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One Player From Each Championship Club Who Will Play in the Premier League – Part One
You can read Part Two here: As the climax of the 2021/22 Championship campaign fast approaches, every club has their sights set on their own respective prize. There are at least ten teams still hopeful of earning promotion with a handful of games to go, four clubs to fight out relegation with the rest…
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Nathan Jones’ Luton Town: From Betrayal to the Brink of the Premier League
Just nine years ago, Luton Town finished seventh in the fifth tier of English football, their fourth season at that level and the first time they missed out on the Conference play-offs. It was an unprecedented low in the club’s recent history. Meanwhile, West Bromwich Albion and Swansea City had secured eighth and ninth…
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Erik ten Hag: The Inside Track on the Dutch Coach Destined for Old Trafford
Following numerous reports that Ajax head coach Erik Ten Hag is destined to become the next manager of Manchester United, I spoke to Amsterdam-based Dutch football expert James Rowe. James has covered Dutch football in the Netherlands at close sight since 2005 and he gave me the inside track on the career of Erik…
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Karim Adeyemi: Salzburg’s New Attacking Superstar
At 20 years of age, Karim Adeyemi has established himself as the next young forward to break onto the scene at Red Bull Salzburg following the explosions of Erling Haaland, Patson Daka and Takumi Minamino. With 19 goals this season, he could be set for a summer move to Borussia Dortmund to replace Haaland…
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The Challenges That Await the Next Manchester United Manager
Erik Ten Hag? Mauricio Pochettino? Julen Lopetegui? Whoever the next manager of Manchester United is will have a large in tray awaiting them upon arrival. Sir Alex Ferguson never finished outside of the Champions League places in the Premier League era. Since his retirement in 2013, the club has finished outside the Champions League…
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Christopher Nkunku: Analyzing Leipzig’s French Attacking Talisman
At 24 years of age, Christopher Nkunku is delivering the best football of his young career under Domenico Tedesco at RB Leipzig this season, leading the charge during Jesse Marsch’s ill-fated spell before going up an extra level following Tedesco’s appointment in December. After joining Paris Saint-Germain’s academy at 13 years of age, Nkunku…
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Rico Henry: Brentford’s Buccaneering Left Back
Six months ago, you would’ve been forgiven for thinking that England needed to address their situation at left-back. Ben Chilwell was in the form of his life, playing in perfect harmony with his English counterpart Reece James at Chelsea. Whilst Luke Shaw, despite a slight dip in form, was coming off the back of…
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The Amman Ambition at the Asian Champions League
As the sun sets on March, we move into the most gripping point of the European football calendar, with domestic titles to be decided and three different continental competitions still to be settled. In Asia however, continental football is just starting. April signals the beginning of the AFC Champions League group stages and there…
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Saint-Étienne’s Season Could Be A Microcosm of Their History – A Tale of Decline & Revival But Will It Conclude With Ligue 1 Survival?
There is a widely used adage often attributed to Mark Twain that says “history rarely repeats itself, but it often rhymes.” The parallels between the past of one of Ligue1’s most celebrated clubs and their present-day-roller-coaster season are eerily similar. As the full-time whistle blew & another international break was beckoned into the footballing-…
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Joe Gelhardt: Destined for the Top
“Managing him was a dream. Every time he played, he was affecting things positively. The flair he had didn’t mean he did things for show. He just had it.” Those were the words of former Wigan Athletic coach Nick Chadwick, discussing the development of striker Joe Gelhardt with The Athletic. Including penalties won,…
