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Ranking the top 10 creators in the 2025/26 Premier League season based on stats
8Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Ranking the top 10 creators in the 2025/26 Premier League season based on stats

The chance creators don't often get the same praise as the goal scorers, but the players in Premier League history who have often captured imagination have been the ones making the beautiful assists, like Kevin De Bruyne and Mesut Ozil in recent years. Using only statistics to guide our evaluation, let's take a look at the best creators of the 2025/26 Premier League season so far. I used expected assists, key passes, and big chances created to produce this top 10. 10. Leeds CM Anton Stach It is always good to throw in a curveball from outside the top clubs, and Leeds can credit their survival so far in part to brilliant Bundesliga signing Anton Stach. Not only is he an elite defender, but he is averaging 2.2 key passes per game for a team that would have major issues without his chance c...
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Ranking the top 25 clubs in world football based on their current revenue
8Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Ranking the top 25 clubs in world football based on their current revenue

There are a lot of ways to measure the biggest clubs in world football, but which clubs are the best at making money? Based on information from the Deloitte Football Money League, here are the top 25 clubs in world football based on the amount of revenue they generated last year. 25. Crystal Palace, 232.5M Crystal Palace sold some of their biggest talents, including Marc Guehi to Manchester City this winter transfer window, and they will need to continue to sell well to maintain a top 25 revenue. 24. Everton, 234.0M It really goes to show you the power of the Premier League these days that the English top flight have so many clubs represented in the top 25. Everton have slipped from their historic status, but they are a money making machine. 23. Brighton, €238.7M Meanwhile, Brighton ...
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Chelsea are learning to embrace Alejandro Garnacho’s best attribute
8Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Chelsea are learning to embrace Alejandro Garnacho’s best attribute

With another tremendous performance to help Chelsea survive a very tough Wrexham side in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup, Alejandro Garnacho, written off as someone the Blues would immediately try to sell this summer transfer window, is playing himself back into the good graces of the Blues faithful. Garnacho will never be mistaken for the most consistent player, and the word frustrating often comes to mind with him. His antics and perceived selfishness did not curry him favor at Manchester United after an initial honeymoon period and a strong endorsement from his idol Cristiano Ronaldo. But the gem who followed in Wayne Rooney's footsteps with an epic bicycle kick has finally begun to show those same qualities for Chelsea in the last couple of weeks, with great skill and technical abi...
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1 ideal 2026 summer transfer window signing for every Premier League Big 6 club
8Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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1 ideal 2026 summer transfer window signing for every Premier League Big 6 club

There are still a couple of months left in the heated Premier League title race, Champions League battles, fight for European places, and even the relegation battle for one of the Big Six clubs. But all the teams are keeping an eye peeled for the upcoming summer 2026 transfer window. So with taht in mind, here is an early look at dream signing for each of these prestigious clubs. Arsenal Arsenal's biggest need is definitely on the left wing, so while Sandro Tonali is their ultimate dream target overall, the Gunners may actually benefit the most from landing his teammate Anthony Gordon to add some more pace and goal scoring to the Arsenal attack over the maddeningly inconsistent Gabriel Martinelli. Gordon's goal scoring exploits in the Champions League are especially intriguing, and...
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2026 Champions League Power Rankings: Updated predictions approaching Round of 16
8Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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2026 Champions League Power Rankings: Updated predictions approaching Round of 16

The Champions League Round of 16 will begin on Tuesday this week, and it feels like there are only a handful of teams of the 16 with a great chance at winning it all this year. That being said, there is also no clear favorite. One of last year's finalists, Inter Milan, were already knocked out, while Real Madrid, Liverpool, and PSG are all in bad periods. Here is a ranking of the top eight teams (the proverbial top half) of the 16 heading into the Champions League Round of 16 action this week. 8. Chelsea I don't think anybody seriously buys Chelsea as top contenders, as they recently lost to rivals Arsenal in the Premier League and even struggled with Wrexham in the FA Cup this weekend. But you know what? When Joao Pedro and Cole Palmer are healthy and playing together, this tea...
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Chelsea have only one Tosin Adarabioyo solution now
7Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Chelsea have only one Tosin Adarabioyo solution now

