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Analyzing Leicester’s Summer 2022 Transfer Window Priorities
Last season felt like the inevitable consequence of Leicester City’s failure to take advantage of one of the most open top-four races in recent memory. After winning just one of their final five games, Leicester missed out on Champions League football for the second successive year in 2021. So, when young defender Wesley Fofana…
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Ismäel Bennacer: Milan’s Algerian Regista at the Heart of their Scudetto Triumph
Ismaël Bennacer has become one of AC Milan’s most important players since he arrived from Empoli in 2019. The 24-year-old is best known for operating as a regista or deep-lying playmaker and he has been integral in the Rossoneri’s return to prominence in Italian football under Coach Stefano Pioli. Prior to joining the Italian…
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The Renaissance of Matteo Guendouzi
Dubbed a problem child by Arsenal, criticised for his on-field antics against Brighton and cast aside shortly after, Matteo Guendouzi was something of an enigma during the first few years of his senior footballing career. However, the young Frenchman has potentially found a forever home with Marseille. Born in Poissy, France, he was part…
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Leeds’ Summer So Far and Their Left Back Conundrum
Leeds United kicked off their summer transfer business by recruiting RB Salzburg duo Brenden Aaronson and Rasmus Kristensen, with the creative American midfielder and marauding Danish full-back linking up again with former boss Jesse Marsch. Final day survival, and the riches that retaining their Premier League status follow, has seen the club already look…
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Analysing Hull City’s Midfield Targets
There are many areas in which the takeover of Turkish TV magnate Acun Ilcali has seen significant improvements at Hull City since its completion in January. Financial transparency, a clear plan moving forward and promises of a five-star, all expenses paid for holiday in Turkey for 500 fans to name just a few, but…
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Manchester United’s Hunt for a Long-Term Answer to the Left Back Position
With Manchester United, fans are never sure whether the club will effectively replace a position or not. Gabriel Heinze, Patrice Evra, Dennis Irwin and even Phil Neville, have set the standard of what it means to play left back for the club. Man Utd have struggled to get the best out of their left backs…
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Understanding the Concept of UEFA’s Coefficients System
Last month, UEFA announced the changes that will come to the three men’s club competitions come 2024. Each tournament will move to a single table, referred to as the “Swiss format,” with 36 teams at this league phase. While the 36 teams that partake in the Europa Conference League league phase will only play…
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Tension at the Tail-end – The Crazy Conclusion to the 2001/02 European Football Season
The European football season is long and hard. Away days in December in freezing cold temperatures, Saturday midday kick-offs away at stadiums with notoriously intimidating atmospheres, home derby matches against a well-matched opponent and finally the delight or despair of your side scoring or conceding a last-minute decisive goal. All emotions are experienced and lived…
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Joelle Murray: Hibs Fanatic, Hibs Player and Scotland Memories
From the age of five, you’ve been a regular at Easter Road supporting Hibernian. What does the club mean to you? I genuinely can’t sum up what the club means to me in one word or one sentence. It means absolutely everything and consumes every aspect of my life at this moment in time. …
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Made in Morocco, Flourishing in France; Is London Calling For Nayef Aguerd?
As the transfer rumours continue to swirl, one that appears to have legs is that of Moroccan centre back Nayef Aguerd being constantly linked to a move to the Premier League. David Moyes’ West Ham team are considered to be the team most likely to land Aguerd’s signature. This article will look at the sought-after…
