If you had asked 100 German football fans in 2018 if they knew SV Elversberg, the majority would have had no clue about the small club from the Saarland, a region close to the French border in Germany.

In October 2018, the club made two huge decisions that would shape its future.

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The Xabi Alonso era at Real Madrid did not get off to the best of starts, but there were some promising signs in their opening match of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup against Al-Hilal. 

Of course, we have to sit back and remember this is a Club World Cup, and the players, for lack of a better term, looked exhausted playing in the extreme humidity of Miami in June. 

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The FIFA Club World Cup 2025 marks a historic shift in the tournament’s structure, transforming it from a brief annual competition into a fully-fledged international tournament, modelled on the format of the traditional FIFA World Cup.

This expanded edition, set to be hosted for the first time in the United States, will feature 32 clubs from across the globe, including a select group of European powerhouses.

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Portugal lifted their fourth-ever trophy after beating Spain on penalties following an extra-time period that finished 2-2 in the 2024/2025 UEFA Nations League Final, at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany.

Portugal resisted Spain’s attacking threats, limiting their strengths and countering their attempts intelligently to bring the game to penalties.

Both teams were capable of adding a third goal, but at the same time, they were cautious enough to avoid conceding goals in delicate moments, which led to penalty shootouts.

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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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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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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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AC Milan are said to be in advanced talks with Granit Xhaka of Bayer Leverkusen.

The 32-year-old midfielder looks likely to play in Serie A for the first time, knowing that AS Roma showed interest in 2021, but Arsenal rejected the offer.

Xhaka is an experienced midfielder who has already had a very rich and adventurous football career.

He started his senior career at FC Basel from 2010 to 2012 and then moved to Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach, where he stayed until 2016.

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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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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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Born in Haifa to an Arab-Israeli family originally from Sakhnin, Anan Khalaily was raised in a footballing environment.

His father, Majdi, a former goalkeeper and youth coach, played a central role in his development.

At the Neve Yosef Academy, under his father’s guidance, Khalaily burst onto the scene with 25 goals in 24 matches during the 2019/2020 season.

That level of form earned him a return to Maccabi Haifa, where he continued to excel.

He eventually scored 11 league goals in the 2022/2023 season and helped the club win the Israeli U19 championship.

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Dribbling has long been one of football’s most eye-catching actions—a burst of creativity capable of shifting momentum in an instant.

This tactical analysis explores how dribbling functions as a strategic mechanism within various systems and styles of play, focusing on the roles of Rafael Leão at AC Milan, Jamal Musiala at Bayern Munich, Ousmane Dembélé at Paris Saint-Germain, and the collective tactics of Simone Inzaghi’s Inter Milan.

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Paris Saint-Germain have ended their wait for continental success—and in some style, too.

Les Parisiens demolished Inter Milan 5-0 in the 2024/2025 UEFA Champions League Final, earning the record for the largest-ever margin of victory in the final of Europe’s elite footballing competition.

For Luis Enrique, it’s an exceptional feather in his cap to be the one to finally lead PSG to UEFA Champions League success after years of the club falling short of the mark when it mattered most.

Conversely, Simone Inzaghi now bears the marks of two Champions League Final defeats in three years, though nobody can take it away from him that he did very well to get I Nerazzurri to the dance in the first place.

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One of this season’s standout players in the German Bundesliga has undoubtedly been Mainz striker Jonathan Burkardt.

The Darmstadt-born forward netted 18 times in 29 league appearances—contributing about a third of Mainz’s 55 goals, which helped them return to the continental scene for the first time in nine years via the UEFA Conference League.

His outstanding form didn’t go unnoticed by Die Nationalelf manager Julian Nagelsmann, who gave him his maiden senior call-up and capped him three times during their UEFA Nations League campaign to date.

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As we have seen with many of Europe’s top teams this season, attacking wingers can often be the difference-makers in close matches. 

With many teams defending deep, inside their own defensive third, and crowding out the central areas, having a player who can go by a full-back and take defenders out of the game is almost an essential weapon. 

This tactical analysis will provide examples of how coaches can develop their wingers’ attacking attributes on the training ground.

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Massimiliano Allegri has been officially appointed as AC Milan’s new head coach following last week’s negotiations.

