Celtic signed midfielder Matt O’Riley from MK Dons for a fee of £1.5 million in the 2022 January transfer window. The 22-year-old signed a contract up until 2026 and has proved to be an impressive acquisition for Ange Postecoglou’s men. O’Riley made a strong start to his career at Parkhead and slotted right into a…

After Brighton gained promotion to the Premier League in 2017/18, they duly splashed their newly earned cash, in a bid to consolidate their top-flight status. 15 players were signed throughout the course of the season, and the club broke their transfer record on four occasions. However, only one player remains from that cohort of arrivals,…

Jacob Murphy’s expression said it all, mouth gaping wide in pure bewilderment. Newcastle were 3-0 up inside nine minutes, and Murphy, a peripheral figure for much of his time on Tyneside, had just found the bottom corner from 30 yards. Newcastle would go on to find the back of the net three more times as…

January 12, 2023. One day after arriving on a six-month loan that would reportedly cost £16 million, João Félix made his debut for Chelsea, with Graham Potter including him in the starting line-up against Fulham. The Portuguese forward showed plenty of promise and looked the liveliest of Chelsea’s attackers until lunging into a reckless tackle…

The 2022-2023 Champions League season has started well, and the match of AC Milan vs Inter Milan is already heated. It is time to analyze each team and its players. Inter Milan is one of the top clubs in Italian football, with a rich history of success in both domestic and international competitions. The team…

23-year-old midfielder Sven Mijnans recently advanced from mid-table side Sparta Rotterdam to Dutch big-four member AZ Alkmaar. Despite a brief spell at ADO Den Haag’s youth side, he eventually moved from Spijkenisse to Jong Sparta at 18 years of age. Sven quickly became a mainstay in the first team following his debut at 20.   …

As shipping containers carrying Leeds United’s new home shirts plunged into the sea somewhere off the coast of Singapore, Adidas’ garish tie-dye alternative number was the only replica jersey fans could get their hands on at the start of the season. “The explosion of pulse yellow blended with a dark blue for the shirt is…

Bernardo Silva is a Portuguese professional football player who currently plays for Manchester City in the Premier League. He was born on August 10, 1994, in Lisbon, Portugal, and started his career with the Benfica youth academy. He made his debut for Benfica’s senior team in 2013 and then moved to Monaco in 2014. After…

From Diogo Costa to Rafael Leão, from Florentino Luís to Jota, we’ve seen several members of Portugal’s class of 1999 emerge as key players for their teams over the past two seasons, including Manchester United fullback Diogo Dalot.   Born in Braga, Dalot joined Porto’s academy in 2008 and quickly rose up the ranks for…

Erling Haaland’s stratospheric numbers aside, the Premier League goalscoring charts belong to England this season. Harry Kane and Ivan Toney have picked up from where they left off last campaign to make up the top three. But one man who’s steadily climbing the rankings is Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins.    Since Unai Emery took over…