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Youth development is a tricky thing. Creating and nurturing players in an academy is hard enough, but finding a spot for those talents in the first team is even harder. In a world with so much money, you have to be truly special to break through. For some teams, bringing through these homegrown talents is not so challenging. Tifosy took a look at all the squads in Europe's top five leagues to see which teams have the biggest percentage of academy graduates in their current squad. Here are the...

Wolves have made an offer in the region of €15m for Stade de Reims defender Axel Disasi, who is entering the final year of his contract. The 22-year-old has been subject to interest from Arsenal and Ligue 1 side Rennes, but Wolves have now made an approach for the centre-back, who is expected to leave his current club this summer. View this post on Instagram Belle victoire pour notre premier match face à @olympiquedemarseille #OMSDR @ligue1conforama A post shared by Axel Disasi (@axel_disasi)...

News Manchester City play host to Arsenal on Wednesday night as the Premier League makes its eagerly awaited return. It's one of the Premier League's two games in hand, and it has everything to be a real treat. City will be looking to boost their chances of earning a Champions League spot. Pep Guardiola’s side are 25 points behind leaders Liverpool, and will be focused on distancing themselves from Leicester City, just four points behind in third. City's opponents are themselves looking at...

Liverpool sealed a decent bit of business on Friday, extending the contract of 19-year-old winger Luis Longstaff until 2022, having joined from Newcastle’s academy back in 2015 as a 14-year-old. The youngster is tipped as a potential future star for Liverpool, one who can continue his rise through the club’s academy and into the first team. The next two years could be crucial for the Englishman, as he shows his worth on Merseyside. After his latest contract extension, here are five things you...

Morgan Schneiderlin is closing in on a move away from Everton, as the Toffees are believed to have agreed to sell the midfielder to Ligue 1 side Nice. Schneiderlin, who has one year remaining on his contract at Goodison Park, has struggled to make an impact since manager Carlo Ancelotti's arrival in December 2019 and has instead been sidelined following knee surgery. Schneiderlin picked up a knee injury against Arsenal With the Frenchman sidelined, Ancelotti has turned to André Gomes and Tom...

The long awaited return of La Liga has finally come around, and Real Madrid find themselves back in action on 14 June, looking to chase down that two point gap between themselves and Barcelona at the top of the table. The break in play came at a great time for Los Blancos, who had only won two of their last seven matches before the suspension. Zinedine Zidane will be hoping his players have had time to regroup and refresh, in the hopes that they can bring home some silverware. Their first...

enal Arsenal icon Thierry Henry has admitted that he left Arsenal in search of the kind of competition which could only be found at Barcelona. The Frenchman, who led Arsenal to two Premier League titles, sealed a surprise move away from the Emirates Stadium in 2007, after which he went on to finally add the Champions League to his impressive trophy cabinet. Speaking in a video interview with UEFA, Henry insisted that his love for Arsenal never faded away, but he wanted a chance to pass the...

More Newcastle United goalkeeper Martin Dubravka was an unknown quantity in English football when he joined the Magpies on loan from Sparta Prague in January 2018, halfway through a tough first season back in the Premier League. Yet the Slovakian international quickly established himself as a key player with his performances, helping his new team pull away from the relegation battle brewing just beneath them and ultimately to an impressive top half finish. Dubravka was recognised at the end of...

Kurt Zouma is a bit of an enigma, isn't he? He's not a world class defender, but most Premier League teams would take him in a heartbeat. Tottenham are now said to be interested in securing the Frenchman's services, along with former club Everton, and it presents something of a crossroads for Zouma, as a move to the former would see him reunite with his old manager José Mourinho, a known admirer. So with funds needed to bring in a quality left back, do Chelsea stick or twist with Zouma? Well,...

Arturo Vidal will not consider leaving Barcelona until all of their 2019/20 fixtures are finished - even if that means missing out on a move to Inter this summer. The Chilean is, somewhat deceptively, one of modern football's most accomplished players. Though he has developed something of a mercenary reputation, joining Bayern from Juventus before moving to Barcelona in 2018, he has won league titles in each of his last eight seasons - four on the spin with Juve and three with Bayern before...

