Top Ten – Greatest Managers Valeriy Lobanovskyi In the unlikely event that you’ve ever won an argument with Big Dave down the pub by reeling off an Opta stat, or explained the relative merits of ‘expected goals’ to your dad, then there’s only one man to thank.In 1972 Lobanovskyi teamed up with Professor Anatoliy Zelentsov …
Top Ten – Player Declines Sergej Milinkovic-Savic Milinkovic-Savic was one of the most sought after players in Europe just two years ago after impressing in an improving Lazio side alongside Ciro Immobile and Luis Alberto. He was part of the Lazio squad who finished 4th in Serie A and helped The Romans to the Quarter …
Top Ten – Most Expensive Footballers 10 – Eden Hazard – Chelsea to Real Madrid Fee £90m + £30m in Add Ons Eden Hazard had long proven himself as one of the best players in the World during his seven years at Chelsea in The Premier League. It had long been muted that Hazard would …
Top Ten – 2020 Best Players 10 – Eden Hazard Eden Hazard is a surprise inclusion in this list given how he has struggled at Real Madrid since his move from Chelsea. The Belgian managed just 15 Appearances in his first season in Spain and contributed just one goal and two assists. He has struggled …
Top Ten – “Worst Transfer Flops” Philippe Coutinho – Liverpool to Barcelona – £140 Million Liverpool had paid Inter Milan just £8.5 Million to bring Coutinho to Anfield and it proved fantastic business for the Merseyside club. Coutinho was consistently Liverpool’s best player and having been linked with Barcelona for a number of Months the …
Top Ten – Greatest “One Club Men” Phillip Lahm – Bayern Munich – 547 Appearances The industrious right-back, who was also even deployed as a midfielder by Pep Guardiola, has been at Bavarian giants Bayern since he was just 11 years old and despite two seasons on-loan at Stuttgart when he was 22, Lahm has …
Top Ten – Most Expensive Premier League recruits from The Championship All the Information is correct and factual as of 10-9-20 No 10 – Ben Gibson – Middlesbrough to Burnley – £15m Ben Gibson seemed destined for a “Big Move” following impressive performances for his hometown club Middlesbrough. He had made a couple of England …
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