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Luca Koleosho was becoming key to Burnley’s Premier League survival hopes until injury hit – Jack Chippendale takes a look at who within the squad could step up and drive Kompany’s side on instead.
Marcel Seifeddine takes a deep dive into Kapfenberger interesting approach to attacking corners – deep starting positions in Austria’s second tier.
Coach Kevin Martin talks about coaching switching the point of attack.
And Beth Limb has found four interesting full-backs in Europe’s academies to watch out for.
From the archives, Fintan O’Reilly has found the following;
“The makings of a critical player in the Premier League” — identifying Europe’s best young chance creators back in October, we highlighted Jeremy Sarmiento, who has been recalled from loan at West Bromwich Albion by Brighton and Hove Albion. Read about Sarmiento among some other names you need to know.
Napoli are said to be interested in Udinese’s Lazar Samardžić, who we were extremely high on when we scouted him back in May 2022, as detailed in a TFA Scouted report from August while the 21 y/o was linked with West Ham United.
Borussia Mönchengladbach’s Ko Itakura is reportedly catching the eye of several interested clubs, including Premier League Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur. We analysed the 26 y/o centre-back’s game back in 2022 when he was said to be on Celtic’s wishlist.
Isak Hien has finalised his move from Hellas Verona to Atalanta for €8.5m. Discover why Gasperini’s team were so keen to get this deal done as soon as the January transfer window opened via our scout report on the imposing centre-back from one year ago.
Fulham beat Arsenal 2-1 in their Premier League clash, with João Palhinha playing a vital role for his side, as he has all season thus far. Check out our 2021/22 scout report on the FC Bayern transfer target.
Phil Foden delivered a solid performance and grabbed an assist to help Manchester City cruise past Sheffield United with a 2-0 win on Saturday. Take a trip back to 2018 and see what we had to say about the Englishman as a 17 y/o.
Club Brugge’s Tajon Buchanan is said to be nearing a move to Serie A giants Inter. We explained how he has an important role in Ronny Deila’s ball progression in a tactical analysis piece from August.
After beating Lecce 1-0 at the weekend, Atalanta sit just four points off the UEFA Champions League spots. Back in September, we analysed why Gian Piero Gasperini’s new recruits would help his side challenge for Europe — how high do you expect them to finish this season?
And that’s it for today – we’ll be back tomorrow with more pieces old and new about everything analysis in the football world.
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