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Why Real Madrid didn’t grant Carlo Ancelotti’s Harry Kane transfer request

28Apr

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Features, LaLiga

Why Real Madrid didn’t grant Carlo Ancelotti’s Harry Kane transfer request

Real Madrid thought they would have Karim Benzema for the 2023/24 season and then the legendary Frenchman would leave for Saudi Arabia, but Benzema decided he was done with elite-level football. Benzema had always said that he would leave Real Madrid well before he felt like he could not play at the highest level, because he never wanted to hold Madrid back. The Merengues ended up signing veteran LaLiga striker - and former academy product - Joselu, but the ex-Espanyol star hasn't been a starter for Real Madrid. Instead, Carlo Ancelotti has utilized Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo Goes as a forward two with 100 million euro signing Jude Bellingham behind them. Jude has picked up the scoring slack, keeping pace in the Pichichi race with 17 goals despite being a No. 10 for Don Carlo ...

Jamal Musiala names the 2 players who rival Jude Bellingham as the best in the world

25Apr

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Bundesliga, Champions League, Features, LaLiga

Jamal Musiala names the 2 players who rival Jude Bellingham as the best in the world

Bayern Munich superstar Jamal Musiala and Real Madrid sensation Jude Bellingham are close friends off the pitch, but they are about to be fierce opponents on it next week on April 30 at the Allianz Arena in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals. The mutual respect between the two Bundesliga icons is obvious, and Musiala recently gave Bellingham praise by shouting him out as one of the very best footballers on this planet. Jamal Musiala was asked, via @iMiaSanMia, who he would pick as the best player in the world today. The German international listed Jude Bellingham as one option, and he also named current teammate Harry Kane and future Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe as the other two candidates. Perhaps Musiala, humble as he is, may consider adding himself on that short...

Antonio Rudiger picks out 2 Bayern Munich stars he’s watching the closest next to Harry Kane

25Apr

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Bundesliga, Champions League, Features, LaLiga

Antonio Rudiger picks out 2 Bayern Munich stars he’s watching the closest next to Harry Kane

Real Madrid and Bayern Munich will meet again in the Champions League semifinals, just like old times, except there will be no Cristiano Ronaldo or Arjen Robben. Some faces, like Luka Modric and Manuel Neuer, will be familiar, but there are plenty of new superstars in this old European footballing rivalry like Vinicius Junior and Harry Kane. One of those new faces on Real Madrid, Antonio Rudiger, is a veteran of the competition in his own right, having won the tournament in 2020/21 for Chelsea, knocking out the Royal Whites along the way. Rudiger knows plenty about Bayern Munich, too. Not only is he a German international who played in the Bundesliga as a youngster for Stuttgart, but he also played for Thomas Tuchel when Chelsea won the Champions League. Ahead of next week's fi...

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...

Cristiano Ronaldo and the 5 best penalty kick takers in world football history

18Jan

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Champions League, Features

Cristiano Ronaldo and the 5 best penalty kick takers in world football history

Cristiano Ronaldo is the first name that comes to mind when football fans talk about the best penalty kick takers of all time - and for good reason. The Portuguese icon has quite the track record of important spot kicks in his career. However, Cristiano isn't the only great player who made a name for himself converting kicks from 11 meters out. Here are four other legendary penalty takers. Cristiano Ronaldo According to Stathead's tool, no player since recording in 1988 has successfully converted more penalty kicks in world football than Cristiano Ronaldo with 98 makes. The Real Madrid and Manchester United legend has only missed 17 of those shots and is still going strong here in 2023/24 as one of the world's best goal-scorers for Al-Nassr in the emerging Saudi Pro League. An...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 10 best signings made by UCL clubs: Barcelona and Bayern on twice, Real Madrid and Arsenal join in

25Oct

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Champions League, Features

The 10 best signings made by UCL clubs: Barcelona and Bayern on twice, Real Madrid and Arsenal join in

Every team in the 2023/24 Champions League group stages has faced each other at least once, as the third round of fixtures finished on Wednesday night with more intrigue and a few surprising finishes. With Matchday 3 in the books, let's take a look at the new faces in the Champions League who are making a big impact for their current clubs. Here are the 10 best signings made by UCL outfits in the 2023/24 season. Real Madrid CM Jude Bellingham No signing in world football has made more of an impact than Jude Bellingham, as it is fair to say that the England international is the early Ballon d'Or favorite. Bellingham added another exquisite - and decisive - finish to what is become quite the catalogue of goals in a Real Madrid kit. He passed the ball into the net expertly to give Real...

Ranking the 10 best strikers in 2023/24: Inter Milan duo join Barça’s Lewandowski, Bayern’s Kane

25Oct

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Champions League, Features

Ranking the 10 best strikers in 2023/24: Inter Milan duo join Barça’s Lewandowski, Bayern’s Kane

Nobody generates more headlines than the players who score the goals. Most clubs with aspirations of winning trophies require a man up top who can consistently find the back of the net, with very few exceptions existing in the history of world football. But who are the best strikers on the planet right now? Let's rank the top 10, based on a combination of pedigree and performance in the 2023/24 season, more heavily weighing recent performances. Because sport is a "what have you done for me lately?" business. Note that only out-and-out strikers were included, so players like Antoine Griezmann and Kylian Mbappé who share time between positions or players like Vinícius Júnior who are wingers playing as left-sided forwards did not count. 10. Marcus Thuram, Inter Milan Marcus Thuram ...