“In this mood and this spirit, I think he is unstoppable.” Erik ten Hag eulogised over the growing influence of Marcus Rashford, who picked up the ball in his own half at the City Ground in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final and nine seconds later the net was rippling.   The winger…

Bournemouth ended their six-game winless run courtesy of a 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest at the weekend. Whilst Jaidon Anthony’s first-half strike, their first league goal since the resumption of club football, backed up the faith that’s been shown in him in recent weeks, it’s merely small steps, but if Anthony and Bournemouth can strike up…

Finishing their last few seasons in and around the playoff picture before just falling away, Gary Rowett’s Millwall fell six points shy of that final playoff spot in the Championship last campaign — the Bermondsey-based club are certainly on the up after previous relegation near misses and stints in League One.   Heroic players from…

Countless boys in West Africa enroll in football academies, giving up on an education and splurging the family savings in their quest to establish a career at one of Europe’s top teams. Yet many of them are duped, taken abroad, and dumped by unscrupulous men posing as agents, according to activists. Tom Vernon, founder of…

Ibrahima Bamba is not a name many will be particularly familiar with. He is currently enjoying his first full season as a first-team player, having only made his first-team debut in February 2022. That said, the promising youngster has emerged as a key player for the Primeira Liga’s Vitória de Guimarães this season and is…

Name: Dario Essugo Age: 17 Position: CM/CDM Height: 5’10/1.79M Preferred foot: Right   For the first time in 19 years, Sporting Clube de Portugal, otherwise referred to simply as Sporting, finally managed to win the Primeira Liga in 2020/21 after a two-decade stint of watching Benfica and Porto from the shadows trade places as the…

Levi Colwill found himself in the directors’ box alongside Mykhailo Mudryk and Todd Boehly during Chelsea’s tense victory over Crystal Palace – an encouraging sign for a player that the Blues should be desperate to keep after his time at Brighton finishes, due to a formidable recent upturn in form.    His loan on the…

Nottingham Forest continued their recent resurgence with a 2-0 win over local rivals Leicester City on Saturday. Club-record signing Morgan Gibbs-White was at the heart of everything for Steve Cooper’s men, laying on both assists for Brennan Johnson as Forest climbed to 13th in the Premier League table, and it’s no surprise that both player…

Southampton have found themselves in a lot of trouble (again). Having avoided relegation by just 5 points last season but ending their campaign in horrific form, the Saints have found themselves in the depths of a relegation scrap this season. They sit rock bottom of the Premier League table and suffered six consecutive league defeats…

Karim Konate is arguably the most exciting talent to come out of the Ivory Coast in the past couple of years. Providing the physicality of Sebastian Haller, the dribbling of Jeremie Boga, and the finishing of Wilfried Zaha, Konate is the complete package. It’s the reason why ASEC Mimosas sold Konate to Salzburg for a…