From Brady’s Scudetti to Keane’s sojourn – Every Irish footballer to have played in Serie A
Recent rumours linking Jeff Hendrick with a moves to AC Milan and AS Roma raised many an eyebrow across the football world. The Italian…
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Remembering every Ballon d'Or winner from the 90's
Remembering every Ballon d’Or winner of the past decade would not prove much of a challenge for most football fans, with just Luka Modric…
Player Analysis: Rennes' 17-year-old defensive midfield sensation Eduardo Camavinga
The defensive midfielder has become an increasingly important position in modern football. With many teams preaching a high-pressing, attack-minded style of football, having a…
Kings of the Bosman: Five of Juventus' best free signings
The undisputed kings of the Bosman bargain, there is no club in world football who can match Juventus when it comes to the acquisition…
Rating the impact of the five most expensive Bundesliga to Premier League transfers
Timo Werner looks set to be the next exciting addition to the Premier League after Chelsea agreed a deal to sign the forward from…
Rating Mario Balotelli's impact at the 9 clubs he's played for
Mario Balotelli’s colourful and controversial career has seemingly taken a new twist with his reported sacking by Brescia, the forward’s home-town club opting to…
Picking the best XI from players Rafa Benitez has managed
Rafael Benitez has enjoyed a long and successful career amongst the elite of European football, the Spaniard amongst the most highly-respected managers of the…
Five of the most embarrassing own goals in Premier League history
We’re not quite exactly sure why, but there’s something oddly pleasing about watching paid professionals have somewhat of a stinker. Alongside simple stumbles or…
Bundesliga Weekly Awards: Goretzka the great and Jonjoe Kenny's rocket
We reward the best and worst of German football with our weekly Bundesliga awards, featuring Black Lives Matter, a classy performance from Leon Goretzka,…
Five of the 2019/2020 Premier League season's best games… so far
The Premier League’s long-awaited return is now less than two weeks away and whilst the spectacle may be vastly different in these unprecedented times,…
Moments that made the Premier League: The billion pound barrier is finally broken
Economists often speak of endless cycles of boom and bust periods that leave speculators perpetually anxious and pondering the exact moment when a bubble…
'I was itching for a game' – What it's like to be a professional footballer during a pandemic
By the end of this month all of the top four leagues in Europe will have returned to action, as the Premier League, La…
Tweets of the Week: Liverpool bantered over Werner, Pickford training, and the Primark Guardiola
The best tweets from the world of football this week, featuring Liverpool’s failure to sign Timo Werner, Jordan Pickford’s attempts at training by himself,…
Remembering the six top scorers from the 2005/06 Premier League season
Our rewind of past Premier League seasons brings us to the 2005/06 campaign, a season which saw Jose Mourinho’s first Chelsea side secure back-to-back…
Five world-class footballers who owe their careers to a change of position
Footballers are often pigeon-holed into positions at a young age based on their attributes, whether it be the quickest players placed on the flanks,…
Football’s best talent factories: KRC Genk
In Limburg, Belgium, Genk’s youth academy approach communication uniquely, applying training sessions for kids in multiple languages, like English and Dutch, developing the linguistic…
One goal, one cult hero: A tribute to Cheick Tiote, three years on from his untimely death
Newcastle United are not a club short on cult heroes. Over the years, St James’ Park has seen them arrive in all shapes and…
Aduriz, Di Natale, Vardy – Five of the football's best 'late bloomers.'
Aritz Aduriz recently announced his retirement from the game, the Athletic Bilbao forward calling time on a career that saw the 39-year-old only fulfil…