Bayer Leverkusen may have had to sell Kai Havertz, the crown jewel of their academy, to Chelsea in the summer. Still, they did bank €85m from this sale, which, during the current COVID-influenced climate, is a substantial sum of money to receive for one player. Additionally, as has been the case...
In recent years, we saw pass completion rates held up as an indicator of performance on the football field. A player with a high pass completion percentage was held up as an example of a good passer of the ball. While being able to complete a pass is, of course,...
RB Leipzig manager Julian Nagelsmann is widely known as one of the brightest minds in modern football management and tactics. After moving his youth coaching career to Hoffenheim’s TSG Academy, Nagelsmann rose up the ranks before becoming manager of the senior side in February 2016. Almost exactly a year earlier,...
Leon Bailey is among the wingers with the highest market value in the Bundesliga, scoring five times last season and providing two assists in 29 appearances in the top German division. The Jamaican joined Bayer Leverkusen in January 2017 from Genk and has since played 84 times. During the summer...
Last week the whole football community in Germany looked at Joachim Löw and his press conference in which he would present the results of his world cup analysis. With the game against France, Germany starts a new chapter and wants to develop in the great team they were a few years...
