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Jack Grealish’s fourth season at Manchester City has shown a conspicuous decline in playing time, raising questions about his place within Pep Guardiola’s squad.
Each passing year seems to further erode his role, culminating not only in his omission from the starting XI but, at times, from the matchday squad altogether.
Guardiola’s emphatic response: “Who said I’m not happy with him?!”— following Grealish’s absence in Manchester City’s final league game has only intensified scrutiny.
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The end of the season is always a time for reflection.
One year ago, Total Football Analysis published our first-ever Ligue 1 Team of the Season for the 2023/2024 campaign.
Now, we’re back again with an all-star XI from the French top flight for the 2024/2025 campaign, which saw Luis Enrique’s Paris Saint-Germain reign supreme as champions again.
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Last week, after a protracted period of speculation, Rangers announced Russell Martin as their seventh permanent manager in 10 years.
Taking over from Barry Ferguson, who had been put in caretaker charge after the departure of Philippe Clement in February, Martin joins a club in transition, having just been bought into by 49ers Enterprises.
Martin, arriving from relegated Premier League side Southampton, has faced doubts over whether his style of play is suited to the Gers, a team whose fans expect their side to dominate domestic opponents.
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Trigger-based pressing is redefining how teams control space without relying on constant aggression.
In a football landscape increasingly shaped by high pressing and proactive defending, Antonio Conte‘s Napoli offers a different kind of control.
While many elite teams equate territorial dominance with relentless pressure high up the pitch, Napoli operates with restraint and calculation.
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5 days ago
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Vincent Kompany’s first season at Bayern Munich was seen as a success.
After an entertaining title race, the Belgian won back the Bundesliga title from Bayer Leverkusen.
Bayern’s consistent domestic performances in the 2024/2025 season were offset by multiple evident lapses in UEFA Champions League matches.
In this article, we will look at the finer tactical details Bayern lacked as a collective and individually.
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Major League Soccer, especially the Eastern Conference, has gained considerable media interest over the last couple of years.
That has had a bit more to do with superstars like David Beckham and Lionel Messi working and playing in the league than with the actual footballing quality.
Nevertheless, it has been getting more attention than ever.
But 17 games into the 2025 season, star-studded Inter Miami isn’t leading the Eastern Conference.
Instead, Philadelphia Union is currently at the top of the table there.
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6 days ago
6 days ago
Many football fans will recall when a 16-year-old Angel Gomes made his senior debut for Manchester United.
In the final match of the 2016/2017 Premier League season, Gomes entered the pitch in the 88th minute, replacing Wayne Rooney during a 2-0 win against Crystal Palace.
This appearance put his name in the history books.
He became the first Premier League player born in the 2000s.
Fast forward eight years and Gomes’ journey has taken him through every England national youth level, culminating in a senior cap awarded by Lee Carsley.
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Jacob Ondrejka is a Swedish international winger who joined Parma in January 2025 and has so far shown glimpses of talent in Serie A.
Ondrejka, 22, started his career at Landskrona BoIS in 2019 before moving to IF Elfsborg and then to the Belgian Pro League champions Royal Antwerp.
Following some convincing performances with the team from 2023 to 2025, the Swede attracted the interest of Parma, who pursued the promising left-winger.
Since his move to I Crociati on January 23, 2025, Ondrejka has succeeded in making impactful appearances, scoring five goals in 12 games.
This is an overall good start in Serie A for someone who has never played in Italy before and did not even make a full summer preparation with the team.
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7 days ago
7 days ago
Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson have revolutionised the full-back game within the Premier League.
The pairing has defined an era for Liverpool, personifying the high-pressing, attacking style that former manager Jürgen Klopp adored.
However, the time has now come for pastures new.
Trent leaves for Real Madrid on a free transfer, and whilst Robertson is still playing for the Reds, the exceptional self-set levels of past years are no longer being met to the same extent.
To fill the void left by Trent and begin Robertson’s outward transition, Arne Slot has looked towards fellow Dutchman Jeremie Frimpong and Hungarian Milos Kerkez.
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7 days ago
7 days ago
Many Team of the Season selections are, frankly, boring.
Sometimes, you couldn’t really call it a team; it’s just a selection of eleven players, and their actual positions don’t even matter.
Sometimes, it’s just an absurd selection because the idea is to pick only the players they think are the best.
So, here we are.
You can call us idealists, but we wanted to propose an alternative team for the 2024/2025 Bundesliga season—it is indeed an actual team.
We have selected 11 players who we believe possess special attributes that make them deserving of consideration among the best in the league and who can complement each other.
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