AC Milan are in freefall, and two much-heralded former Premier League forwards are taking the blame. The Italian giants fell 2-1 at home to Lazio on Sunday night, with former Chelsea man Pedro scoring a stoppage time penalty to leave the hosts reeling. 5 Milan slumped to their latest shocking defeat and fans turned on … Read more
An article from Bleacher Report named 20 young footballers who were “poised” to be breakout stars in 2013 – so how did they get on, more than 12 years later? To kick things off, author Allan Jiang tipped midfielder Amin Affane to make his mark with Chelsea after the Premier League side beat a host … Read more
A report from The Times in 2009 named 50 football starlets who had the potential to “make it big” in the not-so-distant future – so how did they get on, more than 16 years later? From the brilliance of David Silva and Mesut Ozil to the Ballon d’Or-winning Karim Benzema, who would soon establish himself … Read more
Top 10 revealed ©TM/IMAGO There’s little doubt that 2024 has been an extremely eventful year in the world of football and here at Transfermarkt we have strived to cover the biggest and most interesting stories for our global audience. Whether it be market value updates of smaller divisions in every region of the world, or … Read more
Currently 1st in the table ©TM/IMAGO Last season just one team managed to beat Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen in all competitions – Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta. And it was on the big occasion. The Italian side run riot in Dublin, beating their German counterparts 3-0 to win the Europa League title – the club’s first ever European trophy. That triumph … Read more