Author: Joe Soriano

Joe Soriano covers West Ham for Green Street Hammers and writes about Real Madrid for The Real Champs. He has extensive experience covering world football since 2014. Joe is an editor for The Trivela Effect, where he covers the biggest clubs in European football. He has watched professional sports regularly since 2002 and can be found playing the same sports he covers with his friends.
5 swap deals top Serie A clubs must make in summer 2025
25Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Transfer News

5 swap deals top Serie A clubs must make in summer 2025

Swap deals don't get made nearly enough in football, and there's no league with a more enticing slate of potential trades than Serie A with so many clubs hoping to reach that next level, whether it's winning the Scudetto every year or getting over the Champions League hump. Here are five trades for every contending team in the Italian top flight to consider making in the summer 2025 transfer window. Juventus swap Dusan Vlahovic for Randal Kolo Muani with PSG The first swap deal on the list is the most obvious one. Dusan Vlahovic joined Juventus with a lot of hype in 2022 for a fee of over 80 million euros, but he has failed to live up to that hefty price tag - or the weight of being the Juventus No. 9. Vlahovic has so much talent, but it's not working out for him in Turin. With Thi...
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5 transfers Champions League clubs need to make in summer 2025
22Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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5 transfers Champions League clubs need to make in summer 2025

Winning the Champions League is one thing, but staying on top and being a legitimate title contender year in and year out is another thing entirely and requires making the right signings at the right times. Here are five signings that the traditional heavyweights - and new contenders - in the Champions League need to make in the summer 2025 transfer window in order to improve their chances of making the leap or building a true dynasty. Trent Alexander-Arnold to Real Madrid Listen, Real Madrid needed to sign another right back five years ago, and while Dani Carvajal proved a lot of Madrid fans wrong by showing he has plenty left in the tank last season, he will be coming off an ACL tear in 2025/26 at the age of 33 at a physically demanding position. Real Madrid need a new right back...
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The 5 most impactful injuries of the 2024/25 LaLiga season
21Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Injury News

The 5 most impactful injuries of the 2024/25 LaLiga season

There's nothing like a major injury that can completely change the narrative of the season, and the 2024/25 LaLiga title race - and even the race for European places - has been significantly impacted by major ailments. Here are just five of the biggest injuries of the current season. Real Madrid RB Dani Carvajal When reigning European Championship, LaLiga, and Champions League winner Dani Carvajal went down with a season-ending ACL tear in early October, everyone knew Real Madrid were going to be in deep trouble thereafter. Real Madrid had failed to sign adequate cover for Carvajal at right back, and the age-old question became an immediate nightmare, especially with no real chance of signing an adequate player in the winter transfer window (free-agent-to-be Trent Alexander-Arnold ...
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5 best possible right back signings for AC Milan in summer 2025
20Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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5 best possible right back signings for AC Milan in summer 2025

Although AC Milan acquired 34-year-old Manchester City star Kyle Walker this winter on loan and have plugged and played him into the starting position, it's hard envisioning the former England international being any kind of a long-term solution for the Rossoneri despite rumors stating otherwise. Walker is, more or less, a lateral move from Davide Calabria with more pedigree. He is a solution in comparison to only Emerson Royal, who was, predictably, a disastrous signing. Milan need something better than Walker going forward, even if they can get Walker on a cheap, stopgap type deal. Here are five players Milan should consider signing in the summer 2025 transfer window at right back. Arnau Martinez, Girona Arnau Martinez has fallen compared to where he was valued a couple of years ...
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Transfermarkt snubbed Liverpool stars from most valuable Premier League XI
20Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Analysis

Transfermarkt snubbed Liverpool stars from most valuable Premier League XI

Transfermarkt has been releasing a lot of lists and best of formations due to its updated transfer valuations, and Liverpool fans will have a bone to pick with the latest most valuable XI for the Premier League. Not a single Liverpool player makes the squad despite the fact that the Reds are first in the Premier League by XI points. Arsenal and Manchester City led the way with four players in the team, each. David Raya got the nod in goal; William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes combined with Josko Gvardiol to form the back line; Rodri and Declan Rice are the double-pivot in midfield; Cole Palmer is the playmaker; Phil Foden and Bukayo Saka are the winger duo; and Erling Haaland and Alexander Isak obviously make the grade as the two strikers. Ryan Gravenberch deserves more praise Gran...
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Where does Antony rank among LaLiga’s best players right now?
20Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Analysis

Where does Antony rank among LaLiga’s best players right now?

