Tag: Manchester City

Abdukodir Khusnov makes Manchester City’s defense truly elite in one simple way
1Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Abdukodir Khusnov makes Manchester City’s defense truly elite in one simple way

Manchester City only get stronger and stronger with each transfer window, adding two world class players from within the Premier League to drive up their title hopes in Antoine Semenyo and center back Marc Guehi, but the big X-Factor is still the great center back they signed last year. Abduokodir Khusanov was the best center back in the world in the first half of the 2024/25 season for Lens, and while that fact may have flown under the radar to your Average Joe who only watches the Premier League Big Six, the astute scouting department at Manchester City knew the Uzbekistani player was a can't miss signing. Since stepping foot at the Etihad, Khusanov has shown that playing for the richest club in England was not a step too soon, and the now 22 year old central defender is a vital pl...
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Manchester City quietly get the Rodri boost they were waiting for
28Feb By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Manchester City quietly get the Rodri boost they were waiting for

The 2023/24 Ballon d'Or winner, Manchester City defensive midfielder Rodri has had a long road back to full recovery from an ACL tear, but against Leeds United on Saturday, we all saw the true Rodri of old dominating on the pitch. It was a close result, just a 1-0 win over a lower level team in the Premier League, but these are the kinds of hard fought victories that champions are made of, and Man City suddenly look every bit as likely to win the league as Arsenal despite still being a few points down. Rodri was no nonsense and impervious again in that holding midfield role. He attempted a whalloping 124 passes in the clean sheet victory, cleaning house defensively while aggressively driving the ball forward with four fouls drawn and 10 of 15 long balls completed. The technical qu...
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Manchester City get positive Erling Haaland injury news after late scratch vs. Leeds
28Feb By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Manchester City get positive Erling Haaland injury news after late scratch vs. Leeds

Manchester City superstar striker Erling Haaland suffered an injury in training just before the Saturday Premier League fixture against Leeds United, but he is not expected to miss the next game against Nottingham Forest. A shoo-in for the Premier League Player of the Season award and the obvious top Golden Boot candidate, Haaland is the only out and out striker for Man City, and any time he is missing for them, it is a huge blow. The good news is that although he is missing the Leeds game, the injury is minor and will not take him out of the Forest game, as Jan Aage Fjortoft reports that he is expected to play against Forest on Wednesday night in the Premier League. If Haaland cannot play, Man City's best bet to cover the striker position is to use a twin headed forward duo, much...
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Barcelona are looking to Manchester City for their main Julian Alvarez alternative
24Feb By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Barcelona are looking to Manchester City for their main Julian Alvarez alternative

Aside from Joan Laporta's usual suspects Erling Haaland and Rafael Leao, Julian Alvarez has become one of the chief superstars linked to Barcelona as a possible summer 2026 attacking signing, but if his poach from La Liga rivals Atletico Madrid becomes too difficult, current Manchester City star forward Omar Marmoush is the main alternative, according to a report from Diario Sport. Alvarez has been a sensation in European football since moving from River Plate to Manchester City back in the summer 2022 transfer window. His clinical finishing and positional versatility made him an immediate hit, but the young striker wanted to leave Man City pretty quickly after achieving treble success, wanting to step out of the shadow of elite No. 9 Haaland. Well, be careful what you wish for. It i...
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Bayern Munich lead Real Madrid, Manchester City in 2025/26 attacking trio goal chart
24Feb By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Bayern Munich lead Real Madrid, Manchester City in 2025/26 attacking trio goal chart

Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, and Manchester City are regularly among the favorites to win the Champions League, and that is the case this season. But when it comes to having the best group of attackers in world football, Bayern stands head and shoulders above their two European rivals. Sofascore is one of the best sites on the web for keeping track of football analytics, and they tabulate goals for attacking trios in European football. Bayern's vaunted triumvirate of Harry Kane, Luis Diaz, and Michael Olise has been on a tear this season, and their goal totals back up the notion that they usurped Real Madrid and Barcelona as the best attacking trio in world football. Here are the rankings for the top five trios in Europe in terms of goals scored in all competitions, not just league pl...
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10 best possible Manchester City transfer targets for summer 2026 window
23Feb By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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10 best possible Manchester City transfer targets for summer 2026 window

