Joaquin Seys is at left-back in Total Football Analysis’ 2025 Breakout XI. It’s been quite the year for Seys, who has gone from playing in Club Brugge’s reserve team, Club NXT in the second tier, to becoming a nailed-on starter for the senior squad in a matter of months. What...
In late November, following a disappointing early Round One exit from this year's MLS Cup Playoffs, FC Cincinnati announced its first acquisition as it turned its attention to planning for the 2025 season. It was not just any acquisition, either. For a transfer fee of $16.2m, it was the most expensive acquisition in Major...
Nearly two years ago, Total Football Analysis scouted Tolu Arokodare, who had just signed for Genk after a promising loan spell at Ligue 2 club Amiens. Now, 22 months later, Arokodare is the leading goalscorer in the Belgian Pro League, with eight goals in 14 games this season — accurate at...
Christmas is almost here, which means that it is time for the new December 2024 issue of Total Football Analysis Magazine. In this month's December 2024 issue, we have a cornucopia of articles, 21 to be exact, about La Liga, Primeira Liga, Bundesliga, Premier League, EFL Championship, Ligue 1, Serie A, EFL...
Nearly two years ago, Total Football Analysis scouted Tolu Arokodare, who had just signed for Genk after a promising loan spell at Ligue 2 club Amiens. Now, 22 months later, Arokodare is the leading goalscorer in the Belgian Pro League, with eight goals in 14 games this season — accurate at...
Despite having a population of just under four million, Croatia has been a magnet for football talent since declaring its independence in 1991. From Davor Šuker to Luka Modrić to Joško Gvardiol, the country has produced a stunning amount of world-class players who have graced football for over three decades...
Despite its population of just under four million, Croatia has been a magnet for football talent since declaring its independence in 1991. From Davor Šuker to Luka Modrić to Joško Gvardiol, the country has produced a stunning amount of world-class players that have graced football over a span of over...
In the 2023/24 season, under manager Miron Muslić, Cercle Brugge enjoyed their best season in over a decade and a half. Groen en Zwart managed to finish in fifth position, which was enough to see them earn a return to continental football for the first time in 14 years via...
Standard Liège are historically one of Belgium's most decorated clubs, with 10 league titles, eight national cups, and a European final appearance to their name over their long 126-year history. But since their last top-five finish in 2019/20, the club has had a turbulent ride. They have failed to qualify...
KV Mechelen have been a respectable side in the Belgian Pro League for quite a long time. Having spent all but one of the last 18 seasons in the top flight, as well as finishing in the top half of the table on several occasions, it's fair to say they've...
Last November, Óscar García took the reins at Oud-Heverlee Leuven. The club was placed 13th in the 16-team Jupiler Pro League standings, just inside the relegation group positions just 13 rounds into the season. By the end of the 2023/24 campaign, García managed to steer his team just about to...
Following a historic promotion which ended a 15-year wait to return to the top flight, FCV Dender was gutted to lose the man responsible for it all, Timmy Simmons, who ended his managerial spell at the club to take over at now fellow Jupiler Pro League side Westerlo. His replacement?...
After a season in which Sint-Truiden finished ninth in the Belgian Pro League regular season after many predicted them to go down, head coach Thorsten Fink was poached away from the club by KRC Genk this summer. His replacement has since been confirmed as Christian Lattanzio, with the 52-year-old Italian...
Jarne Steuckers has had a very good first two seasons at senior level in professional football. After being promoted from the Sint-Truiden U21s at the end of the 2021/22 season, Steuckers was sent on loan to Dutch Eerste Divisie side MVV Maastricht. There, he excelled for the second division side,...
After one season in the Belgian Pro League, RWDM were relegated automatically at the end of the Belgian season, with the Brussels-based club needing to prepare for another season in the Challenger Pro League with the hope of bouncing straight back up to the top flight. However, that could be...
Earlier this year, I took a deep dive into RSC Anderlecht and how they have defended corner kicks so well. It wasn't through luck that their defensive record was so strong. After discovering set-piece coach Yannick Euvrard has been integral to their success in that aspect, it is only fitting...
In a transfer that was announced early, and while the season was still ongoing, 21-year-old Swiss international midfielder Ardon Jashari is joining Club Brugge from Swiss Super League side FC Luzern for a fee in the region of €6 million. Jashari has been one of the best defensive midfielders in...
Who Is Andri Guðjohnsen? The son of former Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, and Barcelona player Eidur Guðjohnsen and grandson of Anderlecht legend Arnór Guðjohnsen, Andri has been having a superb season with Danish Superliga side Lyngby Boldklub since joining permanently from Swedish side IFK Norrköping. In fact, the 22-year-old Icelandic international...
In what turned out to be yet another tumultuous season for Club Brugge, the 18-time Belgian champions sacked Ronny Deila in mid-March, after less than a year in charge, despite guiding the club to the title playoffs and the quarter-finals of the Conference League. The club then turned to Nicky...
At the beginning of March, Union Saint-Gilloise were flying in the Belgian Pro League, with it looking like Alexander Blessin’s side would go into the Championship playoff round with a little bit of breathing space over second-placed Anderlecht after the points were halved. However, their form started to fall off...
