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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 ...

Ranking the 10 best wingers in world football for 2023

21Apr

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Champions League, Features

Ranking the 10 best wingers in world football for 2023

Some of the most important players in world football are wingers. They are entrusted with creating chances, scoring goals, stretching the pitch horizontally, testing defenses with vertical runs, easing pressure off strikers, manufacturing space for teammates, progressing the ball as dribblers, and completing take-ons to destabilize the defense. The best wingers in world football are capable of changing games on their own while also being a consistent thorn in the side of the defense. Let's rank the 10 best wingers in the world right now in 2023. 10. Manchester City RW Riyad Mahrez Riyad Mahrez has cooled off a bit, and there are a number of quality wingers at Manchester City. Yet Mahrez's technical class and accomplishments over the years mean that he must be considered one of t...

10Apr

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Features, Ligue 1

10 possible transfer targets for PSG in summer 2023

Although PSG are set to cruise to another Ligue 1 title, they were knocked out of the Champions League Round of 16 for a second straight season. After collapsing against Real Madrid in 2021/22, they were nowhere close to challenging Bayern München, failing to create chances across two clean-sheet defeats to the Bavarian giants. Clearly, the PSG project isn't succeeding. The club was able to hold onto Kylian Mbappé last summer amidst interest from Real Madrid, largely because they hired Luís Campos and Christopher Galtier while promising to build a true project based around a balanced squad to support Mbappé over the long term. PSG have to get things right in the summer 2023 transfer window, otherwise Mbappé could decide to join Los Blancos. Here are 10 possible targets for PSG ...

Ranking the 10 best goalkeepers in the world in 2023

17Mar

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Features

Ranking the 10 best goalkeepers in the world in 2023

Goalkeepers don't get enough praise in the modern game, even though the best goalkeepers so often make the difference between victory and defeat. Look no further than Thibaut Courtois' heroics throughout the 2021/22 season for LaLiga and Champions League winners Real Madrid. Let's rank the 10 best goalkeepers in world football right now, at this very moment in time. That means the GOAT Manuel Neuer has to be taken out, but once he returns from a broken leg and gets back in form, he will surely rank on this list again. 10. Gianluigi Donnarumma, PSG A hero for the Italian national team in the 2020 European Championships, Gianluigi Donnarumma is a phenom who started his first Serie A match for Milan at the age of 16. Within just a few years, Donnarumma became the best goalkeeper in...

Ranking the 10 best strikers in Ligue 1 history

11Mar

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Features, Ligue 1

Ranking the 10 best strikers in Ligue 1 history

Known as the "League of Talents", Ligue 1 has produced so many wonderful footballers over the years, particularly attacking players. There has always been a rich pool of attacking talent in the French top flight over the decades, as Ballon d'Or winners and world-class goal-scorers have made their names initially in Ligue 1. So in honor of that, let's take a look at the 10 greatest strikers to have plied their craft in French football. There are a number of active players on the list, but there are also plenty of stars of the past to celebrate. 10. Edinson Cavani, PSG It was always sad to see Edinson Cavani "fail comps" make rounds on social media, because while Cavani was not known for being a finisher on the level of the players ahead of him on this list, you won't find many more wel...

9Mar

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Features, Ligue 1

Why the PSG project has failed

Since Qatar bought PSG in 2011, they have dominated Ligue 1 but have continually failed in the Champions League. For a second straight season, they have been knocked out of the competition in the first round of the knockout stages, the Round of 16, failing to score a single goal across two legs against Bayern München in a 3-0 aggregate loss. The previous year, they fell victim to a rapid-fire Karim Benzema hat-trick as part of a Real Madrid "Remontada". PSG have spent more than any other club on player salaries, signing Kylian Mbappé to an unprecedented contract this past summer to convince him to stay instead of signing with the club that eliminated them, Real Madrid. Yet keeping Mbappé alongside other blockbuster earners Lionel Messi and Neymar, hiring a new manager, and signing se...