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…

Borussia Dortmund didn’t think twice before deciding to go for Jude Bellingham in the summer of 2020. The 17-year-old Birmingham City midfielder was impressing in the Championship at the time and it was clear to see the massive potential that he has.   “I’m incredibly excited to have joined one of the biggest clubs in…

There were wild celebrations in Valencia when a picture appeared on Twitter showing Peter Lim with Gonçalo Guedes in the summer of 2018. This picture was significant because it indicated that Valencia were almost certainly signing him on a permanent deal, as rumours of the imminent deal dominated the airwaves.   During the rocky reign…

Six years before Jude Bellingham made his professional debut at St Andrew’s, Demarai Gray looked set to become the next young prospect to take Birmingham City by storm and stake out a career in England’s top-flight, following in the footsteps of Nathaniel Redmond and many more. After seven years at the club’s academy, Gray made…

Chapter 1: A Star is Born   Cristiano Ronaldo broke through at Sporting at the age of 16 under manager Laszlo Boloni, and it was clear from the very start that he was one of the best talents in Europe at that time. Initially, Cristiano played as a pure winger, attacking the byline and crossing…

Kurt Zouma, now 26, has battled through adversity. A product of Saint-Etienne’s impressive academy programme, the Lyon-born centre-back arrived on France’s biggest stage a decade ago, making his debut for Les Verts while still a schoolboy.    During his time with the Ligue 1 outfit, Zouma amassed 3,024 top-flight minutes and quickly made a name…