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Why Atletico Madrid want Dani Ceballos and how Real Madrid will respond

25Apr

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Features, LaLiga

Why Atletico Madrid want Dani Ceballos and how Real Madrid will respond

Dani Ceballos decided to sign a contract extension with Real Madrid when he could have left as a free agent last summer, but he is realizing that minutes are too hard to come by at the Santiago Bernabeu after the signing of new LaLiga MVP Jude Bellingham. Furthermore, Toni Kroos and Luka Modric both look more likely to stay than not, so Ceballos has no real path to playing time. If Real Madrid sign Leny Yoro, that means less matches for Aurelien Tchouameni in central defense and yet another path to the starting XI blocked off. Atletico Madrid have been whispered as a team interested in Ceballos, and Relevo report that Los Rojiblancos are indeed one of the "most interested" clubs in the former Real Betis star. In fact, it is legendary manager Diego Simeone who has an interest in br...

UCL Quarterfinal Predictions: Real Madrid Humbled Again; Arsenal Fairytale Begins; Barça Statement

15Mar

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Champions League, Features, LaLiga, Premier League

UCL Quarterfinal Predictions: Real Madrid Humbled Again; Arsenal Fairytale Begins; Barça Statement

The matches for the 2023/24 Champions League quarterfinal round have been set. Here is an early look at which teams could advance and which teams will be heading home in this year's UCL. Arsenal vs. Bayern Munich Arsenal's Best Player How could it be anyone other than Bukayo Saka. The 22-year-old right winger is a Ballon d'Or-level talent and one of the most consistent footballers on the planet despite his young age. Even in the Champions League, Saka is colossal, recording three goals and four assists so far in the current campaign, showing he can more than step up to meet the challenge of the highest level of European football. Bayern's Best Player A familiar face to the Arsenal faithful, former Tottenham rival Harry Kane is having a special, potentially record-breaking season ...

Ballon d’Or Rankings: Bayern Munich get 3, Jude Bellingham vs. Kane, where’s Bukayo Saka?

31Dec

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Champions League, Features

Ballon d’Or Rankings: Bayern Munich get 3, Jude Bellingham vs. Kane, where’s Bukayo Saka?

With most of Europe's top five leagues at their halfway point of the 2023/24 season, it's time to take a fresh look at the top 10 Ballon d'Or candidates for next year, 2024. 10. Bayern Munich AM Jamal Musiala 9. Manchester City DM Rodri 8. Bayer Leverkusen LB Álex Grimaldo Álex Grimaldo isn't the most well-known name in the Bundesliga or even on his own team, but he should absolutely be considered a Ballon d'Or candidate on the basis of his play this season. A new member of the squad, Grimaldo is one of many brilliant signings made by Die Werkself, and he is setting a different standard as a left back who can dictate play and even score great goals. Florian Wirtz, Jonas Hofmann, and Victor Boniface have all been exceptional, but what Grimaldo is doing as a left back with ...

Best Striker Rankings: Inter Europe’s envy, Erling Haaland or Harry Kane No. 1?

21Dec

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Features, Ligue 1

Best Striker Rankings: Inter Europe’s envy, Erling Haaland or Harry Kane No. 1?

Do Inter Milan have the best strikers in European football right now? Is Bayern Munich's new star Harry Kane the best striker in the world or does that honor belong to Manchester City's free-scoring ex-Dortmund man Erling Haaland? Let's take a look at the top five best strikers in world football right now as 2023 comes to a close. 5. Marcus Thuram, Inter Milan Marcus Thuram was a very good footballer at Borussia Mönchengladbach, even if he didn't receive anywhere near the mainstream attention he deserved. Gladbach's 2022/23 struggles held the Frenchman back, but he still generated plenty of interest on the free-agent market, with Inter Milan winning the sweepstakes. Replacing 2020/21 Serie A MVP Romelu Lukaku is no easy task, yet anyone following Inter closely will tell you ...

LaLiga Player Rankings: Griezmann tops Real Madrid stars, Barça’s midfield shines, all hail Girona

27Nov

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Features, LaLiga

LaLiga Player Rankings: Griezmann tops Real Madrid stars, Barça’s midfield shines, all hail Girona

As November begins to draw to a close and the halfway point of the 2023/24 LaLiga season creeps up on us, it's time to take stock of the best performances of the campaign thus far, specifically, the individuals contributing to a season that has somehow been even more thrilling than last year's unpredictable campaign. Though the Premier League continues to draw the most eyeballs - and money - Spanish football has returned to the top in terms of excitement and quality of play on the pitch. There's a tight title race, a captivating top-four race, and intriguing relegation battle, and a host of mid-table teams worth rooting. Who are the best individuals in LaLiga right now? Let's rank the top 10, basing it on their overall quality - not just performances in the current season. 10. Br...

