Aaron Wan-Bissaka has made his choice. After years of lingering in international limbo, the West Ham full-back has accepted his first senior call-up for the DR Congo national team. For a player long tipped for England, the move marks a clear shift in priorities and a fresh start. Wan-Bissaka is one of three new faces…
There’s a strange joy in finding a wonderkid on Football Manager before anyone else knows their name. That rush when you sign a 16-year-old for peanuts and five seasons later he’s bagging goals in a Champions League final. Football Manager has a knack for spotting talent long before it breaks through. Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney,…
Imagine turning on the TV to watch your club’s new signing make his debut, only to realise within minutes that he can’t even trap a ball. Now picture discovering that this same player had convinced your manager he was an international star with nothing more than a few phone calls and a smooth story. That’s…
“He’s won everything at Liverpool.” “Is Trent not allowed to want a new challenge?” “He didn’t cost Liverpool anything!” Everyone exclaims online, completely missing the point. Trent Alexander-Arnold has manufactured, over the course of four years, an exit plan. From the moment he only signed a four-year deal back in 2021, this move was set…
Cole Palmer has been out of “form” for months. He hadn’t score since January until Liverpool came to Stamford Bridge. Find out why.
“You see, they’re in a 3-2-5 in possession, inverted full-backs creating the box midfield. But out of possession, it’s more of a 4-2-2-2, with the wingers engaging the second phase in a hybrid press.” Now, read that again and ask yourself, what have you actually learned? The rise of Football Tacticos – those self-styled tactical…
Nowadays, you hear it everywhere. On Match of the Day, in WhatsApp groups, from pundits trying to explain how a team came away with nothing despite battering the opposition. xG is part of the football conversation now. But for all the talk, most people couldn’t tell you where it came from, or who came up…
He was already in the headlines before kick-off. By the final whistle, the knives were fully out for Andre Onana. Manchester United’s often mercurial goalkeeper, Andre Onana, endured another error-strewn performance in the 2-2 Europa League draw against Lyon, with both goals a direct result of his own misjudgements. But before a ball had even…
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