Manchester United loanee Antony looks like a completely different man since moving from Old Trafford to the Benito Villamarin, and ever since he's joined Real Betis, Los Verdiblancos have been the second highest performing team in LaLiga after league title favorite Barcelona. Isco has been splendid, too, and was instrumental in the 2-1 win over former employers Real Madrid, but Antony has unmistakably been the star of the show. But where, exactly, does Antony rank? Both in terms of form and overall quality. It's a difficult question to ask since Antony has just joined LaLiga and previously had a poor reputation as a nearly 100 million euro transfer flop for Manchester United. Form and class are two distinct entities, and, because of that, it becomes additionally difficult to asses...
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3 players Liverpool must sign in order to win the Champions League
20Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Transfer News

3 players Liverpool must sign in order to win the Champions League

Although Liverpool reached the final in 2022, they haven't won the Champions League since 2019 when they completed a historic comeback win over Barcelona and then dispatched Premier League rivals Tottenham in the final with Jurgen Klopp as manager. In Arne Slot's first season at the helm, Liverpool were actually favored to win the Champions League after placing first in the league phase, but their weaknesses were exposed by PSG. They were eliminated on penalties, but, in truth, were outplayed over two legs by Luis Enrique's men. Liverpool should still be able to skate to the Premier League title this season, but more work needs to be done in the summer 2025 transfer window if the Reds want to recapture Champions League glory. Here are five superstar players Liverpool must target t...
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Latest injury update on Trent Alexander-Arnold return
20Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Injury News

Latest injury update on Trent Alexander-Arnold return

Liverpool star right back Trent Alexander-Arnold has been out since the Reds' second leg Champions League Round of 16 defeat to PSG with a high-ankle sprain, which has caused him to miss one game so far. According to a report from James Pearce of The Athletic, Alexander-Arnold is targeting an April return from his injury, meaning his return to Liverpool should be right around the corner. Alexander-Arnold was not called up by England manager Thomas Tuchel for the March international fixtures due to the injury. Liverpool will play against Merseyside Derby rivals Everton next in the Premier League on Apr. 2. After that Liverpool will battle a solid Fulham side on Apr. 6 on the road before returning home to battle West Ham on Apr. 13. Leicester City and Tottenham are the final two rem...
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Dortmund willing to sell eight players in summer 2025 transfer window
20Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Dortmund willing to sell eight players in summer 2025 transfer window

With all due respect to Manchester United and Tottenham, Borussia Dortmund have to be the most disappointing team domestically in European football, as they have inexplicably fallen all the way to 11th in the Bundesliga. Even though Dortmund are into the quarterfinals of the Champions League after coming from behind against Ligue 1 side Lille, their pursuits in league play have been beyond abysmal, currently ranking behind such stalwarts as Augsburg. Dortmund need a complete overhaul of their squad, and they could let as many as eight players go in the summer 2025 transfer market - both a mix of stars who will generate revenue and players who are no longer of use to the squad. BILD reports that defender Niklas Sule, midfielder Salih Ozcan, and attacking midfielder Giovanni Reyna a...
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Liverpool star Ryan Gravenberch now has injury concern
19Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Injury News

Liverpool star Ryan Gravenberch now has injury concern

Liverpool are reeling right now, having lost the Carabao Cup Final this past weekend to Newcastle 2-1 after being eliminated from the Champions League Round of 16 in heartbreaking fashion to PSG on penalties. Now, Liverpool may have another worry on their hands, as one of their best players of the season, center midfielder Ryan Gravenberch, has just suffered an injury blow. Providing further evidence of the insidiously useless nature of the international "breaks", top footballing insider Fabrizio Romano reports that Gravenberch was forced to leave the Netherlands this week with an injury of unspecified nature. He will return to Liverpool for further evaluation by his club. Liverpool hold a 12-point lead at the top of the Premier League table over Arsenal, so while their title hope...
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