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Chelsea’s next sale is painfully obvious after Tyrique George joins Everton
5Jul By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Chelsea’s next sale is painfully obvious after Tyrique George joins Everton

Chelsea have made a significant sale in the summer transfer window, as BBC Sport's Nizaar Kinsella reports that the Blues have agreed to sell Tyrique George to Everton for a cool 25 million pounds. For many Chelsea fans, the George sale is unsurprising, as the club never seemed to believe in the 20 year old prospect, with many fans worried that the sale will come back to bite them. But the real annoyance is that George is the one to go before Jamie Bynoe-Gittens and Alejandro Garnacho after those two players were much, much worse than George in the attack following their big money transfers. Chelsea should probably be buying in on their own prospects before splurging on questionable talents, but since they are giving up on George, the only question is, who will go next? If Chel...
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Bukayo Saka could flip the recent narrative with one big game
4Jul By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Bukayo Saka could flip the recent narrative with one big game

England will face one of the host nations, Mexico, on Sunday night in the World Cup Round of 16, and while the Three Lions always like to think of themselves as one of the favorites and have been Finalists in the last two European Championships, they know there is a reason why they have not won the big one in decades. Although Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane have stepped up massively in this World Cup with clutch goals and all around performances, there are so many other players, including champions of the Premier League, who have not stepped up at all or shown that same winning DNA. Bukayo Saka is fresh off hoisting the Premier League title to break Arsenal's drought, but their star right winger has been having a down year even for the Gunners and continues to be shocking for England...
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Portugal still can’t escape the Bruno Fernandes dilemma
3Jul By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Portugal still can’t escape the Bruno Fernandes dilemma

Manchester United attacking midfielder Bruno Fernandes was arguably the best player of the 2025/26 Premier League season and played a crucial role in leading Michael Carrick's side back to the Champions League as one of European football's biggest chance creation mavens. But under Roberto Martinez for the Portuguese national team at the 2026 World Cup, Fernandes can come nowhere near recapturing that magic, and he proved to be a tremendous liability yet again. Fernandes was frustratingly ghosting all game long again, and while Portugal were able to pull off a last gasp 2-1 win over Luka Modric and Croatia in the end, they were very nearly taken out of the game. While Fernandes is far from the only disappointing midfielder for Portugal, it has been truly jarring to see how few chan...
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Tottenham’s loss to Sunderland showed why De Zerbi is the wrong man for the job
14Apr By Cody AcevedaNo Comments
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Tottenham’s loss to Sunderland showed why De Zerbi is the wrong man for the job

After Tottenham hired Roberto De Zerbi, most pundits focused on how long it would take for the Italian to implement his system. Some said he would bed in right away, while others said he might not have enough time to make an impact at Spurs this season. Whatever the argument, most of these discussions concerned De Zerbi’s attacking tactics. After all, De Zerbi’s preferred slow build-up is very different from Igor Tudor’s ‘keep-it-simple’ mentality and a huge departure from the kind of direct football Thomas Frank tried to use earlier this season. With all this being said, the loss to Sunderland made it clear that De Zerbi’s defensive set-up could see Tottenham relegated from the Premier League this season, not Spurs’ attack. If you watched De Zerbi’s Brighton sides, you’ll know th...
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5 talented Premier League strikers who have been downright horrible this season
22Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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5 talented Premier League strikers who have been downright horrible this season

Premier League fans are looking at the top scoring charts and wondering where the quality at the No. 9 went over the past decade in English football. These five strikers have not exactly helped change that narrative in the 2025/26 season. Jorgen Strand Larsen, Wolves Jorgen Strand Larsen has looked significantly better for Crystal Palace with three goals in six games, clearly benefiting from a move to a club that is not dead last in the Premier League right now. But Larsen still deserves a mention on this list for just how horrendous he was at Wolves. They are, in no small part, in last with some "thanks" to Larsen, who scored just once in 22 appearances with some of the most inept all around play at the position in the division. Hwang Hee-Chan, Wolves With Wolves staring down releg...
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5 Premier League wingers who have flopped miserably this season
21Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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5 Premier League wingers who have flopped miserably this season

