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Loum Tchaouna: What Can He Provide to Lazio’s Attack?
It has been a breakout year for Loum Tchaouna. Having left Chad for France at a young age, Tchaouna spent time at FC Kronenbourg, Schilitghelm, and Strasbourg before joining Rennes’ academy in 2014, where he would develop across the next eight years and become a France youth international at the U16, U17, U19 and U20 level.…
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Riccardo Calafiori: What Can He Provide to Arsenal’s Defense?
Club: Bologna Nationality: Italy Position: CB, LB Preferred Foot: Left Height: 6’2”/188cm Age: 22 Strengths: ball-carrying, aerial duels, physicality, anticipation, passing, front-footed defending, dynamism, wide-channel defending Areas for Development: Experience It has been a sensational year for Riccardo Calafiori. Having left Basel for Bologna on summer deadline day, Calafiori has emerged as a revelation…
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Newcastle United – Keep or Sell
Of all the teams in the Premier League, the last few years have definitely been strangest for Newcastle fans. Say what you will about their new Saudi owners (I’m not a fan) but from a footballing perspective they hard not to like. They slew the dragon that was Mike Ashley and brought the feel good…
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Keep or Sell: Analyzing Paris Saint-Germain’s Squad Ahead of the Summer Transfer Window
Okay, it’s finally happened. Almost a year after having to resort to intervention from Emmanuel Macron to get him to stay in Paris, Kylian Mbappe has finally left the French capital and moved to Madrid. For PSG bosses, it was the worst possible outcome. While losing your best-ever player, the greatest French player since Zinedine…
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Rebuilding the Red Wall: Assessing United’s Defensive Transfer Targets
Manchester United’s defence is in desperate need of an overhaul. The Red Devils’ 2023/24 season was plagued with injuries across the pitch, but no area was more affected by absentees than the back four. Already Raphael Varane and Jonny Evans have departed, and either Harry Maguire or Victor Lindelof will likely be saying…
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An Emirates Facelift: Surveying Arsenal’s Potential Center-Forward Recruitment Avenues
The 2023-24 season has been one of real excitement for English giants Arsenal and its global fanbase. With just a handful of matches remaining, Mikel Arteta’s young Gunners maintain a real chance of lifting their first Premier League trophy in two decades. Though many were disappointed with recently bowing out to Bavarian juggernaut Bayern Munich…
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Bernardo Cueva: Chelsea’s New Set-Piece Coach
The summer 2024 transfer window doesn’t open for another three months, and yet, Chelsea have already completing their first signing of the window: Brentford set-piece coach Bernardo Cueva. Who is Bernando Cueva? Born in 1987, Cueva played street football as a child but did not pursue a professional playing career; instead, he got…
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Tiago Djaló: Can the Portuguese Defender Help Fortify Juventus’ Title Charge?
Juventus announced its first signing of the January transfer window on January 22, confirming the arrival of Tiago Djaló from Lille. The 23-year-old Portuguese defender has joined on a contract through June 2026, and he arrives in the midst of a title race. La Vecchia Signora sit four points behind Inter, who have a game…
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Benjamin Rollheriser: From the Heart of La Plata to the Coast of Portugal
Talents not reaching their full potential after a falling-out with someone from the club’s hierarchy is nothing new in Argentina. When the same happened between River Plate and their proud jewel Benjamin Rollheiser, many thought he had become the latest in the line. Estudiantes signed him on a free in the summer of 2022 and…
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The Loan Recalls That Broke Hearts at Swindon Town
The one rule when supporting an EFL club is not to fall in love with loan players, because the heartbreak is there when the players leave the club to go back to their parent clubs. This happened to Swindon Town in the first few days of the new year where the loan duo of Dan…
