Tag: Florian Wirtz

A possible Real Madrid starting lineup with Florian Wirtz
12May By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, LaLiga

A possible Real Madrid starting lineup with Florian Wirtz

Real Madrid are already recognized as the best team in world football, as they are headed to another Champions League Final and have thoroughly dominated LaLiga. The Merengues are about to get even richer this summer with the incoming signings of Endrick and Kylian Mbappe to bolster the attack, as well as significant interest in defensive standouts Alphonso Davies and Leny Yoro. As if that weren't enough, Real Madrid are eyeing Bayer Leverkusen's big gem Florian Wirtz as a 2025 signing, as Xabi Alonso could potentially take over for Carlo Ancelotti and bring his star playmaker with him. Wirtz appears to be leaning towards a Real Madrid transfer. If he were to arrive at the Santiago Bernabeu in 2025, here's a potential 2025/26 starting lineup that includes the German international ...
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Real Madrid fans will be pleasantly surprised by this Florian Wirtz transfer update
8May By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, LaLiga

Real Madrid fans will be pleasantly surprised by this Florian Wirtz transfer update

Although Bayer Leverkusen have only become the darlings of European football this season under Xabi Alonso, star attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz has been on the radar of elite clubs Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Bayern Munich for several years now. Wirtz has been one of the Bundesliga's best players since he was 18 and recording double-digit assists for Die Werkself. This season, he's already at 11 to set a career high, along with 11 goals to set another career high. Everyone wants to know what the future holds for Wirtz, who, like manager Xabi Alonso, is planning on staying with Bayer Leverkusen for the 2024/25 Champions League season before moving on to a new destination in 2025. According to a report from BILD, Florian Wirtz and his family are planning their next step, and the...
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Transfer Rumors: Florian Wirtz doesn’t think Bayern Munich is big enough for him
27Apr By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Bundesliga, Features

Transfer Rumors: Florian Wirtz doesn’t think Bayern Munich is big enough for him

Whenever Bayer Leverkusen star attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz decides to leave the current Bundesliga champions for a new challenge, he will be the most coveted name on the transfer market. Despite being just 20 years of age, Wirtz has multiple seasons worth of high-level play in the German top flight, as he is currently working on his second season with double-digit assists. Wirtz has scored 11 goals and 11 assists as the main star for Leverkusen in this title-winning season, standing out as one of the world's finest playmakers with 2.6 dribbles completed and 2.4 key passes per game. Bayern Munich lost their streak of 11 straight Bundesliga titles to Leverkusen this season, and there is a fear among German football fans that Die Roten could try to take some more top stars awa...
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Ranking the 10 best dribblers in world football right now in 2024
23Apr By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Champions League, Features

Ranking the 10 best dribblers in world football right now in 2024

Few player profiles captivating the world football audience's attention more than fleet-footed dribblers. Whether they are explosive progressors who eat up space before putting defenders on skates or playmakers who subtly weave their magic to carve up an entire defense, those superstars who can create something out of nothing but their own genius and athletic ability are more coveted an anyone. That holds true for managers, too. Pep Guardiola has become infatuated with elite dribblers, and a couple of these recent additions will show up on this list of the best dribblers in world football today. Other managers feel the same, as Carlo Ancelotti, for example, has always had a soft spot for flair dribblers like current superstars Rodrygo Goes and Vinicius Junior. (Spoiler: They will sho...
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2024 Ballon d’Or Rankings after Jude Bellingham saves El Clasico again
21Apr By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Champions League, Features

2024 Ballon d’Or Rankings after Jude Bellingham saves El Clasico again

With the heated Premier League title race coming to its concluding stretch and the Champions League semifinals set to get underway, the 2023/24 season is about to reach its peak conclusion, with plenty of intrigue remaining despite most of Europe's other top five leagues settling results. The 2024 Ballon d'Or rankings are now increasingly on the minds of fans, with supporters from all over the globe debating the merits of their superstar players and how they all stack up against each other. For example, how do the young stars of Xabi Alonso's historic Bayer Leverkusen side stack up against the elite superstars of the Premier League? Will a Real Madrid or Barcelona player take home the Ballon d'Or again? Here are the latest rankings after Jude Bellingham, the man of the hour, fired...
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Bundesliga TOTS: Leverkusen dominate, Bayern Munich in second, nobody on Dortmund
25Dec By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Bundesliga, Features

Bundesliga TOTS: Leverkusen dominate, Bayern Munich in second, nobody on Dortmund

With 16 matches played and the Christmas break upon us, it is time to take a look at the best individual performances of the 2023/24 Bundesliga season thus far by naming a Team of the Season. It should come as no surprise that Bayern Munich are well-represented, but with an undefeated Bayer Leverkusen rocking the BuLi in first, it is actually Die Werkself who have the most players in the TOTS. It's not even close. Usual runner-ups Borussia Dortmund, meanwhile, are nowhere to be found, highlighting the club's dysfunction under a clearly overmatched Edin Terzić. GK Lukas Hradecky, Bayer Leverkusen LB Álex Grimaldo, Bayer Leverkusen CB Kim Min-Jae, Bayern Munich CB Odilon Koussounou, Bayer Leverkusen RB Jeremie Frimpong, Bayer Leverkusen The defense is almost entirely ...
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