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Naturally, we kick off the week analysing Saturday’s historic Champions League Final which saw Inter frustrate City for long periods before Pep Guardiola’s team finally found a way to secure the treble. Fintan O’Reilly looks at Inzaghi’s tactics and how the plan very nearly came together
West Ham also lifted a European trophy last week, beating Fiorentina in the Conference League Final. Selim Ben Hmida has a match analysis explaining West Ham’s compact defensive structure and attacking plan on the night
Karim Benzema has left the Real Madrid building and there is speculation aplenty around how they will replace him. Using TFA’s xGOLD tool (where we mine for expected gold using football data), Scott Martin has some interesting suggestions
Sevilla finished their season strong under Mendilibar – winning the Europa League and not being dragged into the final-day La Liga relegation craziness. Fintan O’Reilly takes a look at where they’ve transformed themselves and what else needs to change going into next season
Fewer and fewer teams are winning games by dominating possession, says Adam Scully – and he has a prime example in Cincinnati of MLS under Pat Noonan. Let him explain how they are proving that you don’t always need the ball in modern football
In Canada, Pacific FC are off to a flying start under James Merriman – Beth Limb breaks down his dynamic tactics to explain their early season form
Orkun Kokcu is set to complete a move from Feyenoord to Benfica – read our scout report to see why the Portuguese champions are doing some astute business by buying the Turkey international
Edson Alvarez is being targeted as West Ham’s replacement for Declan Rice, according to reports in the English media – read our analysis to see why David Moyes is keen on the Mexican star
Florian Kohfeldt has been appointed as the new head coach at Belgian side KAS Eupen – we have an old analysis we wrote on Kohfeldt’s tactical philosophy as a guideline for what to expect from his side
Naby Keita completed his move to Werder Bremen after his recent exit from Liverpool – we have an analysis of Keita’s role under Jurgen Klopp to see what we can expect from him in Germany
Daniel Farke is reportedly in talks with Celtic to replace Ange Postecoglou ahead of next season – read our analysis of Farke’s tactics to see what can be expected from the Scottish champions should the German take the reins
Ricardo Pepi is closing in on a move to PSV Eindhoven after an excellent individual campaign on loan at Groningen – we have a scout report of the highly-rated USMNT attacker
The Montpellier president confirmed that some top European clubs are interested in signing Sepe Elye Wahi this summer – we previously looked at why Wahi is a star in the making
That’s it for today – we are back at the same time tomorrow.
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