Fans love few things more than seeing a young player climb through the ranks at their club before becoming one of the key players in the first-team squad. John...
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If there’s one thing that the history of football teaches us, it’s that nothing is forever. The wheel always turns. There’ll always be a faster gun...
It’s no secret that Chelsea have a world-class youth system, winning 16 youth trophies since Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich took over the club. With this in...
Football is replete with tales of what might have been, players who shone brightly, but flickered and dimmed, then flared again all too briefly, before a...
On April 5, 2009, Sir Alex Ferguson entrusted a 17-year-old with the responsibility of getting United back into a must-win game against Aston Villa in an...
Few football youth systems have been quite as impressive as the AFC Ajax Youth Academy. From legendary goalscorers like Johan Cruyff and Dennis Bergkamp to...
On the opening day of the 2015/16 English Premier League, West Ham United travelled to the Emirates Stadium, the Hammers supporters were not too pragmatic...
Frustration.
That was the overwhelming vibe of Nuno’s press conference on Saturday. The Wolves manager had just witnessed his side’s third defeat in three...
Football fans love to watch young players bursting onto the scene. With their whole careers still ahead of them, these precocious teenage talents seem to have...
Mention the name of Hatem Ben Arfa at almost any club where the maverick forward has played and you’ll either be met with a sigh of wonderment or, more...
