Eredivisie expands SciSports performance analysis deal to 2025
October 25 – The Netherlands’ Eredivisie has extended its performance analysis contract with SciSports until the 2024/25 season.
Performance
Real Madrid and Barca top ranking of youth developed players, Man Utd fifth
October 24 – AFC Ajax is Europe’s engine room in terms of developing youth talent capable of playing at the highest national league levels.
Real Madrid recruit young while Chelsea prefer maturity
October 21 – Youth or experience? Real Madrid on average recruit the youngest players out of the Big 5 European leagues at 22.87 years of age.
Club Brugge break Champions League glass ceiling to progress to last 16; Liverpool thump Rangers
October 13 – On a dramatic night of Champions League action, Club Brugge became only the third Belgian club in the competition’s modern history to progress from the group stages after holding Atletico Madrid to a goalless draw.
Wiegman ‘happy’ with England contract to 2025 want to keep it that way
October 11 – England women’s European Championship-winning manager Sarina Wiegman has denied reports she has signed a new contract after conversations with the English FA but says she feels “very valued” in her role.
Anderlecht under the hammer as West Ham go top; Silkeborg super silky
By Samindra Kunti in Brussels
October 8 – West Ham United’s second-string team defeated Anderlecht 1-0 to maintain a perfect record in the Conference League and consolidate their lead at the top of Group B.
FIFA makes performance stats app available to players at Qatar 2022
September 23 – Players at the World Cup in Qatar are to be given access to their playing performance stats via an app being provided by FIFA.
Out of sight, out of mind? Big name players scramble for World Cup 2022 selection
September 20 – With the international break about to start and the 2022 FIFA World Cup fast approaching, a number of big name players are still scrambling to get on to their national teams’ final rosters.
Queiroz parachutes back into Iran to lead Team Melli to Qatar 2022
September 15 – Veteran coach Carlos Queiroz has arrived in Iran ahead of his third spell in charge of Team Melli. The Portuguese succeeds Dragan Skocic, who had qualified Iran for the World Cup.
Real Madrid dominates player U25 rankings, Arsenal’s Ramsdale and Sako head categories
September 13 – New data ranking the top 10 players under 25 into 15 different positional categories has been released.
Wales put Giggs behind them and keep faith in Page with 4-year deal
September 13 – After a long wait and following the formal resignation of manager Ryan Giggs, Wales have committed fully to Robert Page to lead the country, giving him a four-year contract.
Brugge put Belgium’s best foot forward in UCL opener
By Samindra Kunti in Brugge
September 8 – The Belgian champions Club Burge opened their Champions League campaign with a hard-fought 1-0 victory against Bundesliga-strugglers Bayer Leverkusen. In the same group, Atletico Madrid provided injury-time drama against Porto with a 101st-minute winner from Antoine Griezmann.
Chelsea’s owners fire Tuchel before waiting for £255m of new signings to bed in
September 9 – Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has been sacked after suffering a surprise 1-0 defeat in the club’s Champions League opener at Dinamo Zagreb last night.
MNM potency and Mbappé double spearheads PSG’s opening UCL win over Juve
By Samindra Kunti in Paris
September 6 – Kylian Mbappé and PSG pushed past Juventus with a 2-1 win to open their Champions League campaigns, but concerns remain about the Parisians’ defensive set-up if they are to go all the way and win their first European Champions League title.
VAR proves to be a Premier League game-changer again, but not in a good way
September 5 – The Premier League continued its love-hate relationship with VAR over the weekend with two controversial and game-changing decisions following VAR intervention.