Scout Report: How Lukaku can unlock Premier League title for Chelsea

Scout Report: How Lukaku can unlock Premier League title for Chelsea – originally posted on Sportslens.com This transfer window keeps getting crazier and crazier. Just days after Manchester City smashed the British transfer record to sign Jack Grealish, Chelsea have come very close to matching it as they have signed Romelu Lukaku for roughly £97.4 million. […]

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How Messi, Neymar and Mbappe could line up in Ligue 1 and Europe this season

How Messi, Neymar and Mbappe could line up in Ligue 1 and Europe this season – originally posted on Sportslens.com Did anyone see that coming even a week ago? After a stunning set of events that saw Lionel Messi prevented from signing a contract extension at Barcelona that looked all but certain, the Argentine great […]

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Scout Report: What Jack Grealish can add to Manchester City’s already-exceptional squad

Scout Report: What Jack Grealish can add to Manchester City’s already-exceptional squad – originally posted on Sportslens.com After a fairly long and drawn out period of speculation and reports (where people went as far as analysing body language in training ground conversations), Jack Grealish has finally joined Manchester City for a Premier League record transfer […]

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Scout Report: How Raphaël Varane will bolster Manchester United’s defence

Scout Report: How Raphaël Varane will bolster Manchester United’s defence – originally posted on Sportslens.com Manchester United are not messing about this summer, as they have only gone and struck a deal that will see Raphaël Varane join the club on a reported four-year contract (with an option to extend for one more year) for […]

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Why Arsenal value 20-year-old playmaker so highly

Why Arsenal value 20-year-old playmaker so highly – originally posted on Sportslens.com With a new five-year contract and the famous number 10 shirt to boot, Emile Smith Rowe is here to stay at Arsenal (sorry Aston Villa). The club clearly value their Hale End academy graduate quite highly, as this contract extension proves, so let […]

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Purposeful Possession Metric: Taking Possession Data to the Next Level

Purposeful Possession Metric: Taking Possession Data to the Next Level – originally posted on Sportslens.com Statistics are a key element to analysing football matches, but are all of them useful? Basic figures such as shots, shots on target, yellow and red cards, and possession are displayed at various points during a televised match. While some […]

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Real Madrid and Barcelona poised to cash in if rivals slip up

Real Madrid and Barcelona poised to cash in if rivals slip up – originally posted on Sportslens.com With ten games to go in La Liga, Atlético Madrid sit in pole position as we return to league action following the international break, but who are the favourites for the title? A glance at the table shows […]

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Permanent switch expected for Leeds loanee, but other Man City talents face uncertain future

Permanent switch expected for Leeds loanee, but other Man City talents face uncertain future – originally posted on Sportslens.com For all of their success of late, and with no doubt more to come in the near future, Manchester City are not a club that is widely renowned for blooding homegrown talents into a star-studded first-team […]

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Don’t blame Barcelona: the surprising stats behind Suarez’s stellar season at Atletico Madrid

Don’t blame Barcelona: the surprising stats behind Suarez’s stellar season at Atletico Madrid – originally posted on Sportslens.com Luis Suárez has had a crazy season so far. After being asked to leave by Barcelona, he reportedly cheated on an Italian citizenship language exam, meaning that his move to Juventus fell through. This paved the way […]

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Statistical analysis: Finding a better shot-stopper for Everton

Statistical analysis: Finding a better shot-stopper for Everton – originally posted on Sportslens.com Carlo Ancelotti’s Everton have been absolutely resurgent this season. At the time of writing, they are placed in the Europa League spots with a game or two in hand relative to the teams above them in the table. Their summer signings including […]

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