He failed to make the Premier League matchday squad entirely on 19 separate occasions this season and his only run out since the restart was for the final 20 minutes during the 5-0 home loss against Man City. Jahanbakhsh scored 34 goals from 79 appearances at his previous club AZ Alkmaar a...
In his Premier League debut, he scored his first goal for Tottenham in a 2–0 victory against Manchester City. He was named Man of the Match by Sky Sports. And since joining Ajax on July 8, 2022, he has been playing for the team. International Career Steven Bergwijn has represented Neth...
De Ligt's defending has been crucial to their campaign so far and he has been nominated for the Golden Boy award which is presented to Europe's best player under the age of 21. The Dutchman told: "It would be great to win [the Golden Boy award], but it's not in m...
Liverpool did not despair too much about the absences of Mohamed Salah or Roberto Firmino, manager Jürgen Klopp saying with a shrug: "As long as we have 11 players on the pitch we will try." They did that and more, Divock Origi's early goal laying ...
Next, however, the tone shifted dramatically when discussing Antony. Bent's critical feedback resulted in a mere 2 out of 10 for the Brazilian winger. He remarked, "I think I've been generous with that score. Has he played well since joining? I don’t think so. He hasn't shown enoug...
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PlayerAgeNat.LeftFee Sum: €110.70m Average age: 21.8 Total market value of arrivals: €110.30m Josip Sutalo Centre-Back 23 Dinamo Zagreb SuperSport HNL €20.50m Georges Mikautadze Centre-Forward 22 FC Metz Ligue 1 €16.00m Carlos Forbs Left Winger 19 Man City U21 Premier...
We didn't manage to track down those in the photo. But we did locate a man who was there, and even thinks he might have taken the photo: Clive Saffery, a Cockney Red who was in Seville to watch United play Real Betis only a few weeks ago, still following his team all ...
“In most scenarios it isn’t the man on the ball who decides where the ball goes, but players without the ball. Their running actions determine the next pass.” Johan Cruyff It’s here the importance of the third man runs from the 10s or (8’s in the 4-3-3) comes to its force...
Since that time, Ajax had a revival under coach Cruyff and players Marco van Basten and Frank Rijkaard when they won the European Cup Winners Cup in 1987. Under coach Louis van Gaal Ajax had another peak, by winning the UEFA Cup in 1992 and the Champions League in 1995. After losing the...