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  • 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…

  • Lesley Ugochukwu: Chelsea’s Latest Ligue 1 Recruit

    Chelsea rarely do business quietly, as evidenced by their drawn-out pursuit of Moises Caicedo and eventual Premier League-record transfer, but when reports emerged that the Blues had agreed a £23.5 million deal with Rennes for 19-year-old midfielder Lesley Ugochukwu, journalists were left scrambling for information on the Frenchman. No puff piece, no smear campaign, no…

  • Bernard Tekpetey: Ludogorets’ Ghanaian Dynamo

    Born in Accra, Ghana, Bernard Tekpetey began his footballing journey playing in the streets with his friends and working his way up the ranks at the Ghanaian second-tier side Unistar Soccer Academy, before leaving his homeland at 18 years old and joining Schalke. He made his debut on November 24, 2016, winning a penalty that…

  • Player Analysis: Igor

    Brighton & Hove Albion recently secured the signature of Brazilian defender Igor from Fiorentina for a reported fee of €17 million plus €3 million in add-ons. Following the Seagulls’ unsuccessful pursuit of Levi Colwill on a permanent deal from Chelsea, they found an alternative left-footed centre-back in the form of the Bom Sucesso-born defender.  …