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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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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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The Numbers Behind Cristian Romero’s €55m Move to Tottenham
Italian transfer gurus Gianluca Di Marzio and Fabrizio Romano reported on Wednesday that Tottenham Hotspur had reached an agreement with the Bergamo side, Atalanta, on a deal to secure the services of Cristian Romero for a fee of €55 Million. Just how good is the 23 years-old Argentinian? Let’s take a look at the numbers.…
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Player Analysis: Riccardo Orsolini
After failing to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, Italy recovered in incredible fashion to win the 2020 European Championship under Coach Roberto Mancini. The former Manchester City and Inter tactician instilled an attacking philosophy and a great sense of belief to a squad that was lacking in international experience. Some of the younger…
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Player Analysis: Ricardo Pepi
In a club that European scouts are familiarizing themselves with week by week due to the talent produced by the club’s academy, Ricardo Pepi is a standout product for FC Dallas. The club has shipped off Bryan Reynolds to Roma, Tanner Tessmann to Venezia, and Reggie Cannon to Boavista in the past 12 months, as…
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Player Analysis: Mohammed Kudus
Mohammed Kudus made his €9 million move from Nordsjaelland to Ajax to last summer, and his transfer got the Ajax faithful very excited and for good reason. Kudus’ combination of technical ability and impressive awareness had allowed him to stand out in the Danish side’s midfield, even at the age of 19. Ajax are obviously…
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Player Analysis: Raphaël Varane
Raphaël Xavier Varane. Elite. World-Class. The 27-year-old centre back has always been regarded as one of the world’s best in his position amongst football fans for the best part of a decade. Early on in his career, he was a highly coveted young prospect, who was bought by Real Madrid in June of 2011, just…