I Rossoneri started their summer reconstruction phase to try to fix what went wrong last season by hiring Igli Tare as the sporting director.

This was an attempt to avoid last season’s mistakes in terms of decision-making, whether concerning head coach appointments or player assessments and choices.

As soon as he got hired, Tare started working concretely on the head coach dilemma.

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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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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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After finishing his playing career a year and a half ago, former Deportivo La Coruña, Atlético Madrid, and Chelsea defender Filipe Luís began a new journey in coaching with the youth teams of Flamengo, his final club.

Luís quickly made an impression on the sidelines with Mengão.

The 39-year-old went on to replace former Brazil boss Tite last September, less than a year after he retired with Flamengo.

After playing 11 games of their 2025 Brazilian Série A campaign, Flamengo sit top of the league table on 24 points.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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With just three matchdays left, the battle for European spots is heating up most dramatically.

Monday’s clash between Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest was a pivotal moment in this heated race.

In this analysis, we analyze this game and provide some insights into the tactics used by both managers.

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AS Roma beat Fiorentina last Sunday in an entertaining match.

This helped the Giallorossi move closer to fourth place, which would qualify them for UEFA Champions League football next season.

In this AS Roma vs Fiorentina tactical analysis, we will explore Claudio Ranieri style of play and game management.

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Tottenham Hotspur have announced the appointment of Thomas Frank as their new Head Coach, with a contract running until 2028.

Keith Andrews, who worked with Thomas Frank as Brentford‘s set-piece coach, is a leading candidate to replace Thomas Frank as head coach.

He has helped Brentford achieve a good set-piece performance in the previous season in both attacking and defending aspects.

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Morgan Rogers is an English talent who climbed the ranks of the England academy system, starting from West Bromwich Albion before making a £4.4m transfer from the U18 West Brom team to the U23 Manchester City team. 

This season, he was undoubtedly a key player for his current club, Aston Villa.

In this podcast, we analyse him as a player and discuss his strengths and weaknesses on the pitch.

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In this tactical analysis and post-match analysis, we will examine the tactics used by the two coaches, how the teams shaped up, and how the game turned out to be an absolute highlight of the season.

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On Wednesday, the world’s attention turns to the UEFA Champions League semi-final match between Barcelona and Inter Milan.

In a challenging match like this, both teams need to focus on all possible details that could determine their superiority.

Undoubtedly, set-pieces are among the most crucial of these factors.

In this analysis, we take a look at what Barcelona could do better when it comes to defending corners and set-pieces.

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After Klopp left Liverpool last summer, the club knew that finding a successor would be hard after the emotional tie between the German and the Kop.

The Reds opted for an international option again, hiring Dutchman Arne Slot as their new manager.

While Slot’s work at AZ Alkmaar and Feyenoord was great, he had never coached outside of his home country and had never managed a club as big as Liverpool before.

Still, Slot managed to get his team to a very high level of play from the start of the season, starting out strong and never letting up, ending with him winning the Premier League in his first season in the English top flight.

We will analyse Liverpool's strengths, weaknesses, stats, and their potential for next season.

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Since Ashley Cole’s international retirement, left-back has been a problem position for the England National Team.

Luke Shaw has performed well when called upon.

Still, regular injuries have limited his involvement and often forced Gareth Southgate to look to an out-of-position Kieran Trippier in recent tournaments.

Yet, as Thomas Tuchel steps into the role of England Manager, England has had a sudden emergence of full-back talent.

Youngsters Lewis Hall and Myles Lewis-Skelly have both broken into the first team at their respective clubs, and look set to give Tuchel a good selection headache as we head towards the 2026 World Cup.

In this analysis, we take a look at how they compare. 

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The stage was set at San Siro last Wednesday night for two of the biggest names in European football to compete for a spot in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals.

Simone Inzaghi and his men are in good form, currently leading Serie A and looking to reach another Champions League final after their loss to Manchester City two years ago.

FC Bayern, on the other hand, was seeking revenge, trying to reach the final in their home stadium. 