Ranking the 10 best Spanish footballers since 2000

11Nov

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Features, LaLiga

Ranking the 10 best Spanish footballers since 2000

The Spanish national team was the most dominant side in world football from 2008 to 2012. In that time span, they won the European Championship twice and the World Cup once, proving just about impossible to beat behind a Tiki-Taka style of play that was perfected by Pep Guardiola in Barcelona. It is, therefore, unsurprising that when looking back at the best Spanish footballers of the century thus far, many of those players were key cogs in the Blaugrana wheel. Of course, when Spanish footballers are discussed, you had best believe there are plenty of rival Real Madrid players represented. These two historic clubs will unsurprisingly dominate the list of the 10 best Spanish footballers since the year 2000, but if you look closely, you'll find two players who were superstars without ...

Ranking the 10 best forwards in men’s football right now in 2023

29Jun

By Joe SorianoNo Comments

Features

Ranking the 10 best forwards in men’s football right now in 2023

No players are more coveted in world football than the forwards who score the goals, take the defense on, and create the chances that win matches. Every elite club needs an elite forward - and really two - in order to compete at the highest level and truly be an elite team at the Champions League level. So let's take a look at the 10 best forwards in the game, focusing on strikers and wingers whose primary job is to score the goals and create the assists that win their teams' matches. Many of these players are strikers and inverted wingers, because those are the positions that make the biggest difference on the score line in the modern game. 10. Christopher Nkunku Christopher Nkunku will head to Chelsea for the 2023/24 season after being the best Bundesliga player over the last three ...

10 possible summer 2023 transfer targets for Atlético Madrid

9Jun

By Joe SorianoNo Comments

Features, LaLiga

10 possible summer 2023 transfer targets for Atlético Madrid

Atlético Madrid turned around their 2022/23 season after a rough start that led to some (unwisely) questioning the future of legendary manager Diego Simeone. In the end, led by clear LaLiga Player of the Season frontrunner Antoine Griezmann, Atléti played brilliant football on both ends of the pitch and nearly came in second over rivals Real Madrid. The goal for next season will be to push for the title and to go further in the Champions League. In order to do that, Atlético Madrid could look to sign one of these ten transfer targets in the summer 2023 window. Celta Vigo LB Javi Galán: One of the most underrated players in LaLiga, Javi Galán was the star of the Huesca team from the 2020/21 season, and he has been even better for Celta Vigo. Galán is one of the best all-action wide...

4Jun

By Joe SorianoNo Comments

Features, LaLiga

Final 2022/23 LaLiga Team of the Season

Now that the 2022/23 LaLiga season has officially come to a close with all the European places decided and the teams heading to the Segunda aware of their fate, it's time to take a look back at the season that was by naming a final Team of the Season. As expected, champions Barcelona dominate this XI, having sewn up the title quite some time ago with their 2-1 head-to-head win over eternal rivals Real Madrid. But not everything is about the "Big 3" as several underrated standouts made the team, including one star from now-relegated side Espanyol. GK Marc-André ter Stegen, Barcelona: Thibaut Courtois would have been the pick in any other season, and Elche's Édgar Badía was also exceptional despite his club's horrible season. But it would be disingenuous to pick against Marc-André t...

18Nov

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Features, LaLiga

Ranking the 10 best LaLiga goalkeepers

Thibaut Courtois and Marc-André ter Stegen get plenty of spotlight - as they should. They are the starting goalkeepers for Real Madrid and Barcelona, respectively, and the former of the two clearly established himself as the best in the world after helping lead Los Blancos to the Champions League Title last season. But those two superstars aren't the only great goalkeepers in LaLiga worth getting to know. Let's rank the 10 best LaLiga goalkeepers. Courtois and ter Stegen will feature highly, but who is No. 1? And how many surprises are represented on the list? 10. Jan Oblak, Atlético Madrid If this list were made before the 2021/22 season, Jan Oblak would undoubtedly be in the top three. And there was a point before Thibaut Courtois found his best form in the 2019/20 season that...