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Nathan Collins: The Irish Bulldozer Destined for Stardom at Molineux
After getting promoted from Stoke City’s youth setup, Nathan Collins joined Burnley last summer. He enjoyed a breakthrough season with the Clarets, which caught the eye of several Premier League clubs. At first glance, he strikes as a typical old-fashioned stopper because of his intimidating build, but he has shown he is more of a…
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Lorenzo Pellegrini: Roma’s Versatile Playmaker
Every country has its approach to the game of football; the Dutch enthralled us with the total football system, a tactical system where an outfield player can take over the role of any outfield player in the team. It was a system credited to Ajax, the Netherlands national team implored this system in the 1970s…
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Sepe Elye Wahi: Montpellier’s Teenage Talisman
French football’s penchant for churning out young prodigies is only matched by those prodigies’ penchant for adapting to the biggest clubs in Europe. William Saliba and Aurélien Tchouaméni are the latest recruits by the continent’s elite to have already successfully stepped up to the next level. Jonathan David remains on their radars and Hugo Ekitike…
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Dangou Ouattara: Lorient’s Burkinabé Winger
Ligue 1 has become a reliable place for producing and developing young talent of late and it isn’t stopping now. In today’s piece, we will be looking at a player from Lorient who is starting to gather some attention due to his performances this season so far. Dango Ouattara, a Burkina Faso international attacking midfielder…
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Wilfried Gnonto and Leeds United’s Crazy Deadline Day
Leeds United’s deadline day move for FC Zürich starlet Wilfried Gnonto appeared to many as a desperate panic buy following a farcical end to the transfer window. The majority of their business had been done early. Americans Brenden Aaronson and Tyler Adams had been brought in from RB Salzburg and RB Leipzig respectively, whilst…
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Youssouf Fofana: He Won’t Go Under Your Radar This Time
While the footballing world spent the last three months hyping up the transfer of Aurélien Tchouaméni to Real Madrid there was less panic on the shores of Southern France than some might expect. Last season, the newly unveiled Galactico played the second most minutes in the squad, but his midfield partner Youssouf Fofana quietly had…
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Tommy Conway – Bristol City’s New Kid on the Block Spearheading Success
Bristol City’s start to the 2022-23 season looked like it would mirror the past few dire campaigns at Ashton Gate, the Robins stagnating under Nigel Pearson with lower-half finishes in the Championship expected. The opening three games suggested that trend would continue, winless with a solitary point to their name. However, after a disappointing start,…
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João Pedro: Watford’s Brazilian Talisman in Attack
Almost every season in recent memory has brought to light a great gift given to the Championship and its fans. Through the combination of a small enough sample size of top-level quality and the ambivalence of Premier League clubs has allowed a handful of far superior players to slip through the net and into the…
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Largie Ramazani: The Belgian Winger Set For a Breakthrough Campaign at Almería
Newly promoted Almeria find themselves hovering above the relegation zone following the departure of Nigerian striker Umar Sadiq to Real Sociedad, but they have nevertheless picked up four goals and four points and will be counting on Fernando Martinez, Rodrigo Ely and talented youngsters like Kaiky and Largie Ramazani in their attempt to stay up.…
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Rayan Cherki: The Next Superstar to Emerge From Lyon’s Academy?
Very rarely does a player come along who truly mesmerises onlookers with what he can do with a football at his feet. There’s a level of natural ability that can scarcely be taught and only be admired — Lyon’s Rayan Cherki possesses that ability. An incredibly gifted offensive player with the innate ability to…
