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  • What Can Sander Berge Provide to Burnley’s Midfield?

    From the moment Sander Berge stepped through the doors at Sheffield United, it seemed he was destined for a move away. Arriving in January 2020 for a then club-record £22m fee, the Norwegian’s talent has never been in question and with over 100 appearances for The Blades, neither was his loyalty. But having now made…

  • Archie Gray: The 17-Year-Old Midfielder Primed for a Breakout Season at Leeds

    Club: Leeds United Nationality: England Position(s): CM, AM Preferred Foot: Right Height: 6’0”/183cm Age: 17 Strengths: technical ability, passing, dribbling, athleticism, aggression Areas for improvement: experience, physicality   Archie Gray is one of England’s most exciting prospects at the youth level and it could potentially be a breakout season for him at Leeds this season…

  • Ernest Nuamah: Analyzing Lyon’s Prospective Club-record Signing

    Club: Nordsjælland Nationality: Ghana Position(s): RW, ST, LW Preferred Foot: Left Height: 5’10”/178cm Age: 19 Strengths: dribbling, agility, vision, pace, power, finishing, crossing, upper body strength, versatility Areas for Improvement: consistency, decision-making   After Andreas Schjelderup (Benfica), Simon Adingra (Brighton), Kamaldeen Sulemana (Rennes) and Mohammed Kudus (Ajax), the latest player to depart Danish club FC…

  • Player Analysis: Darko Gyabi

    Club: Leeds United Nationality: England Position(s): CM, DM, AM Preferred Foot: Right Height: 6’5”/196cm Age: 19 Strengths: ball progression, physicality, athleticism, ball-striking, anticipation, passing ability Areas for Development: consistency, experience Premier League 2 Stats: 18 Games, 1439 Minutes, 16x90s, 2 Goals, 3 Assists   From Tosin Adarabioyo to Jeremie Frimpong, from Felix Nmecha to James…

  • Robert Sanchez: Brighton’s Forgotten Man Lands Himself an Unchallenged Starting Spot at Chelsea – But Just How Good Is He?

    After an uninspiring season spending most of his valuable time sitting on the bench watching veteran Jason Steele between the sticks at the Amex stadium, Spanish goalkeeper Robert Sanchez has made the move to join Chelsea. It might be worth sparing a thought for his compatriot Kepa Arrizabalaga, who barely had enough time to pull…

  • Moisés Caicedo: Analyzing Chelsea’s Club-Record Signing

    Chelsea have completed the signing of Ecuadorian midfielder Moisés Caicedo on an eight-year contract with the club option for a further year, paying a fee of £100 million plus £15 million in add-ons (€134m), making him the most expensive footballer of all time after Neymar (€222m) and Kylian Mbappé (€180m). But just what makes Caicedo…

  • Ross Barkley: Luton’s Latest Recruit

    It was a chastening first 90 minutes of top-flight football for Luton Town at the weekend. A string of defensive blunders saw them resoundingly beaten by Brighton at the Amex Stadium and hammered home the fact that for all the talk of fairy-tale escapes, this is a squad severely lacking in Premier League experience. Solly…

  • Anatoliy Trubin: Benfica’s New Goalkeeper

    Age: 22 Nationality: Ukraine Position/s: Goalkeeper Height: 6ft 6 ½ in Current club: Benfica Number: 1   Alongside Orkun Kokcu, Angel Di Maria, Arthur Cabral and David Jurasek, yet another player who has made the move to Portuguese champions Benfica this summer is 22-year-old Ukrainian goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin, joining for €10 million + €1 million…

  • Player Analysis: Keito Nakamura

    Club: Stade Reims Nationality: Japanese Position: Left Winger Secondary Position: Center Forward Preferred Foot: Right Height: 5’9 ft/1,80 m Age: 23   After last summer’s arrival of Junya Ito from Genk for €10 million, the latest Japanese forward to make the move to Stade de Reims is Keito Nakamura, joining from Austrian club LASK Linz…

  • Victor Boniface: Nigeria’s Next Top Striker?

    After steering them from second-bottom in the league to a sixth-place finish and a run to the Europa League semifinals, Bayer Leverkusen have delivered an exciting transfer window that has seen veteran players like Jonas Hofmann, Alex Grimaldo and Granit Xhaka head to the BayArena in addition to promising young talents like Arthur and Matej…