Douglas Luiz caught European attention when he joined Aston Villa on loan from Manchester City for the 2019/2020 season. After four years with the Villans, he made the jump to join Juventus for the 2024/2025 season, with a peak market value of €70m and Juventus paying a fee of €51.5m....
When both Joško Gvardiol and Rúben Dias were forced off due to injuries in Manchester City’s Premier League clash against Chelsea at the beginning of January, it put the club in a tricky situation. With Dias out multiple weeks, Gvardiol potentially for the rest of the season, and with John...
Since his return, David Moyes has done a brilliant job at Everton. He has stabilised the side, restored a clear structure, and given the club its identity back. The Toffees now look organised, competitive, and difficult to play against with a much clearer understanding of what they are trying to...
AS Roma have been missing a reliable striker, other than Evan Ferguson, to provide a heavier presence in the box and help finish the team’s chances with consistent efficiency. It will be very important for the Giallorossi to sign a striker during this transfer window in order to continue competing for the top...
Werder Bremen were rather busy this summer, overturning their entire identity and style of play. Long-time head coach Ole Werner and the club decided to part ways, which led to the club hiring Horst Steffen as their new head coach. This also meant that the team's entire style of play...
It may be tough to cast your mind back to the chaotic summer transfer window, but the moves that Premier League clubs desperately pushed for now look very different in the context of the season. It was the summer of hotly tipped and hotly chased strikers. If you take a...
Manchester United enter the January transfer window with a structurally vulnerable midfield that has been repeatedly exposed throughout the 2025/2026 campaign. Rúben Amorim’s system places heavy tactical and physical demands on the double-pivot; the current squad profiles lack the balance, control, and defensive presence required to stabilise the team. Casemiro’s...
The January transfer window offers teams a second chance. It is time to address what went unaddressed in the summer and respond to problems that have surfaced in the opening half of the season. The window tends to focus on clubs managing injury crises or those needing a final push...
Leeds United have started the 2025/2026 Premier League season strongly, picking up four points from their first three games. They have kept clean sheets in two games, yet lacked any significant cutting edge up front. In an attempt to address these issues, they have turned to a trio of offensive...
It has been quite a summer at Tottenham Hotspur. The departure of Ange Postecoglou after winning the Europa League Final has brought mixed emotions. Optimism returned when Thomas Frank and his staff arrived with a renewed optimism and a different playing style. The results on the pitch have been encouraging,...
The 2024/2025 season was a historic one for Newcastle United. Their campaign was marked by their first trophy in 70 years in the EFL Cup Final against Liverpool. In addition, a fifth-place finish meant a return to the UEFA Champions League. A successful season such as this led to widespread...
After lifting the 2024/2025 Premier League title, Liverpool entered the summer transfer window with an unmistakable sense of ambition. Under new tactical leadership, the Reds were not merely content to defend their crown; they were intent on refining and reinforcing their squad to maintain both domestic and European dominance. This...
The 2024/2025 season was the most prolific goalscoring campaign that Werder Bremen playmaker Romano Schmid (168cm/5’6”, 69kg/152 lbs) has had since joining Die Werderaner from Austrian Bundesliga side Wolfsberger AC five years ago. Schmid scored five German Bundesliga goals last term, while he also provided five league assists, his second-best-ever...
Following the departure of their star striker, Lorenzo Lucca, who has joined Napoli, Udinese’s technical director, Gökhan Inler, has recently stated that the team is actually searching for alternative strikers to try replacing Lucca with a striker who has similar attributes and can lead the team to a higher spot...
Welcome to another instalment of our budget-friendly series. Last week, we released a list of four budget-friendly strikers who could join middle- or low-level clubs in Europe's top-five leagues. Now, we're moving on to midfielders. The idea is the same: to find affordable midfielders with decent attributes, numbers or qualities...
Following a thoroughly disappointing 2024/2025 season, wherein they finished 15th in the Premier League and lost the UEFA Europa League Final to Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United need to undergo a significant squad upheaval for the upcoming season. With the Manchester United transfer of Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo finalised, Ruben Amorim's next...
After ending Manchester City's Premier League title-winning streak by finishing as EPL Champions in the 2024/2025 season, Liverpool will look to strengthen their squad for the upcoming season. Winning the league title in his debut season was a milestone for Arne Slot; however, the champions fell short in the UEFA Champions...
Rangers have started their summer transfer window with keen intent. Russell Martin has already been granted six new signings, with the understanding that huge improvements are needed to close last season's 17-point gap to Old Firm rivals and reigning champions Celtic. Two of these six signings have come in central defence,...
So far, this summer transfer period has not been too kind to Bayern Munich. The German giants have been trying to sign another option for their attacking line for weeks, but with Florian Wirtz joining Liverpool and Nico Williams deciding to stay at Athletic Bilbao, their operation has been disappointing....
With Jarell Quansah's departure to Bayer Leverkusen and Ibrahima Konaté's uncertain signing of a new contract, Liverpool may be short of centre-backs within 12 months. With these concerns, the media has begun discussing the potential addition of Marc Guéhi to the defensive ranks. Crystal Palace rejected bids from Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur...
