Author: Kevin Parvizi

The managing editor of The Trivela Effect, Kevin has 15 years of experience in digital media. He covered Real Madrid from 2019-2022 for The Real Champs as a site manager. You can contact him at the site's official Twitter handle @TrivelaEffect or via the site's official email thetrivelaeffect@gmail.com.
The 10 most underrated center backs in world football in 2024
3Aug By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Champions League, Features, LaLiga

The 10 most underrated center backs in world football in 2024

As a position, center backs are underrated in general, because they have to do so much heavy lifting to stop the opposition's best attackers and are being tasked with more playmaking and on-the-ball ability under pressure - even moreso in modern football than ever before. Here are 10 center backs who are especially underrated. These are young players who haven't yet been picked out as top transfer targets, or they are more experienced players in their primes who have somehow flown under the radar, largely because they star for clubs outside of the spotlight. Joachim Andersen, Crystal Palace Even though Joachim Anderen has been operating at the highest level while starting for Crystal Palace in the Premier League, the vast majority of fans around the world don't know how good he is. ...
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The best summer 2024 transfer made by every Serie A club
2Aug By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features

The best summer 2024 transfer made by every Serie A club

The 2024/25 Serie A season will kick off on Aug. 17 with the likes of Inter Milan and AC Milan in action, and after winning the league by nearly 20 points, the Nerazzurri will be out to achieve even more, perhaps looking to get back to the Champions League Final. Serie A underwent a lot of turnover this past summer, mainly from perennial disappointments Juventus, who finally axed Max Allegri and replaced him with Thiago Motta - the darling manager who nearly led fairytale side Bologna to the Champions League. Although the summer 2024 transfer window in Serie A is far from settled with players like Federico Chiesa and Tammy Abraham mired in intraleague transfer rumors, enough deals have been made so that we can fairly take stock of the window thus far. Here is a look at every team'...
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The 5 best Real Sociedad players for the 2024/25 season
2Aug By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, LaLiga

The 5 best Real Sociedad players for the 2024/25 season

After finishing sixth in LaLiga and missing out on the Champions League, Real Sociedad will head into the 2024/25 without their top-performing player of the previous campaign, center midfielder Mikel Merino. Despite that, there are still plenty of great Real Sociedad players worth knowing and watching closely next season - and not just because a couple of them could be headed to "bigger" European clubs. Before the 2024/25 LaLiga season gets under way, let's take a look at a handful of the best Real Sociedad players every world football fan needs to know. AM Takefusa Kubo Takefusa Kubo has to be the most recognizable name in the Real Sociedad squad, as he is legitimately one of the most exciting players to watch in world football because of his acceleration, close control, and emerg...
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The 10 best players FC Schalke 04 ever produced
1Aug By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features

The 10 best players FC Schalke 04 ever produced

Before Schalke nearly became the worst team in the history of German football, they were literally the third-biggest club in the country behind Bayern Munich and arch rivals Borussia Dortmund. In fact, just two years before the bottom started to fall out, Schalke finished the season second behind Bayern. Heck, that very 2019/20 season during which they collapsed in the second half of the campaign, the Royal Blues were second at the end of the Hinrunde. Schalke are a proud club, and their "Knappenschmiede" academy has literally produced some of the greatest players in the history of German football. So let's honor Schalke and some of its legends of the recent past by looking at the 10 best players the Royal Blues ever developed from the ground up. GK Manuel Neuer We have to begin wi...
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Real Madrid need to use a tactic from Inter Milan to turn an attacking problem into a strength
1Aug By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, LaLiga

Real Madrid need to use a tactic from Inter Milan to turn an attacking problem into a strength

Real Madrid are going to have a lot of mouths to feed in the attack next season after signing Kylian Mbappe and Endrick to add to an attack that already boasted Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo Goes, Jude Bellingham, Arda Guler, and Brahim Diaz. That gives Real Madrid six of the best attacking players in LaLiga along with Endrick, who has the potential to be special and will be counted on as a rotational player by manager Carlo Ancelotti as an 18-year-old. Real Madrid have an embarrassment of riches Even if Real Madrid move to a 4-3-3 and switch Bellingham back to the midfield, that only gives three out of the seven talented attackers regular starts. Yes, rotation is one way Don Carlo can get everyone involved and keep them happy, but the notion of certain players getting phased out is a va...
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Why Hakan Calhanoglu was underrated for so long and why he is elite now
1Aug By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features

