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Fulham vs Aston Villa: Why Emery needs Leon Bailey to step up for Craven Cottage trip

by Sam Tighe at Friday, Oct 18 2024 11:14
Fulham vs Aston Villa: Why Emery needs Leon Bailey to step up for Craven Cottage trip Despite a tumultuous summer of 2024, over which PSR loomed like the blackest of rainclouds, it’s arguable Aston Villa have started the 2024/25 campaign better than any could have reasonably expected.With 14 points from seven games, they’re keeping in touch with the season’s front-r...
Categories: Player Focus

How Leon Bailey evolved from feared flop to Aston Villa superstar

by Sam Tighe at Wednesday, Feb 28 2024 09:24
How Leon Bailey evolved from feared flop to Aston Villa superstar It’s taken a long, long time - too long for comfort, really - but we are finally seeing the best version of Leon Bailey at Aston Villa.His performance against Nottingham Forest this past weekend was simply electric, rightly winning him both the Player of the Match award and an appreciative cho...
Categories: Player Focus

Five things Steven Gerrard needs to achieve to be a success at Aston Villa

by Martin Laurence at Thursday, Nov 11 2021 10:32
Five things Steven Gerrard needs to achieve to be a success at Aston Villa Having taken the controversial decision to sack Dean Smith, Aston Villa were quick to identify their replacement, and in all likelihood had Steven Gerrard in the back of their minds for some time. Former Liverpool managing director Christian Purslow almost certainly has, and was the key driver in th...
Categories: Team Focus

How Bailey and Buendia fit in to life after Grealish at Aston Villa

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Aug 4 2021 16:21
How Bailey and Buendia fit in to life after Grealish at Aston Villa After months of speculation, Jack Grealish's drawn out transfer to Manchester City is set to come to a close. The last few days have seen his boyhood club Aston Villa attempt to convince him that the grass isn't greener, but the Emerald Etihad Stadium has proven too tempting for the 25-year-old to t...
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Who is Leon Bailey? The former Man Utd target now wanted by Aston Villa

by Ben McAleer at Wednesday, Jul 21 2021 16:35
Who is Leon Bailey? The former Man Utd target now wanted by Aston Villa Not content with the high profile arrival of Emiliano Buendia from Norwich, Aston Villa are maintaining their push for another attacker this summer amidst links with a move for Bayer Leverkusen star Leon Bailey. Whether viewed as a Jack Grealish replacement or a statement of intent capture to convin...
Categories: Player Focus

Football Manager 2021: Scouting the most improved players in Europe

by Josh Wright at Wednesday, Dec 16 2020 11:47
Football Manager 2021: Scouting the most improved players in Europe By now you are either deeply invested into your Football Manager 2021 save or plotting your next position. No matter what, the fun never stops on FM. New challenges are always around the corner and how you navigate through them is all part of the managerial process. You will either come out feeling ...
Categories: Scout Report

Transfer roundup (09/06/19) - Wan-Bissaka, Bale and Umtiti amid reports

by Martin Laurence at Sunday, Jun 9 2019 19:14
Transfer roundup (09/06/19) - Wan-Bissaka, Bale and Umtiti amid reports It’s Sunday, which means another day of rumours as the summer transfer madness mounts. We round up the big talking points here, starting with more column inches for Manchester United.Sky Sports News reported late last night that the Red Devils had seen a £40m bid for Aaron Wan-Bissaka re...
Categories: Transfer

Juventus wonderkid partner Mbappe up front in U21 Team of the Month

by Josh Wright at Thursday, Apr 4 2019 09:33
Juventus wonderkid partner Mbappe up front in U21 Team of the Month Here we reveal the best WhoScored rated XI for players aged 21 and under in Europe’s top five leagues last month. Goalkeeper: Gregor Kobel (Augsburg) – 6.92 ratingFootball INDEX share price - £0.17Augsburg goalkeeper Gregor Kobel kept one clean sheet in four appearances in March an...
Categories: Best XI

Tielemans among five new faces in latest U21 player form rankings

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Apr 1 2019 16:42
Tielemans among five new faces in latest U21 player form rankings There may not have been any movement in the top four of this week’s form rankings of players aged 21 and under in Europe’s top five leagues, but there are five new faces in the top ten this time around. We run through the leaderboard after Kylian Mbappe scored yet another goal and Jadon ...
Categories: Form Guide

Dortmund MVP Sancho still pipped by on fire Mbappe in latest U21 form rankings

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Mar 18 2019 17:01
Dortmund MVP Sancho still pipped by on fire Mbappe in latest U21 form rankings There were some outstanding performances across Europe’s top five leagues from youngsters this weekend, and two new qualifiers in our U21 player form rankings, though the top two continue to prove a class apart. The latest leaderboard is as follows…10. Ibrahim Sangare (Toulouse) - Weigh...
Categories: Form Guide