It’s been nearly 15 years since Villarreal, a small-town team from the Comunitat Valenciana,  put together one of the most astonishing Champions League runs of all time. Finishing top of a group in which Manchester United finished bottom, they dispatched of Glasgow Rangers and Inter Milan in the knockout stages, before narrowly losing out to…

Things were all square between SuperSport United and Kaizer Cheifs at the Lucas Masterpieces Moripe stadium before Bradley Grobler lobbed the ball into the net, following an Itumeleng Khune mistake. In what already is a heated race for the Lesley Manyathela Golden Boot, Grobler has laid the foundation for his most prolific season ever. He…

Aliou Dieng, born on 16 October 1997, turned 23 years of age only a few months ago. He was born in the landlocked west-African country of Mali. His career started at Djoiba AC one of Mali’s biggest clubs where he made his debut back in 2015 as a teenager.   After enjoying a few successful…

What do Shane Long, Alex McCarthy, Gylfi Sigurðsson, Michael Olise, and Omar Richards have in common? Yup, that’s right. They are all graduates of Reading FC’s productive academy. The Royals have assembled quite the production line in recent years, and their youth set up arguably doesn’t receive the plaudits it deserves.    Olise and Richards…

As the Portuguese national team nears the post-Cristiano Ronaldo era, their recent stream of young, vibrant attacking talent has reshaped a once spine-chilling prospect into a free-flowing, seamless transition in the wake of the inevitable absence of their great talisman.    From João Félix and Diogo Jota to Bernardo Silva and Bruno Fernandes, the Seleção…

Although women’s football has very recently come to the fore of the sport with massive investment and spending, there are certain players who have already achieved all there is to achieve.    When we talk of talent and recognition, England and Manchester City fullback Lucy Bronze is a name that usually comes up instantly. The…

As the final whistle blew to condemn Leverkusen to a 1-2 defeat in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals against eventual runners-up Inter Milan, few fans expected Jamaican winger Leon Bailey to line up for Die Werkself again. With the 23-year old increasingly agitating for a move to the Premier League, going as far as to…

2020 has been a rough year for Krystian Bielik as he has spent the majority of the past 12 months on the sidelines after tearing his anterior cruciate ligaments in January. The Polish midfielder missed a total of eleven months of football, eventually making his long-awaited return on December 1st.   Derby County have also…

Norwich City’s dour 2019/20 Premier League campaign came to a predictably disappointing end with The Canaries finishing rock bottom of the table after failing to win a single game during Project Restart, Emiliano Buendía’s season also fizzled out with the Argentine earning himself a straight red card after just 35 minutes in a 2-0 home…

Since taking over from Chris Hughton in the summer of 2019, Graham Potter’s Brighton Hove & Albion side have been a unique watch, to say the least. On the surface, one could conclude that they have continued their theme of struggles in which they sit just outside the relegation zone. In the past 3 years…