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Enzo Maresca reveals if Pedro Neto and Joao Felix will play against Wolves

23Aug

By Joe SorianoNo Comments

Features, Premier League

Enzo Maresca reveals if Pedro Neto and Joao Felix will play against Wolves

Chelsea made two of the biggest attacking acquisitions in the Premier League this summer, signing Pedro Neto from Wolves and then Joao Felix from Atletico Madrid in two splash moves that few saw coming - especially the Felix reunion. Neto and Felix join an attack that includes Brazilian phenom Estevao Willian, also signed this summer, as well as 2023 signings Nicolas Jackson, Christopher Nkunku, and main man Cole Palmer. After predictably falling 2-0 to defending champions Manchester City last weekend, Chelsea fans are curious to see if their new attacking stars will be able to give them a boost this weekend against Neto's former employers, Wolves - often a tricky fixture for big clubs. As Ben Jacobs relays, Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca revealed the statuses of Pedro Neto and Joao...

Every Premier League team’s most valuable player heading into the 2024/25 season

4Aug

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Features, Premier League

Every Premier League team’s most valuable player heading into the 2024/25 season

Addressing the topic of a player's value is extremely difficult in world football, especially when comparing across positions and even ascribing value to a player specific to the team they play for. One way to define "value" is an equivalence to importance. That is to say, a player is valuable because he is important to his team, and the "Most Valuable Player", which is the phrasing Serie A uses for its annual award in a hearken to American sports, is therefore the player who helped his team the most. But in this article ,I'd like to discuss value in a less nebulous but equally challenging realm, which is a player's financial value on the transfer market in a perfect vacuum in which leverage, contract, and overall situation are taken out. Let's take a look at the most valuable pla...

The 10 most underrated center backs in world football in 2024

3Aug

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Bundesliga, Champions League, Features, LaLiga, Ligue 1, Premier League, Serie A

The 10 most underrated center backs in world football in 2024

As a position, center backs are underrated in general, because they have to do so much heavy lifting to stop the opposition's best attackers and are being tasked with more playmaking and on-the-ball ability under pressure - even moreso in modern football than ever before. Here are 10 center backs who are especially underrated. These are young players who haven't yet been picked out as top transfer targets, or they are more experienced players in their primes who have somehow flown under the radar, largely because they star for clubs outside of the spotlight. Joachim Andersen, Crystal Palace Even though Joachim Anderen has been operating at the highest level while starting for Crystal Palace in the Premier League, the vast majority of fans around the world don't know how good he is. ...

Ranking the 10 best young Premier League players: Man City dominate, Wolves and Chelsea get in, Arsenal star No. 1

27Oct

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Features, Premier League

Ranking the 10 best young Premier League players: Man City dominate, Wolves and Chelsea get in, Arsenal star No. 1

The Premier League captures the world's attention like no other club footballing competition. Throughout the season, the English top flight provides fans with nonstop drama, surprises, and breakout performances. There are so many quality young ballers in this league that it's difficult to focus our attention on everyone. But we will do our best to rank the top 10 young players in the Premier League based on their 2023/24 performance thus far. Only players 23 years of age and younger are considered. 10. Tottenham RW Dejan Kulusevski Dejan Kulusevski was actually named the best young player in Serie A back in the 2019/20 season when he played for Parma. The Swedish international made it to the Juventus first team after his loan ended, and while the former Atalanta man had his moments in...