While Jamie Vardy is Leicester City’s perennial talisman and James Maddison’s linear progress is receiving public acclaim, Harvey Barnes’ form has somewhat slipped under the radar. Perhaps this is apt: Barnes isn’t a player who exudes flair on the ball, he doesn’t appear to be a vociferous personality and he isn’t racking up 30 goals…

Armenian international Henrikh Mkhitaryan has arguably been Roma’s best player in the 2020/21 Serie A season so far. After impressing on loan during the 2019/20 campaign, the attacking midfielder had his contract with Arsenal terminated by mutual consent and the Giallorossi signed him on a free transfer. His form in his second season at the…

Since its inception, The FA Women’s Super League has undergone several different phases of growth and has today rightly become a huge entity in the world of football. From world-class wingers to rock-solid centre backs, the players who have been part of this league for a while now, have only gotten more positionally versatile over…

The world of football can be as cruel as it is beautiful. Oftentimes, it’s the forwards who find themselves on the front page of the daily newspaper, because they might’ve scored four goals in a 4-0 victory for their team. However, it’s almost criminal the way that zero in the scoreline is overlooked.    The…

If you were asked to name some of the top midfield creators of the last 5 years or so, chances are that, unless you were a Roma superfan, Lorenzo Pellegrini would not make your list (and even then, it’s doubtful). But the Giallorossi youth product has quietly turned into one of the continent’s most productive…

After last season’s disappointing fourth-place finish, PSV Eindhoven are back in the race for the Eredivisie title, currently sitting four points behind league leaders Ajax. Roger Schmidt’s side have mounted a serious title challenge on the back of a treasure trove of youngsters, including Mohamed Ihattaren (18), Ibrahim Sangaré (23), and Noni Madueke (18), but…

Heading into Boxing Day, Arsenal sat 15th experiencing their worst start to a campaign since 1974/75 and the club flirting with the relegation zone. Confidence was at an all-time low, pitiable performances from experienced heads and player social media feeds filling with apologies game-after-game. The squad found themselves in a lamentable state.    With that,…

There aren’t many teams in this world who have the grit and courage to rise back up from continuous setbacks. The innate willpower of these teams is unparalleled and the strength they possess, unmatched.  When Emma Hayes took over the Chelsea women’s team in 2012, she inherited a side that seemed to be massively disjointed…

Two years ago, the Manchester United Women’s team played their first-ever professional football match. Fast forward to the present, they lead the way in the WSL – unbeaten and with a four-point buffer at the top.   A boatload of the credit belongs to manager Casey Stoney, whose fearlessness and determination has created an excellent…

It is easy to suggest that in Tomáš Souček, David Moyes has ‘found his Fellaini’ due to the Czech Republic international’s stature and presence in the final third from set-pieces, and in a sense it’s true, Souček has mirrored Marouane Fellaini’s role that was clearly so effective during Moyes’ tenure at Everton, often arriving late…