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Turkey’s youth development system is a bit acarpous. Coaches first look for physical characteristics and have no tolerance for incapable players. They do not...
Football is the most popular sport in Belgium since the 19th century. Belgium have had a reputation for the physical style of football, having...
After arriving at Vitesse Arnhem in 2011 Wilfried Bony has burst onto the scene, bringing goals and excitement to the Vitesse fans. The striker...
For the past 20 years or so, the Dutch have always produced a solid deep midfielder who has cemented his place at the top...
Walking through the streets of Belo Horizonte, one could be forgiven for not taking any notice if a 1.64m youngster walked by. Similarly, on...
Shakthar Donetsk is arguably Ukraine’s most successful club at this point in time in their current history, appearing in the lucrative Champions League year...
Things are getting back to normal at River Plate after a season in the second division and a difficult first semester back in top...
Real Madrid don’t have the best track record of producing from within, preferring to buy established stars rather than build them. Youngsters from the...
Profile As a Derby County season ticket holder I’ve been able to watch 18-year-old Will Hughes week in week out and I have to...
Arsene Wenger has a habit of pulling a rabbit out of his hat, every now and then stunning the Arsenal fans by buying a...
With the substantial amount of emerging young talent coming through the youth ranks in Spain – Gerard Deulofeu, Thiago Alcântara and Cristian Tello to...
“Sometimes I just have to remind people how inexperienced Ben is. He has been so good, there’s a real danger he is just taken...
As loan spells go, Pizzi’s fourth during his four year spell with Braga that took him to Atletico Madrid wasn’t exactly successful. Making the...
Profile Salih Ucan was born in Muğla, Turkey on the 6th of January, 1994. He grew up at Marmaris which is the borough of...
Argentina has a fantastic track record of producing creative young talents. Prestigious clubs like River Plate and Boca Juniors have been successful in developing...
Mario Götze, Marco Reus, Julian Draxler, Andre Schürrle, Toni Kroos… The list of immensely talented young attacking midfielders in the Bundesliga is almost endless....
Over the past decades English football has seen great players, in late 90’s David Beckham, 2000’s Frank Lampard, John Terry, Steven Gerrard and now...
Profile Sam Byram is undoubtedly Leeds United’s best player at the moment, the 19 year old right back/winger who has done monumentally well this...
21st November 2012. A group stage fixture in the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League – RSC Anderlecht vs AC Milan. If the ages of the...
The Premier League has, in recent years, seen a dramatic rise in its reliance on youth. This has seen the rise to prominence of...
Middle Eastern football has been on the rise for the past few years. It promises a lot, but stagnates soon. Plenty of money is...
The Bundesliga is experiencing one of the brightest periods in its history. A national team with potential, sustainable clubs taking Europe by storm, and...
There has been something of a talent stream forming at RC Lens at recent years. As well as Mohamed Diame, Adel Taarabt, Nolan Roux...
They don’t just make them in the mould of Xavi, Xabi Alonso and Mikel Arteta they say. Of course it is unjust to expect...
France has been producing talented young footballers for many years. Youngsters have come through the academies and burst on to the professional scene. Many...
French football has been struggling to compete with the top sides for years. While the National team (filled with foreign based players) continues to...
Profile Over the years, the Ligue 1 has been a source of some fantastic talent, primarily French and African. A number of youngsters, including...
Once upon a time, Brazil just couldn’t produce box-to-box players. They had all the defensive stalwarts and creative attackers they needed, but they couldn’t...
Mahatma Osumanu Otoo is Ghanaian footballer who presently plays for Ghana Premier League giants ‘Glorious’ Accra Hearts of Oak. Currently Mahatma Otoo is regarded...
Us Aussies are pretty witty when it comes to nicknames. This Sunday, Western Sydney Wanderers will play the Central Coast Mariners, with the winner...
The talents of Ajax and Feyenoord are stealing the spotlights. Christian Eriksen, Viktor Fischer, Jordy Clasie or Stefan de Vrij are all highly appreciated...
Southampton has produced some excellent youth stars in the past such as Gareth Bale, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Theo Walcott and Alan Shearer back in the...
Alen Halilović is a Croatian footballer, who plays as an attacking midfielder for Dinamo Zagreb in the Prva HNL and Croatia U-17. Halilovic is both the youngest player who has ever played in the...
Florian Thauvin is a French footballer who currently plays for French Ligue 1 club LOSC Lille. He joined in the January transfer window from...
Welsh football has had many false dawns throughout my 25 year lifespan, but in the past 5 years the Welsh ranks have slowly started...
Of all the talented youngsters in the world, it is Raphael Varane; centre-half for Real Madrid who is earning rave reviews after producing some...
Profile On the 19th February 1993, within the small town of Rosario (Santa Fe Province, Argentina), young Mauro was born. He moved to Spain...
Real Sociedad have been this season’s surprise package in La Liga, sitting in fourth place in a campaign founded largely on a strong home...
Profile Jean-Paul Boetius born on 22 March, 1994, is a young left winger, who currently plays for Feyenoord. The 18-year-old came through the ranks...
Lazar Marković is a product of Partizan Belgrade’s football academy, one that produced couple of very interesting players in recent years – Stevan Jovetić,...
Real Sociedad are one of the major stories in this year’s La Liga after storming into contention for the next year’s Champions League after...