It’s fair to say Aaron Ramsey’s move to Juventus back in 2019 hasn’t exactly gone to plan – at least for the Italian giants.   After 11 years of service at Arsenal, Ramsey made the lucrative switch to Italy with the Gunners reluctant to give him a deal that would match then-highest paid player Mesut…

On the eve of the 2021/22 Premier League campaign, Jamie Vardy reiterated his desire to stay a Foxes player beyond the two years left on his existing deal at the King Power Stadium.   Although he will be 36, nearly 37, by the time his contract expires in the summer of 2023, Vardy wants to…

For years, the world has been waiting for Giovani Lo Celso to break through the glass ceiling and become a top-tier talent that his ability deserves. Beginning his career with Rosario Central in Argentina, Lo Celso soon caught the attention of the Parisian juggernauts Paris Saint-Germain. In his only full season at PSG, Lo Celso…

It took Stevan Jovetić just six minutes to open his Hertha Berlin account on matchday one of the current Bundesliga season, tapping home from point-blank range to give his new side – and seventh career club – the lead against Köln.   But while the home side rallied and turned the game around to win…

Marek Hamsik has already cemented his legacy as somewhat of an enigma. He is a modern legend of Napoli, spending twelve years with the Italian giants and, despite failure in pursuit of a league title, was instrumental in some of the best football the league has seen in the past decade.    After leaving the…

The November international break has finally come to an end, and now, we have four months of club football that will see various clubs vie for supremacy in the title races across Europe, and various lethal goalscorers eke it out for the Golden Boot award as well.   Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski currently leads…

The career of Lionel Messi, one of the greatest soccer players the world has ever seen.   Lionel Messi is one of the most famous, most popular, and most decorated soccer players of all time. He holds the record for most Ballon d’Or wins, the highest-scoring South American player ever, and he holds the record…

In the summer of 2020, as nearly every football club in Europe sought to tighten their purse strings and ride out the storm from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Chelsea took a drastically different approach. After narrowly sealing Champions League football under Frank Lampard, the club brought in a treasure trove of attacking stars such as…

It has been a mere four years since Mohmmed Salah arrived in Merseyside. Four years since he drove inexorably through Premier League defences, mercilessly putting defenders to the sword and leaving goalkeepers helpless.   After 38 weekends, there were 32 goals, the most anyone had scored in a league season in its current form. Looking…

After a volatile two years that saw them go from avoiding relegation on the final day of the season to finishing second in the league, Lille regressed to fourth place and finished bottom of the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League group stage under Christophe Galtier. This drop-off in form could be attributed to the departures of…