This seemingly impalpable comparison between a Premier League-winning Belgian and young Joey Veerman did in fact draw similarities. Whilst ignored by Ajax and PSV Eindhoven for playing ‘monotonous…
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Player Analysis: Mohamed Simakan
From Jules Koundé to William Saliba, there are plenty of young French center backs who have broken onto the scene and earned big moves over the past few years, and the next player to do so could be Mohamed Simakan. Born in Marseille on May 3, 2000, Simakan began his career as a striker,…