Why Hakan Calhanoglu was underrated for so long and why he is elite now

Inter Milan have one of the most enviable midfields in European football, and this group of players have brought the Nerazzurri a great deal of success under manager Simone Inzaghi. Just two seasons ago, Inter were in the Champions League Final against the mighty Manchester City and the most expensive squad ever made, and if it weren't for some finishing woes, Inter may have added the Champions League trophy to the Coppa Italia that year. Inter's excellence in the second half of the 2023/24 season was a sign of things to come, as the most overlooked of the powerhouse clubs in Italy won the Scudetto for a second time in four seasons. Lautaro Martinez received Ballon d'Or love and new signings Yann Sommer and Marcus Thuram were both tremendous, but Hakan Calhanoglu stole a lot of he...
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The 5 biggest Real Madrid transfer flops since 2010
1Aug By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, LaLiga

The 5 biggest Real Madrid transfer flops since 2010

Real Madrid are the biggest club in the world by Champions League titles, incoming revenue, and social media followers. In order to reach that level, you pretty much have to nail most of your big transfers. That has definitely been the case for Real Madrid over the last several windows, as they have brought in no-doubt world-class players like Eduardo Camavinga, Aurelien Tchouameni, Antonio Rudiger, David Alaba, Arda Guler, Jude Bellingham, and now Kylian Mbappe for free. However, before that, Real Madrid had more mixed success in the market, and that came back to bite them with a few poor seasons in the Champions League that were very un-Madrid like, such as early exits in the 2018/19 and 2019/20 seasons. Real Madrid had a few ghastly transfer errors as a result of desperate move...
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The 10 best Sevilla players the whole world forgot
31Jul By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, LaLiga

The 10 best Sevilla players the whole world forgot

In all honesty, Sevilla have been pretty terrible lately, so you'd be forgiven if you forgot that they are legitimately one of the biggest clubs in Spanish football and were in the LaLiga title discussion with Real Madrid as recently as the first half of the 2021/22 season. But since then, Sevilla have been a step above Spain's Schalke or Bordeaux, finishing 12th and 14th in LaLiga in the last two seasons. They were even flirting with relegation in the 2022/23 season before winning the Europa League and charging up the table under miracle-worker Jose Luis Mendilibar. Right now, Sevilla are so bereft of talent that Valencia's Peter Lim is probably feeling pretty good about himself in comparison. They just sold their only legitimate goal-scoring threat, Youssef En-Nesyri, to Fenerbahce...
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The best Aston Villa starting lineup after Ian Maatsen transfer
20Jun By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features

The best Aston Villa starting lineup after Ian Maatsen transfer

Aston Villa were one of the biggest success stories in European football last season, finishing fourth in the Premier League to secure Champions League football for the 2024/25 season. The Lions' success is the result of intelligent work on the transfer market, excellent managing by Unai Emery, and a host of strong individual performances, such as Ollie Watkins' breakout as one of Europe's best all-around strikers. Aston Villa qualified for the Conference League in 2022/23 under Emery, brought in one of the best young wingers in the world in Moussa Diaby, and further improved to reach the Champions League. Once again, Villa have remained proactive on the transfer market and are shoring up another need in their squad, as BBC's Nizaar Kinsella reports the club have agreed to a 35-40...
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A Real Madrid starting lineup with Leny Yoro to repeat as Champions League winners
19Jun By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, LaLiga

A Real Madrid starting lineup with Leny Yoro to repeat as Champions League winners

Although a transfer is far from official, Real Madrid look increasingly like the favorites to sign coveted Lille center back Leny Yoro ahead of interest from the likes of Liverpool, Manchester United, and PSG. Real Madrid have beaten top Premier League clubs and PSG to elite French talent before, signing world-class center midfielders Aurelien Tchouameni and Eduardo Camavinga in previous transfers, with Camavinga joining for far less than market value at 30 million euros. The Merengue club are hoping to get a similar deal with Yoro, who, like Camavinga, has thus far been holding out for a transfer to Real Madrid and Real Madrid only. If all goes to plan, Juni Calafat will secure the signing of a player he views as a generational talent for around 40 million euros. And if he does, ...
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