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…

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…

Assuming that Manchester United persist with the 4-2-3-1 formation that has become part and parcel of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s time at the club, which is looking likely due to Bruno Fernandes’s immense form in the #10 position, replacements for Paul Pogba, who has shown no signs of extending his contract past its current expiry of…

It would be an understatement to merely say that Marcus Rashford has “been in” the headlines in recent months. Rather, his off-the-field work, helping 3 million impoverished children gain access to free school meals, has seen him headline the front page of multiple newspapers, on multiple occasions- quite the achievement for a footballer.   In…

Much has been said about Harry Maguire’s form this season. Links between Maguire’s summer antics and lack of ability to play for Manchester United Football Club burgeoned as a result of United’s catastrophic start to the season.   Criticism of Maguire was tainted by hyperbole. Beleaguered displays in merely a couple of performances did not…

Recently, when Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp was bombarded with questions on Roberto Firmino’s diminishing goal-scoring record, he said:   “I don’t have to say one word about Bobby Firmino and how important he is for us, I don’t waste time with that. He was in so many games the difference-maker without scoring maybe, I’m not…

When Bayern Munich completed the signing of 17-year-old winger Alphonso Davies from Vancouver Whitecaps for a base fee of $13.5 million, there was plenty of skepticism and curiosity surrounding the deal. However, in fewer than two years, Davies has already established himself as one of the best left backs in Europe, playing a leading role…