On May 23, 2021, French minnows and serial underdogs LOSC Lille made history. With their 2-1 victory over Angers, Lille became Ligue 1 champions for the first time since 2011, beating a PSG side tipped to repeat as French champions for the fourth straight time. A key part of their success was Mozambican fullback Reinildo…

Name: Julien Duranville Age: 16 Position: LW/W Height: 5’7/1.72M Preferred foot: Right   As far as the Belgian Pro League goes, RSC Anderlecht and Club Brugge often reign supreme, with the prior claiming the title on a record 34 occasions in the small but yet vastly blessed Western European Kingdom. Surprisingly though, they last topped…

On the 12th of February, 2001 in Ramos, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro is where the footballing journey of João Victor Gomes da Silva or João Gomes, in short, began. The young player took his first steps in football at the age of seven enrolling in a school “project” in Piscinao de Ramos in…

When Sassuolo lost Gianluca Scamacca, Jeremie Boga and Giacomo Raspadori in the summer of 2022, you would forgive the fans if they believed the attacking spark that they’ve been known for under Roberto De Zerbi and Alessio Dionisi to be fading. However, the performances from Armand Laurienté, who was captured from Lorient late that summer, have…

As Benfica’s magnificent campaign under Roger Schmidt rolls on, with just one defeat in seventeen and four points above second-placed Braga, As Aguias have blessed the Primeira Liga with some stand-out performers this season like Enzo Fernandez, Florentino Luis, Rafa Silva and Goncalo Ramos. However, while the attackers and midfielders grab the headlines, this has…

From Wojciech Szczęsny to Łukasz Skorupski to Łukasz Fabiański, Poland have produced a treasure trove of goalkeepers over the past few decades, and the next one up may just Spezia’s 25-year-old goalkeeper Bartłomiej Drągowski.   In 2014, Drągowski made his senior debut for Jagiellonia Białystok, where he began his career. At the age of 16,…

Sean Dyche’s imminent arrival may have breathed new life into Everton’s season, but they look set to lose the one man whose boundless energy has kept their head above water and given Dyche a fighting chance of staving off relegation. Amadou Onana has been touted with a move away from Merseyside in January, despite only…

Shaun Maloney was made a sensational return to Wigan Athletic as manager, ten years after he won the FA Cup with the club under Roberto Martinez. Maloney has worked at Celtic under Brendan Rodgers before moving to the international stage as Assistant Manager to Roberto Martinez with the Belgium Men’s National Team. During that time,…

Talk of a global short shortage of goal-getters may well have been exaggerated if one dares to bask in the aura of a young striker making a name for himself in Ligue 1. Belgian Loïs Openda sent a shockwave through French football when scored and assisted another helping high-flying RC Lens to vanquish the behemoths…

The Olympique Lyonnais academy is renowned for producing brilliant technical players such as Nabil Fekir, Anthony Martial and the current Ballon d’Or holder, Karim Benzema. Now, it appears as though the French club have struck gold once more with an academy graduate; this time, a right-back by the name of Malo Gusto. The 19-year-old has…