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Even 13 times English Premier League title winning Scottish manager, Alex Ferguson, experimented with three-at-the-back.
On January 7th 2024, Franz Beckenbauer passed away - labelled as one of the greatest of all time - helping Germany win the World Cup as both player and a manager.
The labeling of forwards as inverts began at Manchester United with the arrival of Memphis Depay, a right footed left winger, who technical writers, associated with the coaching side of soccer, defined as an inverted left winger.
he fallacy surrounding Manchester United in recent seasons has been that of the diamond, which is a tactical concept, and a strategical structure, deriving at Manchester United from the way in which Bobby Charlton was deployed in the 1960s, as a deep lying center forward, alongside hard-tackling midfield creator-destroyers, such as Maurice Setters, Paddy Crerand, David Sadler, or Nobby Stiles.
The Premier League is one of the world’s best and most competitive leagues and over the last few years, with fitness, health and training regimes becoming more and more refined, we’re seeing players hit their peak later in life and play on for much longer.
Birmingham manager Harry Redknapp was keen on a move for Robbie Keane but the forward officially completed his move to two-time Indian Super League champions Atletico de Kolkata.
The year is 1997. Brazilian superstar Ronaldo has just become the subject of the highest ever transfer fee when he moved from Barcelona to Inter Milan for £19.5 million and Manchester United have signed Teddy Sheringham for £3.5 million to replace the retiring Eric Cantona. A decade later, a baby-faced Gareth Bale joined Tottenham for £5 million and Arsenal’s Thierry Henry left the Premier League to join Barcelona for £16 million. Jump forward to today and the title of being the first £100 million player looks set to be awarded to a teenager with one full year of first team experience, Manchester City have spent £45 million on a defender that many are questioning and Manchester United have spent £75 million on a striker that has struggled against the big teams. With more money being spent than ever before at one end of the English football ladder, clubs struggling to stay in business and pay the wages of their staff is becoming a common occurrence at the other.
With so many goals being scored on the last day of the Premier League season and Champions League places to play for, the clash between Southampton and Stoke City went relatively unnoticed. However, striker Peter Crouch scored to become the first player to reach an impressive milestone.
Ryan Giggs is unsure if he will even have a role to play in the Champions League final against Chelsea in Moscow on the 21st of May. The Welsh wizard needs to play one more game to break Bobby Charlton's record.
Teddy Sheringham's son Charlie has been given a chance to save his career in Denmark after his career in England looked seemingly over.
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