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Callum Hudson-Odoi: Can He Revive his Career at Bayer Leverkusen?
Callum Hudson-Odoi is a player on the crux of a dilemma. Uncertainty surrounding the futures of Hakim Ziyech and Christian Pulisic offers a potentially fruitful pathway as the wide man tasked with taking Chelsea – the club who have nursed him back to fitness after bringing him through the academy, into a new era. But…
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Lena Oberdorf – The Young Midfielder Who Is Key For Club and Country
Few players have lit up a tournament the way Lena Oberdorf shone in Euro 2022. The 20-year-old announced herself on the world stage with her exemplary performances which were really at the heart of Germany’s dominating displays. She won the Young Player of the Tournament award as well as a multitude of fans with…
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The Granit Xhaka Conundrum
If I were to choose a movie to describe Granit Xhaka, it would have to be the Clint Eastwood classic, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966). Love him or loathe him, since his transfer to Arsenal, Xhaka has been a mainstay in the starting XI but not short of critics. When he arrived…
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Aleksandar Mitrović: Fulham’s Serbian Talisman in Attack
Aleksandar Mitrović is the prototypical number 9, an old-fashioned, physically imposing striker who is capable of holding the ball up with his back to goal and getting into goal-scoring areas. The 27-year-old left his native Serbia in 2013, joining Anderlecht for a then club-record fee of €5 million, with Mitrović spending two seasons in Belgium…
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Robert Lewandowski: How the Polish Forward Can Transform Barça’s Fortunes
Barcelona would begin a new season with the addition of Robert Lewandowski headlining their attack in ushering in a full season for Xavi’s system to take shape. The 34-year-old Polish striker arrived with years of experience and achievements, but after switching from Bundesliga to La Liga for the sum of 42.5 million pounds, it is…
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David Da Costa: Lens’ Portuguese Attacking Midfielder
David Pereira Da Costa, a Portuguese attacking midfielder who has come through the ranks at RC Lens is starting to shine in Ligue 1 of late. David started out in the RC Lens academy and started to rise from the youth teams before being moved into the B team in the 19/20 season. At…
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Lucas Paquetá: What Can the Brazilian Playmaker Bring to West Ham?
If not for his bouncebackability, Lucas Paquetá would not be the player he is today: a senior member of the Brazilian national team and the flashiest signing in West Ham’s history. The 25-year-old arrives in East London following a £36.5 million transfer from Olympique Lyonnais, which could rise to just under £50 million if he…
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Kingsley Coman: Bayern’s French Talisman in Attack
Kingsley Coman had been an opinion divider among Bayern fans for the longest time. His career already has an astonishing 11 league titles, a UEFA Champions League title, a UEFA Nations League title and multiple other cups at the age of just 26. However, despite these accolades, Coman was the type of player who…
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Xavi Simons’ New Chapter at PSV Eindhoven
Once one of the biggest talents in FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia academy, Xavi Simons joined French giants Paris Saint-Germain in 2019, where he slowly started to break into the first team last season. He ended up playing 9 matches, providing one assist. The highly-rated prodigy was ‘already’ 19 years old whilst still not…
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Witan Sulaeman: The Indonesian Baby-faced Assassin
Having large, sharp eyes, a big smile, and the messy hair you often see on a child, Witan Sulaeman looks like that cute kid you want to mess around with. These features also earned him the nickname “Baby Shark,” coined by Valentino Simanjuntak, an Indonesian commentator, which often got repeated into oblivion every time Bung…
