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Analyzing Chelsea’s striker situation
Frank Lampard’s Chelsea have been perhaps the most interesting team in the Premier League this season from a tactical and squad building perspective. With a blend of academy prospects and experienced campaigners, Chelsea have surpassed expectations to find themselves in the top four. At one point in this season, Chelsea’s lead over Tottenham and United…
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Five Eredivisie players who could be set for a big move
As the Dutch top flight slams the door shut on the 2019/20 season after 26 matches, it’s clear that Eredivisie sides will be financially desperate to sell players during the next transfer window. With that said, here are five Eredivisie players who could be set for big moves. Note: In order to focus on…
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Scouting Report: Diadié Samassékou
Football tournaments at the youth level, such as the FIFA U-20 World Cup, have proven to be fruitful grounds for the bursting of world class talents onto the global scene. Players like Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero, Cesc Fábregas, Paul Pogba, and a host of others have all announced themselves to the world stage during the…
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How Johan Cruyff and Rinus Michels revolutionized Dutch football forever
Johan Cruyff and Rinus Michels utilised the Total Football system during the 1960s and 1970s to form a strong Ajax and Holland team, resulting in a new era of Dutch and European football. The footballing prosperity in Holland mirrored the cultural changes and resurrection that occurred after the destruction of Amsterdam during World War II.…
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Why Premier League sides should be signing Championship players this summer
In recent times, we have seen players like James Maddison make big money moves to the Premier League from the Championship and they have flourished. Tammy Abraham, Mason Mount and Fikayo Tomori have made a big impression at Chelsea this season after being loaned to the Championship last season, and players such as Todd…
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Addressing Barcelona’s needs in the transfer market
With the COVID-19 outbreak showing no signs of letting up, we don’t know to what extent the football transfer market is going to be affected. Nevertheless, talks of Financial Fair Play (FFP) being relaxed to some extent seems to lend itself to the idea that transfers might be easier to complete. On the other…
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The Newcastle Takeover and the Territoriality Concept
Territoriality, an instinctive psychological behavior of mankind. Man has the impulse to always defend his territory at the slightest hint of intrusion from an external force. Be it Robert Sack, John Ruggie or Julia Wood’s social models; all point to humans’s interaction with space and how they control it or give it up. Photo: Astrid…
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Hoddle, Waddle and ‘Le Professeur’ – The French Riviera’s Unrequited Love Affair
It’s midway through the 1986/87 season, and Arsène Wenger has just touched down in North London. Fresh-faced and by no means the heralded revolutionary he would become in these parts, the then Monaco manager has made arrangements with countryman Gérard Houllier to watch what he perceives to be the envy of European football. It…
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Gian Luca Mignogna: Lazio and the 1915 Scudetto
Società Sportiva Lazio Società Sportiva Lazio, simply referred to as S.S. Lazio, was founded on the 9th of January in 1900. Since then, the club has secured a total of 16 major trophies, including two league titles. The Italian club’s first Scudetto came following the 1973/74 season under manager Tommaso Maestrelli. The Biancocelesti…
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How Data Analysis won FC Midtjylland a title (and more)
To the average football fan, the name Matthew Benham may not mean anything. One or two might correctly identify that he owns Brentford FC, currently punching above their weight in the Championship and regarded as a hotbed of talent in recent years, ripe for plucking by Premier League clubs when the time is right. …