Manchester City are in another tough Premier League title race with Arsenal in the 2025/26 season, and they have really turned up the heat recently after a slow start to the campaign. The Citizens retooled again in the January transfer window this year, bringing in Erling Haaland's biggest Premier League Player of the Season challenger in Antoine Semenyo, winning a transfer sweepstakes for the Bournemouth hero that included pretty much every other club in the Big Six. Man City have fully recovered from an atrocious, by their lofty standards, 2024/25 campaign in which they came frighteningly close to missing out on the Champions League entirely. But since Man City are not seen as favorites to win the Champions League despite their recent resurgence, they will, once again, figure to...
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2025/26 Champions League Power Rankings after first leg of playoffs
20Feb By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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2025/26 Champions League Power Rankings after first leg of playoffs

The first leg of the playoffs before the Champions League Round of 16 have been completed, and already, clubs like Juventus and Qarabag look to be out of it entirely after suffering blowout losses. Meanwhile, other notable clubs like Atalanta and Inter Milan are very much on the ropes, while Spanish powerhouses Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid remain in tight contests after the first leg. Clubs on bye weeks are sitting pretty right now, but even contenders like Liverpool and PSG will be on high alert amidst disappointing seasons in their respective league campaigns. Following another week of thrilling Champions League action, let's take a look at the latest power rankings, picking the top 10 teams in the competition thus far with the best chance of winning it all. 10. Borussia Dor...
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Ranking the 10 biggest stars in the Premier League in 2026
19Feb By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Ranking the 10 biggest stars in the Premier League in 2026

The Premier League is the biggest league in world football, and the gap between the English top flight and all the other top five European leagues is only increasing in terms of both fan support and financial power. Nowadays, the biggest names are no longer in the Italian league, and while the biggest attacking superstars are still in La Liga, the Premier League is closing the gap on them, too, especially when looking outside Real Madrid and Barcelona. While talent is becoming more concentrated in the Big Six - which is quietly becoming more of a Big Five - of the Premier League these days, too, the overall star power in England still feels like it is growing overall. Instead of ranking the 10 best players in the Premier League solely based on numbers or on who is the best actual ...
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Ranking the 10 best Premier League center backs in 2026
11Feb By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Ranking the 10 best Premier League center backs in 2026

Most people agree that the Premier League has ascended all the other leagues in European football with the most money, production value, drama, and individual quality than the rest. Where the Premier League's difference in quality truly shines out the most than at any other position is at center back, where clubs like Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, and Arsenal have an embarrassment of riches at the position - and that is not even including all the great underrated defenders at smaller clubs beyond the Big Six. As 2026 continues, let's take a look at the 10 finest center backs in the Premier League right now, ranking them in order. 10. Marcos Senesi, Bournemouth Set to be one of the hottest free agent center backs on the summer 2026 transfer market, Marcos Senesi h...
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Ranking the 10 best young left backs in world football in 2026
10Feb By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Ranking the 10 best young left backs in world football in 2026

Because left footers are more rare than right footers and because top fullbacks are hard to find in the modern game, left backs are among the most valuable players in world football and can often be a weak link for the top teams in European football. As 2026 trudges onward, let's take a look at the best young left backs in world football today, ranking the current crop of young talent under the age of 24 from 10th to 1st. 10. Daniel Svensson, Borussia Dortmund If this list were solely about the players' performances in the 2025/26 season, Daniel Svensson would probably rank a couple of slots higher, because he has overperformed this season as a workhorse player on the left flank in that wing back role on a Dortmund team that is otherwise pretty atrocious out wide. While projectin...
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