Chelsea were able to prevail against underdogs Wrexham in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup on Saturday, but even though the score line read 4-2, the Blues were agonizingly close to getting sent packing. There were several terrible performances from a Chelsea perspective, but nobody drew stronger criticisms than center back Tosin Adarabioyo, who has been a liability all season long. Tosin is now the poster child for Chelsea of free agent signings gone wrong and a reminder that just because someone is free in world football, it does not mean you should sign them. Because for Chelsea, the cost of being saddled with a well below average center back who has to start significant games is huge, and while Liam Rosenior should never be starting him at this point, he has little choice with the...
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Pedro Neto is giving Mykhaylo Mudrydk a run for his money
7Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Pedro Neto is giving Mykhaylo Mudrydk a run for his money

Purchased for a total package of 100 million euros, talented winger Mykhaylo Mudryk was once the player Chelsea had to have, spending massively to sign him ahead of rivals Arsenal after the Ukrainian made a name for himself against big opponents like Real Madrid during the Champions League nights. But Mudryk turned out to be a monumental bust, a symbol of excessive spending, selfishness on the field, and a lack of a fit in the grander scheme of things at Chelsea. Even though Pedro Neto began his career at Chelsea as a polar opposite after being the workhorse for Wolves, Neto has slowly become what he was not - and he is now the enemy for many Chelsea fans. Neto has been abhorrent this season, holding back an otherwise effective Blues attack as the clear weak link when he is in the...
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3 players who saved Chelsea from humiliation vs. Wrexham
7Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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3 players who saved Chelsea from humiliation vs. Wrexham

Chelsea nearly looked like they were going to lose to underdog Wrexham, but they managed to turn things around in extra time and win 4-2 to advance past the Fifth Round of the FA Cup. Here are three key players who bailed them out. CF Joao Pedro All the superlatives deserve to go to Joao Pedro for the season he is having at Stamford Bridge after many Brighton fans did not even value the Brazilian center forward properly. He has been the signing of the summer among the big Premier League attackers, and his all around play was evident again for Chelsea. He was a massive upgrade over the horrendous Liam Delap, killing off the game with a clinical finish. AM Alejandro Garnacho Stumbling upon a rich vein of form, Alejandro Garnacho provided a delicious finish and even better run off the ...
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3 players who nearly screwed over Chelsea vs. Wrexham
7Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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3 players who nearly screwed over Chelsea vs. Wrexham

Chelsea barely survived their FA Cup Fifth Round battle against Wrexham, needing extra time to prevail 4-2. Here are three key players who nearly doomed the Blues to an upset defeat. AM Pedro Neto Rubbish, utterly rubbish. Chelsea cannot sell Pedro Neto soon enough, and the man makes it all worse by suffering from main character syndrome, which was on full display against Wrexham with key players like Cole Palmer inexplicably not even options to come in and save the day. Chelsea did not end up needing saving by the Icy One, though it is telling that the Blues ultimately prevailed when Neto left the pitch. Everything Alejandro Garnacho is accused of can be applied to Neto with none of the upside. CM Romeo Lavia Romeo Lavia is Mr. Theoretical. Theoretically, he is one of the most tale...
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Jorrel Hato’s biggest problem is the easiest to fix
5Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Jorrel Hato’s biggest problem is the easiest to fix

Chelsea slapped around Aston Villa 4-1 in a key victory in the battle for Champions League places in the Premier League, and while the stars of the night were attackers Joao Pedro and Alejandro Garnacho, Jorrel Hato had a great day at the office. Regular starting left back and European Championship hero Marc Cucurella should be able to return soon from a minor injury, but in his absence, former Ajax captain Hato has shown that he has the makings of a star at the back end of a Blues defense that could use young stars like him. The only defensive upgrade Chelsea made in the summer transfer window, Hato had a solid weekend against the rivals that recruited him, Arsenal, but something was lacking in terms of his quality on the ball despite a decent defensive performance. Against Aston...
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