Football - The beautiful game

FootMercato , in 2021, quoted Marseille central defender Gonzalez (about Kamara): “What he does for the team, for OM, it’s incredible. He’s only 21 but it looks like he’s 30. For me, Bouba is the best player in the league!”. A year has passed since, and the French defensive midfielder has gone on and improved even further. Under Jorge Sampaoli, Kamara has adapted to a system employed by some of the best teams in Europe and grown into a player that looks ready to make the step up to a Champions League side.  This article will take a look into his playing style, strengths, weaknesses, and why Manchester United should be looking to snap him up. The Sampaoli Revolution Appointed as Marseille manager on 26 February 2021 after the departure of Andre Villas-Boas, Sampaoli brought with him an aggressive, high possession, and dominant style of play. Where in the 2020-21 season Marseille averaged 54% possession, good enough only for 7th in the French league, Les Olympiens currently keep...

The Start Of Something New It is crazy to think that the last time Manchester United hired a 'permanent manager' from the onset of their tenure was in May 2016, when the Red Devils brought in serial winner (yet recently sacked by Chelsea) Jose Mourinho. Once the Portuguese left the club in a distraught state, with players seeming to lack any motivation to perform and the fans (rightly) starved of any variation of positivity, United thought to follow in the footsteps of something a lot of clubs seemed to be finding success in - bringing in former players who 'know the club' as managers (Pep Guardiola at Barcelona, Zinedine Zidane at Real Madrid) - and got Ole Gunnar Solskjaer from Norwegian club Molde FK as an interim manager to get through the rest of the season. What followed was an incredible (but unsustainable) run, followed by Ole being made the permanent manager, and the rise and decline of the side during his tenure. Ralf Rangnick came in next, another interim man...