Premier League fans have lamented the down turn in individual quality and wing play this season, and these five players have fed into that narrative with horrendous 2025/26 seasons. Kaoru Mitoma, Brighton Remember when Kaoru Mitoma was the Khvicha Kvaratskhelia of the Premier League? The Japanese international was not but a sensation a couple of years ago, and now he is an absolute ghost for Brighton who can barely pose a threat to the opposition keeper. He was getting links to Barcelona, for goodness sakes, and now he is nowhere near a top five player on his own team. Mohamed Salah, Liverpool Obviously, the biggest flop among the Premier League wingers is Mohamed Salah, who went from being the best player in the league during the 2024/25 season to being a liability for Liverpool. And ...
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5 players who have embarrassed the Premier League in this Champions League season
20Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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5 players who have embarrassed the Premier League in this Champions League season

Rumors of the Premier League's demise are way off base, but it is true that a few big Premier League clubs have been a bit disappointing in the Champions League this year. Here are five individual players who have been flopping in the 2025/26 UCL campaign; four of them have been eliminated already. Newcastle CM Jacob Ramsey Jacob Ramsey definitely had a Champions League season to forget, and he is one of a few players who were miserably poor in Newcastle United's humbling 7-2 defeat to Barcelona in the decisive 7-2 defeat at the Spotify Camp Nou. The 24 year old center midfielder undermined what was actually a great defensive campaign with a disasterclass of a performance, gifting a goal to Raphinha. But the real issue in that game and overall was Ramsey's inability to help the team i...
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Every Premier League Big 6 club’s most improved player in the 2025/26 season
20Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Every Premier League Big 6 club’s most improved player in the 2025/26 season

Which Premier League players on Big Six clubs have improved their standing the most in the 2025/26 season? Here is one standout from each of the top clubs in the English top flight. Arsenal: Jurrien Timber Jurrien Timber was already a top defender before joining Arsenal and had a solid 2024/25 season, but he has really stepped up his game and become the best right back in the Premier League this season, usurping another great right back in Ben White. He is such a great athlete and can lock any player down one on one. There is not a better defensive fullback on either side of the formation than Timber, who has translated even better to the Premiership. This season, he has been one of the heroes of an Arsenal side that is the best team in the Premier League, and he should honestly be ge...
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2025/26 Premier League season picks, score predictions for Matchday 31
19Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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2025/26 Premier League season picks, score predictions for Matchday 31

Matchday 31 of the 2025/26 Premier League season is upon us. Here are score predictions for every game in the English top flight this weekend. Bournemouth 1-2 Manchester United Bournemouth are one of the toughest teams for the big clubs in the Premier League to face, and with players like Junior Eli Kroupi breaking out and making the most of their chances in front of goal, the Red Devils are going to be in for a tough matchup on the road. But Manchester United are also dangerous under Michael Carrick, and though they are far from perfect, the way they are playing with Benjamin Sesko now firing on all cylinders gives them a great equalizer, too. The margin for error is slim, but Man United will do enough for the win. Brighton 2-2 Liverpool Liverpool look like a completely different t...
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5 players who tanked their stock with nightmare Champions League Round of 16 performances
19Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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5 players who tanked their stock with nightmare Champions League Round of 16 performances

The Champions League Round of 16 is officially in the books, but the fallout from the biggest club tournament in world football has not been fully digested yet. Here are five players who were so poor in the second leg of the tournament that fans are having new doubts about them. Chelsea CB Mamadou Sarr To be honest, Chelsea fans were already having doubts about Mamadou Sarr. He's only getting starts because the rest of the Chelsea center backs have been so underwhelming this season, but he was so horrendous in the latest loss to PSG that maybe Blues fans will appreciate Wesley Fofana and Benoit Badiashile a little bit more in comparison. Out of all the underwhelming center backs on this team, Sarr is the worst. He almost never wins possession for this team, and his passive playing sty...
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