Name: Dario Essugo Age: 17 Position: CM/CDM Height: 5’10/1.79M Preferred foot: Right   For the first time in 19 years, Sporting Clube de Portugal, otherwise referred to simply as Sporting, finally managed to win the Primeira Liga in 2020/21 after a two-decade stint of watching Benfica and Porto from the shadows trade places as the…

Levi Colwill found himself in the directors’ box alongside Mykhailo Mudryk and Todd Boehly during Chelsea’s tense victory over Crystal Palace – an encouraging sign for a player that the Blues should be desperate to keep after his time at Brighton finishes, due to a formidable recent upturn in form.    His loan on the…

Nottingham Forest continued their recent resurgence with a 2-0 win over local rivals Leicester City on Saturday. Club-record signing Morgan Gibbs-White was at the heart of everything for Steve Cooper’s men, laying on both assists for Brennan Johnson as Forest climbed to 13th in the Premier League table, and it’s no surprise that both player…

Southampton have found themselves in a lot of trouble (again). Having avoided relegation by just 5 points last season but ending their campaign in horrific form, the Saints have found themselves in the depths of a relegation scrap this season. They sit rock bottom of the Premier League table and suffered six consecutive league defeats…

Karim Konate is arguably the most exciting talent to come out of the Ivory Coast in the past couple of years. Providing the physicality of Sebastian Haller, the dribbling of Jeremie Boga, and the finishing of Wilfried Zaha, Konate is the complete package. It’s the reason why ASEC Mimosas sold Konate to Salzburg for a…

Wilfried Gnonto’s break feels like it is just over the horizon. The likes of Cody Gakpo, Enzo Fernandez and Sofyan Amrabat were just a few of the players who feel like they could be on the move after scintillating displays at the World Cup in Qatar. Gnonto, through no fault of his own, missed this…

Can the Austrian replicate his contributions at Red Bull Salzburg for Leeds?   Seeing a 24-year-old Austrian left-back playing for Red Bull Salzburg seems fairly straightforward. You would be forgiven for assuming he came through the academy there and, as Max Wober has now completed his move to Leeds United, he will be proving himself…

Joao Felix has become a lurking shadow of this January transfer window. It appears many clubs, such as Manchester United, Arsenal, and Chelsea, hold admiration over the Portuguese attacker, but only Todd Boehly’s limitless fund of cash is willing to swallow an £18m commitment on the loan signing of Felix.    It’s been well-publicised that…

In February 2021, an unknown Ivorian 18-year-old prospect was signed by Molde in an attempt to rejuvenate and rebuild after being trounced to the Eliteserien title in the 2020 episode of the pinnacle of Norwegian football by a substantial 19-point gap. Molde’s performance had only minimally regressed from the antecedent season; a deficit of 6…

Brighton’s recruitment has been impressive these past few years and credit must be given to owner Tony Bloom, as he has used his data management background to transform the small South Coast club into the envy of the rest of the league. Data has always been used in elite football, but Brighton have placed a heavier…