Andre Onana returned to competitive football this weekend in the Community Shield against Manchester City, with his side losing on penalties at Wembley. “However, you probably still don’t have support for that, due to the way the rule is currently written.” Before I let him go, I asked Klitte one more time just to confirm, “So, technically speaking, a goalkeeper …
This summer, we are running a series profiling 50 exciting players under the age of 25 — who they are, how they play, and why they could be attracting interest in the coming transfer windows. “Playing the ball out from the back is risky, but it’s also intelligent when you’re young and starting out,” said Chevalier last season. A 99th-minute …
Spare a thought for Kepa Arrizabalaga. One of those admirers was Brighton’s head coach at the time, Graham Potter, who explained his decision to elevate the Spaniard by saying: “If you think there is a player that can play in pretty much any football club in the world, has that potential, then you have to try and give them a …
So far, Ange Postecoglou has made no drastic tactical changes for his second season in charge at Celtic. “If you were having trouble playing out from the back, this might be the coach deciding, ‘To get further up the pitch, we start further up the pitch’,” says Matt Pyzdrowski, goalkeeping coach and analyst. Welsh and Cameron Carter-Vickers split wide to …