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Post-match tactical breakdown of Borussia Dortmund’s spirited 3-1 win over FC Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 quarter-final second leg at Signal Iduna Park!   Despite Barcelona’s 4-0 first-leg rout, we analyze how Niko Kovač’s Dortmund fought back, leveraging a high-pressing, man-to-man approach and Serhou Guirassy’s hat-trick to challenge Hansi Flick’s 4-2-3-1.   We dissect Barcelona’s adjustments, with Frenkie de Jong and Raphinha still pivotal, against Dortmund’s reshuffled defense and revitalized midfield, including Julian Brandt’s influence.   Using data-driven insights, we examine key moments, tactical shifts, and why Barcelona advanced on aggregate.  

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In this scouting report, TFA will examine how Paris Saint-Germain's Désiré Doué fits into Luis Enrique's tactics at PSG.

We will analyse his strengths, weaknesses, stats, and potential as a player. 

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Host Adam Scully will be stepping down from his duties at Total Football Analysis and will no longer host the podcast going forward. In this final episode, Adam says his goodbyes to the wonderful audience who have listened to and supported the podcast throughout the past year.

The podcast will not by disappearing completely, but merely taking a hiatus while we scour the data to find an astute replacement to take the show forward.

Please leave a five-star rating on the podcast if you enjoyed the podcast over the last 12 months!

In this episode of the TFA Scouted podcast, host Adam Scully is joined by his co-host Bryant Marques to discuss a future star bagged by Newcastle United this transfer window - Yankuba Minteh.

In this verbal scout report, the duo discuss Minteh’s star potential, his strengths, weaknesses and style of play while also discussing the reasons behind Newcastle United’s purchase and whether a loan to Feyenoord will be beneficial to his career.

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Thiago Almada floats across the pitch like any playmaker raised in the Rioplatense school.

He manages tight spaces, has lightning‑quick changes of pace, uses pauses as synonymous with rhythm, and delivers sharp passes (with a broad range of them).

However, despite floating and possessing the traits of a classic Argentine No. 10, his movements and runs are outside (or actually a fusion of all) those of No. 10s like Juan Román Riquelme, Pablo Aimar, Javier Pastore or the Lionel Messi of Qatar 2022.

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In this episode of the TFA Podcast, host Adam Scully is joined by Rangers Academy analyst Caio Miguel as the pair discuss the role of defenders in possession since the great Pep Guardiola revolution of 2009.

The duo take a look at goalkeepers, fullbacks and central defenders, speaking about the development of each position, the player profiles needed to fulfil each function, why functionality at the back is so important for positional play, the purpose of functionality with the backline, what the future holds for each position and how this all relates to relationism too.

You don’t want to miss this tactics-filled episode.

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In this episode of the TFA Scouted podcast, host Adam Scully is joined by co-host Bryant Marques as the duo discuss a young Argentine midfielder who could be the heir to Sergio Busquets’ throne at Barcelona.

In this verbal scout report, Adam and Bryant analyse Federico Redondo’s strengths, weaknesses, style of play and his role in Gabriel Milito’s tactics at Argentinos Juniors while also having a discussion about whether or not Redondo can actually fill the colossal shoes of Busquets at the Camp Nou.

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On this episode of the TFA Podcast, host Adam Scully is joined by one of the most exciting young head coaches in world football right now – Rulani Mokwena, who currently oversees South African giants Mamelodi Sundowns. 

Coach Rulani speaks about his time with Sundowns so far, his trip to watch the UEFA Champions League final in Istanbul, the role of society in the ever-changing world of football, why he uses his goalkeeper so high up the pitch, playing with a diamond shape, why his team press invertedly rather than forcing the opposition outside, learning from other top managers across the globe including Fernando Diniz and Pep Guardiola, while also having a wider discussion about trusting the process and the future use of AI in football. 

It’s a long one, but you’ll certainly learn a lot from Rulani!

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In the latest episode of the TFA Scouted podcast, host Adam Scully is joined by his co-host Bryant Marques to discuss one of the best teenage African talents in the world – Adama Bojang, who has been linked with top European clubs such as Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Napoli, among others. 

Adam and Bryant analyse the striker’s strengths, weaknesses and his role for Gambia at the U20s World Cup as well as the AFCON U20s tournaments, while also have a debate on his whether a Premier League move is really the right course for his development. 

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