010 The image of a short-haired Fernando Torres, wearing that long-sleeved Standard Chartered Liverpool shirt is a harrowing one for anyone associated with the club. It's representative of a time when things could not have been going more wrong even if that was the plan. By 2010, the club was a cataclysmic shambles. Gone were the title-tustling, Champions League-winning days of Rafa Benitez which threatened a new dawn of Anfield greatness. Benitez had been replaced with Roy Hodgson, Xabi Alonso...

A 55th minute substitute for Marcos Rojo, Timothy Fosu-Mensah made his Manchester United debut in February 2016 under Louis van Gaal; the same game that fellow Premier League debutant Marcus Rashford scored twice in to beat Arsenal 3-2. That appearance came two years after he joined the club from Ajax, where he quickly made a name for himself in United's youth setup. But while Rashford has since become United's John Cena, things have only gone downhill for Fosu-Mensah - whose career is more...

d Go Mario Balotelli's mother broke into tears when he told her he was going back to the town where he grew up to play for its main football club, Brescia Calcio. However, the Italy international has failed fitness tests, missed training, and endured poor form during his time in the Lombardy region. His record of five goals in 19 outings for the club is an unattractive return for a striker of his pedigree, and Brescia sit rock bottom of the Serie A table. The gamble evidently didn't pay off....

Hertha Berlin's sporting director has insisted that Marko Grujić will return to Liverpool a hugely improved player from when he first arrived in Germany. The Serbian international joined Die Alte Dame in 2018 on an initial one-year loan, before having his stay extended for another season after some impressive displays. He's been a regular in the first team during the 2019/20 season, and has scored four goals in his 25 Bundesliga appearances so far. Hertha's sporting director Michael Preetz has...

Boca Juniors are reported to be considering a move for Manchester United defender Marcos Rojo this summer, with the defender keen to play regular football next season in order to work his way back into the Argentina squad. Rojo was used sparingly by United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the first half of the season, with the return of Eric Bailly forcing him even further down the central defensive pecking order. With Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof the undisputed first-choice pairing,...

To coin a common phrase, two is company and three's a crowd. And having starred on-loan at Borussia Dortmund over the past two seasons, Real Madrid's right-back Achraf Hakimi finds himself in the middle of a Premier League crowd - as 90min understands that Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester City have all enquired about his availability this summer. While it is anticipated that the Moroccan will find himself playing in the famous white colours of Los Blancos next season - despite Dortmund's...

Inter are interested in bringing Arsenal defender Héctor Bellerín to Italy, and are ready to launch a move to sign him at the end of the season. The 25-year-old has only made eight league appearances this campaign, with his game time significantly reduced due to a string of injuries. Although his contract at the Emirates runs until 2023, he has attracted foreign interest ahead of the transfer window. Arsenal FC's Bellerín. The Mirror report that Inter have identified Bellerín as a transfer...

Borussia Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc has confirmed his club’s interest in having on-loan Real Madrid full-back Achraf Hakimi remain at Westfalenstadion for a third season, while the player himself is not thought to be against the idea after so far thriving in Germany. Still only 21, Hakimi joined Dortmund as a teenager in 2018 on a temporary two-year deal, after failing to consistently earn a place in Real Madrid's matchday squads. Hakimi has played 17 times for Real Madrid The...

With less than a week to go before we're all blessed with the Premier League returning, all the excitement is naturally around who is going to play and who is going to grab the headlines. But behind all that are a number of players who've failed to dazzle; either warming up the bench or offering precious little when called upon. This is the case for a swathe of players across top flight clubs, and they've certainly got a point to prove to prevent their respective managers losing their...

Jose Mourinho is looking to pick up some squad reinforcements from former club Chelsea this summer, with Olivier Giroud near the top of his target list. Giroud is a target for Tottenham, Inter and Lazio, with all three clubs looking for some reinforcements in their forward line this summer. Olivier Giroud vs Everton The Express report that Mourinho - who tried to sign Giroud in January - will continue his pursuit of the former Arsenal striker. Giroud signed a £110k-a-week deal just last month,...