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Serie A's Top 5 Wingers for Defensive Contribution

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Serie A's Top 5 Wingers for Defensive Contribution In the reverse of our feature studying the world's leading wingers for their attacking threat from wide, we continue our look at the leading players in the same positions for their defensive contribution to their respective sides. Having analysed the Premier League yesterday, once again we move onto...

Serie A's Leading 4 Attacking Wingers

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Serie A's Leading 4 Attacking Wingers WhoScored.com's latest feature focusing on the world's top crossers and dribblers of the ball, compiling the best 5 players from each of the top 5 divisions, moves onto Italy's Serie A.In a league in which stereotypical wingers are less commonly utilized, the Serie A saw just 4 players make the mini...

La Liga Under-21 Team of Season 2010/11

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La Liga Under-21 Team of Season 2010/11 The third of this week’s articles focusing on the best youngsters from Europe’s top five leagues last season sees us turn our attention to La Liga. As it’s Spain, we considered mirroring Barcelona and playing a 4-3-3 but the solidity offered by both Javi Martinez and Sergio Busquet...

The Premier League's Top 5 Wingers for Defensive Contribution

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The Premier League's Top 5 Wingers for Defensive Contribution Having analysed the Premier League's most prolific crossing wingers in our latest feature on wide men, we look at the top 5 in the division with regards to their defensive contribution.All figures shown relate to the performances each player made from wide positions only and are based on WhoScored.c...

Wenger Looking to Trio of English Defensive Alternatives

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Wenger Looking to Trio of English Defensive Alternatives Having entrusted his fellow French compatriots to hold the fort in Arsenal's back-line before now, Arsene Wenger looks to be keen on adding an English influence into his centre-back pairing. Last season, the Gunners boss had the option to line-up with a back four comprising entirely of Frenchman. Ho...

Serie A Under-21 Team of Season 2010/11

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Serie A Under-21 Team of Season 2010/11 The second of our articles focusing on the best young players of 2010/11 sees our attentions turn to Serie A. With only those players aged 21 or under at the start of last season up for consideration, our XI takes the same shape as champions Milan; a 4-3-1-2 gives the side a solid base and allows wh...

The Premier League's Top 5 Crossing Wingers

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The Premier League's Top 5 Crossing Wingers WhoScored.com's latest feature focuses on the world's top crossers of the ball, compiling the best 5 players based on crosses attempted per game for each of the top 5 divisions, kicking off in England with the Premier League.The leading 5 are also analysed in terms of their threat from wide with reg...

Premier League Under-21 Team of Season 2010/11

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Premier League Under-21 Team of Season 2010/11 In a new series of articles focusing on each of the top five leagues in Europe, we take a look at the best young performers of last season. With only players who started the previous campaign aged 21 years old or under up for consideration, we use WhoScored.com’s match rankings as the starting...

Why Mancini Sees Aguero as Tevez's Perfect Replacement

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Why Mancini Sees Aguero as Tevez's Perfect Replacement A day after Manchester City reportedly agreed a fee with Carlos Tevez's former club Corinthians to see the Argentine return to South America, manager Roberto Mancini has confirmed that a bid for Atletico Madrid striker Sergio Aguero is imminent.A fee for Tevez's Argentina teammate is unknown but is ...

The World's Top 5 Midfielders for All-Round Contribution Last Season

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The World's Top 5 Midfielders for All-Round Contribution Last Season After a recent article highlighted the huge success of Chile and Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Arturo Vidal, we have sought to find out whether any of world's midfielders in the top 5 leagues can compare with his magnificent all-round contribution.The search filtered out players who failed to score ab...