If you have watched Motherwell FC’s documentary, ‘David Turnbull: The Comeback Story’, you will have learned a few things: Motherwell have an exceptional media team, Scotland really does have terrible weather, and life can simply be cruel sometimes. The latter was certainly the case for David Turnbull.   After a phenomenal 2018/19 breakthrough season where he…

On 8 January 2021, Ethan Laird left Manchester United’s development squad to Russell Martin’s MK Dons on a loan transfer until the end of the EFL season. Laird is a highly-touted prospect at Manchester United having spent the last 11 years at the Premier League club and is a versatile defender who can play both…

Joe Aribo has proved himself to be a key component for Rangers during a season in which Steven Gerrard’s Scottish Premiership winners have stopped their bitter rivals Celtic from winning ‘10-in-a -row’. While his talent may be obvious now, the midfielder’s route to the Glasgow giants has been anything but with the 24-year-old taking a…

Very few players have burst onto the scene quite like Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Braut Haaland, and he has since become one of the hottest commodities in world football. His combination of freakish athleticism and incredible finishing are assets that any team would love to have and at 20 years old, he has the potential to…

Ligue 1’s recent script has been written all around Paris Saint-Germain’s dominance, with the Parisians winning the past three titles and seven of the past eight, but this year, Lille have torn said script to pieces in their bid to return to the top step of French football for the first time since 2011. With…

It has been a roller-coaster year for Hugo de Souza Nogueira, or Hugo Souza. The 22-year-old goalkeeper made the transition from Flamengo’s academy to the first team, suffered familial tragedy and found himself in the fringe of the manager’s plans before being thrown into the deep end amid a crisis. Souza locked down a starting…

Eintracht Frankfurt are flying quite high right now. The Eagles’ 2-1 victory over Borussia Dortmund has put them seven points clear in 4th spot in the Bundesliga, so they are quite handily placed to qualify for Champions League football next season.   If they were to do so, it would only be their second entry…

Playing at a struggling Valencia team this season, José Luis Gayá has still consolidated himself as Spain’s left-back. Valencia are currently 12th in La Liga and with Gayá being the captain, it is clear that he is probably the best player in the team. Gayá could have switched teams a couple of times, but his…

Club philosophy has become a buzz term in modern football. It’s been used to describe how clubs wish to play, brand themselves, and operate. In recent years, Leicester City have emerged as a historic club defying all odds in their magical 2015/16 Premier League campaign. Since then, they have done well in an attempt to…

If Lucas Rodrigues Moura da Silva did nothing else in his Tottenham Hotspur career except for that Champions League semifinal hat-trick in Amsterdam vs Ajax, he would still be considered a legend by the Spurs faithful. Thankfully for Lucas and the Tottenham community, the Brazilian has incessantly proven his value to the team, even (or…