Fiete Arp: The Rise and Fall of Germany’s Once-Promising Prodigy
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Fiete Arp: The Rise and Fall of Germany’s Once-Promising Prodigy

ByPaddy

In the summer of 2017, there was a buzz around German football; a young striker named Fiete Arp had emerged at Hamburg SV (HSV) with remarkable promise. At just 17 years old, he became the first player born in the 21st century to score in the Bundesliga, a feat that thrust him into the national…

Gianluigi Lentini: How the World’s Most Expensive Player’s Career Came Crashing Down
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Gianluigi Lentini: How the World’s Most Expensive Player’s Career Came Crashing Down

ByPaddy

In the early 1990s, Gianluigi Lentini was the name on every football fan’s lips. Lentini was a football prodigy whose electrifying pace and dazzling dribbling turned heads across Europe. Born in the modest town of Carmagnola, near Turin, Lentini’s meteoric rise from Torino’s youth academy to becoming the world’s most expensive footballer was the stuff…