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Tyler Adams: The American Midfielder Headed For Elland Road
After selling Kalvin Phillips to Manchester City at the start of the month, Leeds United were in desperate need of a central midfielder and found their match in United States international Tyler Adams. The 23-year-old joined the West Yorkshire club in a £20 million transfer from RB Leipzig, reuniting with his first senior coach and…
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Oleksandr Zinchenko: What the Ukrainian Jack-Of-All-Trades Can Provide Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal
Mikel Arteta was dealt a huge blow when Arsenal missed out on not one but two primary transfer targets Raphinha and Lisandro Martinez. Arsenal have since been continuing their transfer business at a more deliberate pace, in contrast to the initial rush of activity to bring Fabio Vieira and Gabriel Jesus to the club. …
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Ben Davies: Rangers’ New Recruit in Defense
One year and a half after leaving boyhood club Preston North End for Liverpool, Ben Davies has joined Europa League finalists Rangers for £4 million and will play in European competition for the first time in his career at Ibrox, where he’ll attempt to fill a Calvin Bassey-sized hole in defense. Born in Barrow-in-Furness,…
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Kalidou Koulibaly: Chelsea’s Incoming Senegalese Defender and the Legacy He Leaves in Napoli
For Napoli fans around the world, Kalidou Koulibaly represented stability, excitement and a sense of calm. When he was in the line-up, no matter who the opponent was you knew you stood a chance because you had the best centre back in the world to nullify the best players on the other team. However, …
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One Player From Each Championship Team to Watch This Season – Part One
The EFL Championship always provides an entertaining spectacle, and the excitement is beginning to build ahead of the opening day, along with the intrigue of the players ready to line up in the second tier for the campaign. Here are 12 that I’ll be keeping a close eye on, whether they’re hot prospects, interesting fits…
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Player Analysis: Mohamed Camara
Red Bull Salzburg are renowned for the plethora of players that have benefited from their development system over the years. Sadio Mane, Enock Mwepu, Dayot Upamecano and Erling Haaland are just a few names who have been signed, developed, and sold on by the Austrian club. Malian international Mohamed Camara is the latest Salzburg player…
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Óscar Estupiñán: Hull’s Towering Colombian Center Forward
This year has been one of many firsts for Hull City. The team headed for their first ever fixture in Turkey, a friendly against Super Lig giants Fenerbahce, last week. Led by Georgian head coach Shota Arveladze and Dutch assistant Peter van der Veen, who travelled alongside the club’s first-ever Turkish and Iranian players…
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Cheick Doucoure: Crystal Palace’s Malian Midfielder
Crystal Palace have been quietly going about their business this summer, reinforcing a squad that outperformed expectations last season. One position where they desperately needed investment, though, was in midfield, with Conor Gallagher returning to parent club Chelsea and captain Luka Milivojevic reportedly touted with a move away. So, following the arrivals of Sam…
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Romeo Lavia: Southampton’s Long-Term Replacement for Oriol Romeu?
Ralph Hasenhuttl appears to have heeded my advice. At the start of the summer, I said he would be wise to continue his policy of poaching talent from the ‘top-six’ academies. With the arrivals of Armando Broja and Tino Livramento from Chelsea last year proving incredibly successful. Now Southampton have moved their operations up…
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Player Analysis: Andrea Pinamonti
Andrea Pinamonti was considered to be one of the brightest young prospects in Italian football when he was scoring prolifically in the youth teams of Inter. He had also captained Italy at the 2019 FIFA Under-20 World Cup, scoring four goals as the Azzurrini went on to finish fourth at the tournament. Like many…
