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Player Analysis: Luke Thomas
As Brendan Rodgers enters his fourth year as manager of Leicester City, this could finally be the season he finally breaks into the top four. Leicester mean business – they have secured the services of talented youngsters in Patson Daka and Boubakary Soumaré, as well as senior heads such as UCL winner Ryan Bertrand. …
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The Best Footballers from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
After the Euros and Copa América, the footballing world quickly turned their heads to Tokyo for the Olympic Games, which were again delayed by a year. There was yet more controversy here too, as the venue of the Olympics was under a state of emergency with rising COVID-19 cases as the event kicked off, but…
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A Defining Meeting: The Irriducibili and Lilian Thuram
Today, the voice of fans can be heard loud and clear through social media channels or via reaction videos. But, 20 years ago there was no camera lens for them to eye up. Instead, the power of the fans was much more literal, and this was felt most strongly in Italy. Most of the major…
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Player Analysis: Nikola Milenković
FK Partizan is one of the biggest clubs in Serbia, but like many clubs in the former Yugoslavia and the rest of Eastern Europe, its players are often lured away to the western European leagues for much more lucrative pay. Italian club Fiorentina has certainly been appreciative of the Partizan Belgrade production line in…
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How Romelu Lukaku Will Shape Up in Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea
28-year-old center forward Romelu Lukaku has always been a divisive figure amongst football fans, despite having a superb goal-scoring record throughout his career that many would consider world-class and borderline elite. At the beginning of his career, he was a highly wanted young prospect, who was bought by Chelsea in August of 2011, a few…
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Player Analysis: Cade Cowell
Since the start of 2020, Major League Soccer has moved 10 homegrown players to European clubs for over $40 million before bonuses. America’s top division has quickly moved from “retirement league” to a league developing both domestic and foreign talent at an impressive rate. The rate of these sales is not going to decrease in…
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Can Wayne Rooney Fix Derby’s Deep-rooted Problems?
The Championship is ‘the league of risk’ and the motto is high-risk, high-reward. This is because of the ludicrous reward of promotion, contrasted to the financial struggles of championship football. The Premier League dream has fans, players and owners alike dreaming but with these dreams can come huge financial costs. Derby County have spent…
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How Gianluca Busio Compares With Tyler Adams
“You can see that I’m in the same spot that Tyler Adams was two years ago. A 16-year-old, playing in MLS, getting a couple games in and now he’s in the Bundesliga. I think of it as, why can’t that be me?” This is what Venezia’s Gianluca Busio had to say of Tyler Adams, now…
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How Rodrigo de Paul Will Fit Into Atlético Madrid
Fresh off winning Argentina’s first Copa America in which he played a pivotal role, star Rodrigo De Paul recently made a switch worth around €35 million from Udinese back to Spain – joining Atlético Madrid, having previously played for Valencia (2014-2016). The long-awaited next step in his career comes after making over 170 appearances during…
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Moments of the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup – Part 4: Dynamo Kiev 1985-86
In recent years it has been Shakhtar Donetsk that has led the way for Ukraine in European club competitions when they won the UEFA Cup in 2009. But it was Dynamo Kiev that put Ukrainian football on the map throughout the 20th Century. Dynamo’s memorable journey to the 1998 Champions League semi-final showcased Ukrainian…
