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Girona, a La Liga team, and Manchester City, a Premier League team, are separated by the English Channel and France. Girona, after starting the season in red-hot form and unexpectedly finding themselves at the top of the La Liga table, now sit in second. Manchester City, the once outcast turned Premier League powerhouse, currently sitsContinue reading “Girona’s Manchester City Problem”

A few months ago, in the Saudi transfer recap, I had some harsh words for Jordan Henderson. I said “turns out, loyalty and values can be bought” and essentially said Henderson sold his soul for a big Saudi payday (3 years, £36.4m per year). Well, Henderson sold his soul, and didn’t even get the bigContinue reading “Jordan Henderson Ruined His Reputation for Literally Nothing”

A couple years ago, I posted about Barcelona and its current strategic flaw. Essentially, the argument was Barcelona moved away from its strategy to develop players through La Masia and supplement that roster. Instead, under the financially disastrous presidency of Bartomeu, Barcelona was selling or releasing talented youth players for practically nothing while going outContinue reading “Barcelona’s New Youth Strategy”

Hi everyone, I’m back! It’s been far too long, but there have been some significant changes. A new job, a new city, and a new…season! There were all sorts of big-time summer transfers, from Declan Rice moving across London to Harry Kane’s €100 million Bavarian move to Jude Bellingham’s spectacular start at his new homeContinue reading “Summer 2023 – The Summer of Saudi”

Over the last three weeks, there has been significant transfer talk/rumors regarding Frenkie de Jong and his future at Barcelona. Clubs connected to the rumor include Manchester United and Manchester City, as only clubs with significant resources could afford de Jong’s services. Barcelona, burdened with debt, believes the club may be forced to accept aContinue reading “Barcelona, Finances, and Frenkie: Why Would Barcelona Transfer de Jong?”

These are not necessarily the most valuable or sought-after players available on a free transfer in 2022 (although many are), but rather the most interesting potential free moves in the Summer 2022 window. The movement of the below players could influence or shift the power dynamics in world soccer, and neglecting to analyze the impactContinue reading “Summer 2022 Potential Free Transfers: A Selection of the Available”

In the interest of transparency, I would like to make a disclosure: I am of Italian descent. If Italy is in a competition and the United States is not in that competition, I cheer for the Azzurri. I celebrated at home when Italy won the Euros on penalties, and I felt some sting of defeatContinue reading “From European Champions to Missing the World Cup: the Success and Failure of the Italian National Team in 8 Months”

After a long hiatus, we are back to writing articles. For those who stuck around, we appreciate your continued patronage and support. I’m excited for this article to be the first article back because this trend of overpaying out of fear is a trend that we see across different sports. The trend costs universities acrossContinue reading “The Fear of Losing a Good Manager: Clubs Overpaying for Mediocre or Sub-Par Managerial Talent”