He’s been a mainstay in Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, solid and consistent, but Aymeric Laporte remains one of the game’s most underrated stars
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Long before an Argentine waltzed into Manchester City and became their greatest goalscorer, there was a Bermudan winning the hearts of the City fans
There is no such thing as an English footballer playing abroad at the peak of his powers today. Scour the globe in search of an Englishman plying his trade on foreign soil…
Despite injuries wrecking the latter stages of his career, Kompany has overcome so much to stake a place as one of Manchester City’s greatest players
Currently residing on 99 caps, the first of which came against Russia in March 2007 as a 73rd-minute substitute, Stephanie Jayne Houghton is preparing to join an array of legends in reaching…
There is nothing glamorous about him. His body, hunched and taut, is soaked in a different kind of perspiration, a dirty, greasy sweat, not the type Cristiano Ronaldo is wetted by, and uses…
The story of most world-class footballers starts at a local park, where the future star would spend hours a day kicking a ball around with friends from an early age. The standard…
Long before Aguero, Silva and De Bruyne called the Etihad Stadium home, there was Maine Road. Far from the glory of Premier League titles and Middle Eastern riches, it was a beautiful…
Frank Clark’s playing career could not have ended any better. In his final competitive game, he and his Nottingham Forest teammates beat Malmö 1-0 to win the 1979 European Cup final. It…
Leonardo Da Vinci once said: “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Life is full of complexities, yet success often derives from the simplest of acts. For Kevin De Bruyne, that simple act was scoring…
The 2017/18 season saw Pep Guardiola and his Manchester City side breaking records to become champions, with many fans and pundits declaring them the best team to have ever played in the…
Like him or not, Pep Guardiola is one of the most successful managers in the modern era. Over the years, he’s acquired several assistants and footballing experts who have helped him achieve…
Poland is a proud country with a rich and compelling history, especially when it comes to football, and the 1970s and 80s were its golden period. The names behind it are well known…
Three games had passed since the man who adorns their iconic 21 was seen or heard from. His absence was shrouded in mystery, with various theories snaking through the local pubs and…
IF YOU WERE ASKED to name the best player in the Premier League right now, you might go for Harry Kane, or perhaps Mohamed Salah, or maybe Sergio Agüero, but goalscorers are…
IN AN AGE where footballers drive the world's most expensive cars, wear incredibly expensive clothes and eat at the most exclusive restauarants, it is hard for the regular fan to find much…
AFTER MISSING OUT ON SILVERWARE last season for the first time in his managerial career, Pep Guardiola looks like he is about to put that right in the most stylish way possible.…
BEFORE 2008, Manchester City were not even their local rival’s biggest game of the season. Manchester United versus Liverpool was far more attractive at Old Trafford. Back then, the fans were dreaming…