Arsenal are in the midst of a lengthy rebuild under manager Mikel Arteta, and whilst they are struggling to offload out-of-favour fringe players, they have been pretty busy in terms of incomings. Ben White, Albert Sambi Lokonga and Nuno Tavares have been brought in, whilst Martin Ødegaard looks set to return on a permanent basis.…

Dara O’Shea is no doubt one of the most underrated young players in the Championship. The 22 year-old primarily plies his trade at the heart of the defence for West Brom and the Republic of Ireland, though has shown his quality across a back-three, and in both full-back positions. Here, BTL takes a look at…

Abdou Diedhiou Jarju was born in the small West African nation of Gambia on 19 February 2002. He began his footballing career at Gambian club Tallinding United. While playing there he caught the attention of established Senegalese Ligue 1 (Senegal’s top division) side Casa Sports.   Subsequently, Jarju transferred to Casa Sports in November 2019.…

It has been an up and down past two seasons for Tammy Abraham. After a  productive loan spell in the Championship for Aston Villa, Abraham enjoyed a solid breakout 19/20 season under then-manager Frank Lampard as he was given the number 9 shirt and the responsibility of leading the attack as the figure ahead and…

It is perhaps an understatement to claim Argentina as the birthplace of the world’s greatest forwards in history. The late Diego Maradona needs no introduction, whereas the great Lionel Messi is looking to add his 7th Ballon d’Or in his trophy cabinet. Sergio Agüero is currently the Premier League’s 4th top goal-scorer of all time,…

You always hear stories about “the one that got away” – well in Ajax’s case, Noa Lang might be that one. The 22-year-old took like a duck to water on loan with Club Brugge, winning the Belgian Pro  League in his first year and has since completed a permanent €6 million move to the club…

As if the new generation of English footballers isn’t already special enough, another budding winger is starting to make serious waves with PSV Eindhoven in the Dutch Eredivisie. Most young players who come up in Premier League academies either break into the first team at their respective clubs or end up being sold to a…

Antonio Rüdiger signed for Chelsea in the infamous summer of 2018. Unfortunately, it was infamous for all the wrong reasons, reasons that eventually led to the unhealthy divorce between club and manager that Chelsea fans are numb to. Just two years removed from Antonio Conte’s time, Rüdiger was frozen out by club legend and then…

There are few American players who have displayed technical skill as well as New York Red Bulls’ Caden Clark has since signing an MLS contract in October of 2020. At 17 years old, Caden Clark burst onto the scene scoring a volley from the top of the penalty area against Atlanta United just one day…

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.  …