Throughout the current 2022/23 season, Enzo Fernández has emerged as one of the most talented midfielders in European football. Having only joined Benfica from Argentine giants River Plate in the summer of 2022, Fernández has quickly proven that the reported €10 million (plus an additional €8 million) fee Benfica paid to acquire his services was a considerable…

It might not seem an opportune time after the last two results, but Leicester City are a team on the up. On a run of seven wins in their last 12, it’s been a marked improvement in defence that’s been the catalyst for The Foxes’ recent success. At the centre of this transformation? Wout Faes.  …

Name: Maximo Perrone Position: Central/defensive midfielder Age: 20 Height: 1.80M/5’10 Preferred foot: Left   Part of the reason the Argentine Primera Division is so eccentric is down to the fact that not many countries can say that the sport is intertwined with almost every aspect of daily life like it does in the South American…

Name: Bilal El Khannouss Position: CAM/CM Height: 5’11/1.81M Age: 18   The World Cup has often been a great platform for countries and players to showcase their talent on the biggest stage of them all and this year’s edition was no different. Although one or two of the bigger stars are always bound to eventually…

A landlocked country that sits at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, Georgia is home to just 3.7 million, with roughly a third of its population residing in the capital of Tbilisi. The biggest and most successful club in the nation is Dinamo Tbilisi, having won 19 league titles over the past three…

Morocco were, undoubtedly, the biggest overachievers of the 2022 World Cup. In defeating Portugal in the quarterfinals, they surpassed the previous record set by Cameroon ’90, Senegal ’02, and Ghana ’10 – who set tremendous a ceiling for African international sides at the World Cup – and in turn achieved beyond what was thought possible,…

Eyebrows were raised when Leeds, fresh from their last-gasp survival, were quick to cash in on the influential Kalvin Phillips. The England star’s summer sale to Premier League champions Manchester City for a reported £45 million looked a steal for Pep Guardiola’s side at the time: a combative Fernandinho replacement with the added bonus of…

Enzo Fernandez has definitely had a tournament to remember this World Cup, winning the trophy and Young Player Of The Tournament. However, Leandro Paredes was originally given the nod by Lionel Scaloni above Fernandez in the defeat to Saudi Arabia. Still, Scaloni kept Enzo Fernandez out of the starting lineup in the second game of…

Steffen Tepel is a former junior combined skier World Champion, who now specialises as a neuro-athletics coach. He believes football is heavily dependent upon your visual and cognitive skills, and mentors many elite footballers to help with their agility, peripheral vision and decision-making.   Tepel explained to SPOX how players should dribble without fixation upon…