On May 8, 2021, #Sosa was trending on Croatian twitter, with Borna Sosa’s sudden decision to switch allegiances to Germany sparking outcry from The Vatreni’s fanbase. Exactly 27 weeks and 1 day later #Sosa was trending again, but this time for different reasons. The 23-year-old fullback had just provided the game-winning assist to ensure Croatia’s…

Over the last couple of years, Chelsea’s youth academy, Cobham, has shown itself to be one of the best, if not the best, centers of production for today’s rising stars. The list of Cobham graduates within the last couple of years is well and truly is a star-studded cast.   Featuring various players who have established…

The Eagles’ legend-in-the-making has proven to be one of the Premier League’s finest attacking talents in the last several years.   In spite of Crystal Palace’s mid-table mediocrity in recent years, with the club finishing in the bottom half of the Premier League in every season since 2015, Ivory Coast international Wilfried Zaha has risen…

When Antonio Conte became the manager of Tottenham Hotspur, there were always going to be immediate winners and losers. It was a guessing game. Who was the Italian going to favour? Who was going to be shunned?    After five Premier Leagues games, these questions are starting to get answered. The biggest winner, so far,…

Morgan Gibbs-White has been a standout performer for Sheffield United so far this season, succeeding under the turbulent reign of Slavisa Jokanovic and now looking to be Paul Heckingbottom’s main man with The Blades on the up.   This spell with The Blades has arguably reignited the 21-year-old, bursting onto the scene at just 16…

After being forced to sell Andy Delort and Gaëtan Laborde before matchday five of the 21/22 Ligue 1 season, Montpellier fans would have been forgiven for fearing the worst.   The pair had scored 51.67% of Montpellier’s goals last campaign, and they’d scored five of the first nine goals of the new season. Thankfully, the…

The year is 1999, the month is April. TLC’s “No Scrubs” is blasting through the boomboxes, Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United is marching towards a historic European treble, and the world is preparing to usher in a new century.   On April 21, rebel insurgent group Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) began a…

The 1974 World Cup Final saw West Germany narrowly edge the Netherlands in Munich, with a Die Mannschaft side led by Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller mustering a 2-1 victory at the Olympiastadion and depriving Johan Cruyff’s Oranje of eternal glory.   14 years later, the Netherlands exacted revenge in Hamburg, defeating West Germany in…

Footballers switching allegiances in Milan is not a rare event at all. For over a century, there have been players that have left Inter for AC Milan or vice-versa.   High-profile moves include the likes of midfielders Clarence Seedorf and Andrea Pirlo moving from the Nerazzurri to the Rossoneri in the 2000s while Inter legend…

When Southampton sold Jaanik Vestergaard to Leicester in the summer transfer window, fairweather followers of the coastal club would have been apprehensive of who was to replace the great Dane.   Internally, however, Southampton were confident in the abilities of their young Ghanaian centre-back, Mohammed Salisu. Their trust has certainly been repaid, with Salisu consistently…