-
![]()
Jack Harrison: An England Star in the Making?
For Jack Harrison, the winger’s development has been a gradual process rather than a meteoric rise, owed largely to the manner he conducts himself on and off the pitch. When the then-22-year-old joined the Whites on an initial season-long loan in 2018, the former Liverpool and Manchester United academy prospect was looking to make…
-
![]()
James McAtee – The Manchester City Teenager Ready to Cut His Teeth in the Championship
At just 19 years of age, James McAtee is already living out his wildest dreams. Featuring in several Cup competitions for Manchester City and even making his Premier League debut off the bench against Everton recently, he’s one player that Pep Guardiola will hope can develop into a starter for City in the years to…
-
![]()
Project Rebuild Through the Youth Ranks: Uncovering Chelsea’s New Italian Talent Cesare Casadei
Roman Abramovich is gone. A marquee in the football business industry and an icon in Chelsea’s revolutionary history. A leadership and management era of almost two decades under the Russian oligarch has come to a halt. It is now time for a new dawn, a new management, a modernized philosophy, and ultimately a different…
-
![]()
Marcus Tavernier: The Key to Bournemouth’s Survival?
After starting the season with a 2-0 win against Aston Villa, Bournemouth were consummately pulled apart by Manchester City in a 4-0 defeat before losing 3-0 to Arsenal at the Vitality Stadium, narrowly edging Norwich on penalties in the EFL Cup after drawing 2-2, before losing 9-0 to Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday, a defeat…
-
![]()
Matheus Cunha: The Answer to Manchester United’s Goalscoring Woes?
Manchester United’s interest in Matheus Cunha won’t come as a surprise to those familiar with the Brazilian. That said, neither will Atletico Madrid’s reluctance to part with their versatile forward. Born in the coastal city of João Pessoa, the 23-year-old has followed a unique path to La Liga, transferring from Curitiba’s academy to FC…
-
![]()
Dean Henderson: England’s Future #1 in Goal?
Not only have his goalkeeping heroics endeared himself to the City Ground faithful already, but Dean Henderson’s character and leadership have shone through in severing ties with Manchester United to seek first-team football. It is this that potentially places the shot-stopper tantalisingly close to a place in the World Cup squad. It’s been a rocky…
-
![]()
Player Analysis: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
There is a new star in Naples: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. When Napoli lost Lorenzo Insigne and Dries Mertens this past summer, it was hard to imagine where the creativity and goals would come from for Napoli. Even harder to imagine that a 21-year-old from Georgia could possibly be the answer. Napoli were linked with Khvicha…
-
![]()
Jayson Molumby: Once Ball-Winner, Now Ball-Shepherd for West Bromwich Albion
Brave, resilient, industrious. Not many players possess such uncoachable assets, let alone at the age of only 18. Those were the attributes that encouraged Chris Hughton to hand Jayson Molumby his Brighton and Hove Albion debut back in 2017, where he played 90 minutes in a Carabao Cup second-round victory over Barnet. The midfielder…
-
![]()
Diogo Costa: The Present and Future of Portugal’s Goalkeeper Position
There are few goalkeepers who at the age of 22 – start for their nation, hold the number 1 spot at their boyhood club, experience Champions League football and win five domestic trophies. There are few goalkeepers like the present and future of Porto and Portugal, Diogo Meireles da Costa. Diogo Costa is unarguably…
-
![]()
Chris Richards: Crystal Palace’s American Defender
If signing the right player was easy, every club would do it all the time. But it is not. Recruitment at the highest level of the sport is fraught with pitfalls at every turn, starting with talent identification and culminating in deal negotiation. It therefore should not come as a surprise that many elite…
