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Saturday May 31, 2025
Saturday May 31, 2025
Now it’s finally official: Carlo Ancelotti’s second stint as Real Madrid manager has come to an end, and former Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso will replace him.
It has been an open secret for over a year that Florentino Perez wanted his former player to be the next Real Madrid manager.
With the current season ending without any silverware for the club from the Spanish capital, it was time to move on.
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Saturday May 31, 2025
Saturday May 31, 2025
In the modern Premier League, success is no longer defined solely by goals and points.
Tactical intelligence, data-led planning, and structural clarity have become essential in differentiating genuine progress from surface-level performance.
This data analysis report uses a blend of progressive metrics, possession models, and underlying performance data to explore how England’s top flight has evolved between the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 seasons.
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Friday May 30, 2025
Friday May 30, 2025
Chelsea defeated Real Betis 4-1 in the 2024/2025 UEFA Conference League Final to become the first club to win all three of Europe’s major continental trophies.
With this win, they also became the first foreign side to deny a Spanish team in a European final since 2001.
For Chelsea, the season had already become successful in the end, earning a UEFA Champions League spot in the Premier League.
Now, they’ve added to that success by lifting a European title, too.
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Thursday May 29, 2025
Thursday May 29, 2025
The world’s eyes will be on the UEFA Champions League Final between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan on Saturday, May 31st.
Both teams have come a long and challenging way to reach the Munich Football Arena.
Inter were good from the first stage, ending up fourth with 19 points, which is equal to Barcelona and Arsenal, just two points behind Liverpool.
After that, Simone Inzaghi‘s side knocked out Feyenoord, Bayern Munich, and then Barcelona.
On the other hand, PSG suffered more in the initial stage, ending up 15th with 13 points, which led them to play-offs.
The Luis Enrique-led side passed Brest in the play-offs and then knocked out Liverpool, Aston Villa and Arsenal.
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Wednesday May 28, 2025
Wednesday May 28, 2025
Álvaro Carreras is the latest player to be linked with Real Madrid.
The 22-year-old Spaniard currently plies his trade with SL Benfica.
However, he’s reportedly being lined up to join Xabi Alonso at the Bernabeu this summer.
The youngster came through the Manchester United Academy and played on loan at Preston North End and Granada before finding himself in Portugal.
Now, Madrid are set to pay just under £50m to buy out his release clause in the hope that he will fill the void left behind by the legendary Marcelo.
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Tuesday May 27, 2025
Tuesday May 27, 2025
Canada has never been the easiest place for a young footballer to rise through the ranks.
Despite some recent improvements, the pathway remains limited, especially for those outside the MLS academy system.
But that didn’t deter Promise David, known simply as “Tobi.”
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Monday May 26, 2025
Monday May 26, 2025
After eight years away—four spent in England’s third tier, EFL League One—Sunderland will return to the Premier League in 2025/2026.
Régis Le Bris’ side defeated Chris Wilder’s Sheffield United 2-1 in the EFL Championship Play-Off Finalat Wembley Stadium on Saturday to secure their return to England’s top flight.
They did so in dramatic fashion, with Tom Watson netting the winner in stoppage time ahead of the teenager’s summer move to Brighton & Hove Albion.
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Sunday May 25, 2025
Sunday May 25, 2025
As the club’s historic era comes to an end, with manager Xabi Alonso likely heading to Real Madrid, it’s time to look forward to the future for Bayer Leverkusen.
They look set to embark on a new journey under former Ajax and Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag.
With a squad average age of nearly 27 and several key players, like Jonathan Tah and Florian Wirtz, also linked with a summer move away from the club, it’s clear that the Leverkusen team will look different next season without Alonso and possibly a few others.
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Monday May 19, 2025
Monday May 19, 2025
Moise Kean has been one of this 2024/2025 season’s most remarkable goalscorers in Serie A with 17 goals and three assists in 30 played matches so far.
Only Mateo Retegui has reached better goalscoring numbers in Serie A this season.
Fiorentina had a powerful season this year, competing seriously in the UEFA Europa Conference League and in Serie A for the top spots thanks to their summer reinforcements and the excellent work of the coaching staff led by Raffaele Palladino.
Kean also met the standards set by everyone at the club and has shown that he can lead the team to further positive results during the upcoming seasons.
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Monday May 19, 2025
Monday May 19, 2025
Few clubs in the Premier League are having a better run than Brentford FC.
Ever since they gained promotion to the top flight back in 2021, they have built a reputation as a side with ambition but who also know their financial and performance capability.
For that reason, even though they have flirted with relegation a couple of times in the four years since, they have never really looked in danger of dropping back to the Championship.
One of the things that they have been consistently praised for is Brentford’s recruitment.
They have a knack for finding lesser-known players who have the potential to become hidden gems.
One player who certainly fits that bill at the moment is Germany forward Kevin Schade, who initially signed on loan from Freiburg in January 2023 before making his switch permanent that summer.
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