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Athletic Club is special. It’s different. At a time where Premier League clubs can drop €100m on new talent and Spain’s top order can raid Brazil for its best young talent at €40m a go, Athletic stand out as completely unique. Nowhere else in the world will you find a…
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By John Gilding Data viz courtesy of the Twenty3 Toolbox; start your free trial here. For some clubs, it feels as though the January transfer window takes them by surprise, and they leave themselves a lot to do at the last minute. Here we’ve identified three clubs with clear holes…
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By Stephen Bole Winning a domestic league is one of the most challenging things to do in football, teams must be consistent for over 30 games and weather all the storms that come from a full season. Most of the praise for winning sides will be showered upon their…
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In October, Ranks FC travelled to Bilbao, Spain and spent four days filming a mini-documentary on Athletic Club, in collaboration with New Balance Football. It was tough but rewarding work; we’re thrilled with the reaction to our video and hope it goes some way to helping people understand how…
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Hello Rank Squad! It’s a special episode today – with our beloved Transfer Guru absent we are joined by long-term friend of the pod and Tifo Football star Jon Mackenzie, to talk through five deals which have maybe flown under the radar of most football fans. They’re all under the…
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What’s good, Rank Squad! We’re back for another tryst into the chaos of the January transfer window, trying to make sense of everything that’s going on around us. Today, we take a look at five players who are potentially on the market and could make a huge difference to a…
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Guest article written by John Gilding The process of Manchester City bringing talents through and bedding them in is proven and established. Well, it’s been proven once. The most famous, and perhaps the only truly successful homegrown graduate of the Pep Guardiola era is Phil Foden.
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Data viz courtesy of the Twenty3 Toolbox; start your free trial here. 3. CONCEDING OCHO-A Forgive the pun, but goalkeepers whose name is essentially “eight” going on to ship eight goals is extremely rare. We take those chances when they arise! It’s easy to scoff at an 8-2 scoreline—the Salernitana…
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Aston Villa have made Alex Moreno their first signing of this transfer window. But why, when they already have Lucas Digne? Jack explains.
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Hello Rank Squad! It’s time for our rehousing episode – where we take a look at five players who are unwanted, underused or unloved at their current clubs, and find new homes for them to thrive in. This January, we’re talking about Tottenham’s Japhet Tanganga, PSG’s Keylor Navas, Barcelona’s Memphis…