Football U23

Ajax-fans have been spoiled the last few years. They had the possibility to watch players like Frenkie de Jong, Donny van de Beek and Hakim Ziyech hone and excel at their craft before they moved from the Eredivisie on to more prestigious leagues. Normally, the departure of players of their calibre was equal to a […]

Raphinha, or Raphael Dias Belloli, comes off an impressive first season in the French Ligue 1. The Brazilian clocks 1,690 minutes for Rennes, his highest tally since his European career began in 2016. Five goals and three assists are nothing to sniff at, but his underlying data tell an even better story. Raphinha joined Rennes […]

Josip Brekalo is soon starting his fifth season with Wolfsburg, but he is only a somewhat regular starter since 2018. After just eight appearances for Dinamo Zagreb, and debuting as a professional football player at age 17, Wolfsburg had seen enough and paid €10 million to mold the Croatian winger into a Bundesliga player. He […]

Ajax Amsterdam were extremely confident they were soon welcoming one of Mexico’s finest football talents, back in the winter of the 2018-2019 season. The first half of that season Diego Lainez took the Mexican Liga MX by storm, becoming the youngest goalscorer in history for Club América. Ultimately, it was Real Betis that paid over […]

The national football team of Nigeria has some very exciting attacking talent in Josh Maja, Victor Osimhen and Samuel Chukwueze, among others. They all had breakthrough seasons recently, and moves to Europe’s elite clubs might very well be on the horizon. Josh Maja caught the public eye in Netflix-series Sunderland ‘Til I Die, while Victor […]