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...

  Wolves' Midfield Maestro When Rúben Neves moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers from Porto in the summer of 2017 aged just 20 years old, it was a move that confused many. The Portuguese was seen as one of the hottest prospects in European football, and hence the astonishment of watching such a player move to the second-tier of the English football pyramid seemed justified. Ever since that move however, Neves has wowed the fans at the Molineux through his immense technical ability, his screamers from outside the box, and his excellent ability to hit long, diagonal balls like some of the best midfielders that have graced the Premier League in the past. He has formed an excellent partnership with fellow Portuguese veteran João Moutinho, anchoring the centre of the pitch to let the likes of Adama Traore & Raul Jimenez to cause havoc in the final third. His ability on the ball and to spray long passes for fun has caused some United fans to speculate he could be the heir to Michael Carr...

Disclaimer: This is a strictly data and stat-led transfer suggestion article. I do not claim to have watched every single player play. Leicester City's Season So Far Having consecutively finished 5th in 2019/20 and 2020/21, Leicester fans probably braced themselves for another season with similar results - one of development of the youngsters they already had at their disposal, and the integration of new exciting recruits. Patson Daka from RB Salzburg and Boubakary Soumaré from Lille were seen as shrewd signings , as the former was seen as a player capable of taking over the mantle which will be vacated soon by club legend Jamie Vardy, while the latter as someone who can play alongside Wilfred Ndidi and also as cover for the same. The season hasn't gone as planned, however. As February comes to an end, Leicester City find themselves 13th in the league - behind the likes of Southampton and Crystal Palace. As a club which was starting to get accustomed to regular European Footbal...