All About The Beautiful Game
For years, I’ve written about u21 (or u23) talents either with expiring contracts or no contracts. In the first of these articles, in 2020, I chose four exciting talents: Angel Gomes, Malang Sarr, Abdul Mumin, and Luca Zidane. Nearly three years later, Gomes and Sarr are in Ligue 1, Mumin is in La Liga, and…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Henrik Larsson. Gunnar Nordahl. Sweden has a long history of producing talented attackers, and more Swedish attackers are tearing up leagues all over Europe. However, there’s one player that fans should be more excited to see than any other: 18-year old sensation Williot Swedberg. Swedberg isn’t like those other attackers. For a starter,…
The transfer window is coming to a close, with many teams struggling to get business done in time. Many teams are dealing with financial difficulties, whether due to the pandemic or other reasons. Because of this, many teams can’t afford to buy players from other teams, who also might be unwilling to sell for similar…
Recently, many top teams have been hit by financial difficulties. The likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Inter Milan have struggled with spending far more than they earn for a while, but the lack of stadium revenue during pandemic furthered this problem. With growing debt, many clubs are looking to sell more players to get…
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For the first time since signing with Barcelona in 2000, Lionel Messi is officially a free agent. These past few seasons, Messi has made his displeasure with the Blaugrana clear. Last season he pushed for an exit, only denied because the clause allowing him to move for free expired. Messi ended up staying with Barcelona,…
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One month ago, I made my predictions for the Champions League Round of 16 first leg. Some of these predictions were close, others were not. Liverpool came tantalizingly close to the 1-0 victory I had predicted, winning 2-0 over Leipzig. Dortmund’s talent up front showed as well as inconsistency in the back, where they won…
It’s been slightly over a month since the winter transfer window closed, which means only one thing: it’s time to look at the summer transfer window. As crazy as the transfer market is, it gets people interested. With many teams futures wrapped up by now, many fans have nothing better to do than look forward…
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Well, that went well. It’s no secret that Barcelona have had their struggles recently, both on and off the pitch. Lionel Messi is looking increasingly likely to leave after his contract was leaked, the club are in massive debt, and both Atletico and Real Madrid are ahead of them in La Liga. However, all this…
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This season’s Champions League group stages had several surprises in store for us. In Group B, Real Madrid lost two games to Shakhtar Donetsk but still advanced at the cost of Inter Milan. In Group C, defending Portuguese champions FC Porto finished second in the group, surprising Marseille and Olympiacos. In-form Manchester United were unable…
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Typically in the world of soccer, when a player has one or two poor seasons, they move on. Philippe Coutinho struggled in two seasons for Barcelona and was loaned out to Bayern Munich. Zlatan Ibrahimovic had one poor season for Barcelona before he was sold to AC Milan. Alvaro Morata spent just one season with…
