Author: Joe Soriano

Ever since it was announced that Ruben Amorim would step in as Erik ten Hag's replacement at Manchester United, the transfer rumors linking Sporting CP's rising standouts to the Red Devils began. Sporting have one of the best young center back duos in European football between Ousmane Diomande and Goncalo Inacio, who have both regularly been linked to top Premier League clubs dating back to last year. However, after Manchester United brought in Matthijs de Ligt and Leny Yoro at center back, there's been less focus on the defenders with the vast majority of the speculation focusing on striker Viktor Gyokeres. A breakout star in the 2023/24 season with 29 goals and 10 assists after quietly notching 21 goals with 12 assists for Coventry in the previous season, Gyokeres became one of ...

Liverpool are one of the two best teams in European football right now, having built up a rather commanding lead at the top of the Premier League table as they get prepared to exit the November international break. The Reds have not missed a beat without Jurgen Klopp. Far from it. In fact, as Klopp may have predicted when he noted that his time had come to move on so that the club could progress, Liverpool have looked significantly better under the tactical innovation of Arne Slot. He's proven that he is an elite coach in world football already, and for those fans who clamored for Xabi Alonso or Ruben Amorim, there are certainly no regrets about the Slot decision now. Slot deserves credit for helping several key players at Liverpool show their true levels, as the left winger duo o...

Juventus may sit sixth in the table, but they are just two points behind Serie A leaders Napoli in what has become the most wide open title race in the Italian top flight in ages. Defending champions Inter Milan are still seen as the de facto favorites after running away with the Scudetto last season by nearly 20 points, but Juventus are just as much in the hunt as the Nerazzurri to finally win the crown after going nearly five years without a title they used to be guaranteed to win every season for a decade. Juventus have improved their attack under new manager Thiago Motta, but their real calling card coming into the season was a steady defense bookended by the center back trio of Danilo, Federico Gatti, and, of course, former Serie A Defender of the Year Gleison Bremer. Injurie...

Manchester United attacker Alejandro Garnacho is one of the gems of the squad and someone whom incoming manager Ruben Amorim should undoubtedly want to build his team around. In Garnacho, Amad Diallo, and Rasmus Hojlund, there is a great deal of hope in the future at Old Trafford, and despite the fact that Man United are in the bottom half of the Premier League table after more disastrous coaching from Erik ten Hag, the witch is gone. Moreover, Garnacho and friends have given Manchester United fans plenty to be happy about this season, with the 20-year-old already providing seven goals and four assists in all competitions in just his second season as a regular starter at the club. Yet Garnacho hasn't felt welcomed by all sections of the fanbase, and while captain Bruno Fernandes d...

Although the conclusion itself comes as absolutely no surprise, the resolution of the Paul Pogba saga at Juventus is noteworthy in both the peace it brings and in the utility it will provide the Bianconeri going forward. Pogba signed with Juventus in 2022 with plenty of optimism in the air, as he was a low-risk free agent signing from Manchester United. The more romantic Juventini had hoped a return to Turin would bring the best out of Pogba, who looked, in glimpses for the French national team, like the world-class superstar he was at the beginning of his career. But the 2018 World Cup winner barely played for Juventus. Injuries, once again, hobbled the center midfielder, and it seemed as though only minutes after he would return, another soft-tissue ailment would claim the increasi...