It was the eve of the January 2016 transfer window, and Mirko Ivanić was quickly becoming the talk of the town. The then 23-year-old had made a name for himself as one of the finest talents in the Serbian SuperLiga, prompting sports news outlets across the Balkan region to link Ivanić with a move to…
Few stories in football are as disheartening as that of Mohammed Ihattaren. Once hailed as one of Europe’s most exciting young prospects, he was tipped for a bright future with PSV Eindhoven and later Juventus. Yet, by his early twenties, he found himself without a club, bogged down by off-field issues and personal struggles. This…
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…
The big names of Welsh football are best known for plying their trade in the English Premier League, One club trying to buck that trend is The New Saints or just TNS for short. The club have been crowned champions three years in a row and have now smashed through another glass ceiling
In 2006, a small group of Romanian friends in London formed FC Romania with little more than a football and a shared dream. What started as a weekend hobby soon grew into something bigger—a beacon of pride for the Romanian community in the UK, a lifeline to their homeland, and an unexpected journey up the…
It isn’t often two champions from the same island clash in European competition, but that’s what happened tonight in the Conference League. The competition was designed to help smaller clubs pit the best against the best from either side of the border. Reigning League of Ireland champions Shamrock Rovers took a break from their gripping…
Matchday two of the UEFA Conference League brings us the most unlikely of fixtures this Thursday: an Irish derby in Europe. Larne vs. Shamrock Rovers. League of Ireland champions Shamrock Rovers are seasoned European competitors by Irish standards, but what about their opponents from the north? An unknown who’ve taken part in less than 20…
It’s 2024, and a new name is rising in the ranks of Bayern Munich’s youth system: Lennart Karl. At just 16 years old, this left-footed attacking midfielder has been making waves in Germany’s U17 Nachwuchsliga with performances that have fans and coaches buzzing. Some are already comparing him to the likes of Thomas Müller and…
There’s about 20 minutes left in Werder Bremen’s opening day contest away to FC Augsburg. The scores are locked at 2-2, and any potential goal would likely be the winner. Suddenly Bremen finds themselves on the counter, and Marvin Ducksch is through on goal. In previous months and years, this would be an automatic goal….
Here is why Chelsea Football Club will look very different in the upcoming 2024/2025 season. It all comes down to the manager they hired.
