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How Alex Ferguson players have done as managers.

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Legendary figures remain so till the end of time and their dance steps on the stage of life can never be washed away by the ocean of time because of its deep rooted impact on the future.  That is the story of Alex Ferguson's managerial career. Let's take a look at the players he managed and how they are doing as managers. 1. Steve Bruce: This Manchester United legend has managed to lift Birmingham City and Hull City from the Championship to the premier league in his young managerial career and is currently doing a good job as Newcastle United's manager. He has to his credit, 414 appearances in Manchester United shirt from 1987 to 1996, winning nine major trophies. 2. Paul Ince: has been in management at the lower level with Macclesfield, Blackburn Rovers and a title stint at MK Dons. But has stayed away from high level management since after leaving Blackpool in 2014. He has 281 appearances for Manchester United to his credit from 1989 to 1995. 3. Mark Hughes: The former...

Diverse fortunes of football Golden boys part 1

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The Golden boy award has been awarded to the best young footballers since 2003.  Many of them has gone on to become real icons, won many trophies and lived up to the golden boy statues in the eyes of the fans but many have fallen by the way side and unable to reach their potentials for one reason or the other. Let's take a look at the diverse fortunes of the Golden boys of the round leather game. 1.Rafael van der Vaart 2003 He was the first winner of the Golden boy award after an impressive 18 goals in 21 games at the Eredivisie in the colours of Ajax in 2002/2003 season.  He moved on to Real Madrid where he spent two unsuccessful seasons before going to Tottenham where he formed a formidable partnership with Peter Crouch, scoring 24 goals and recorded 15 assists in a relatively moderate two seasons before moving to Hamburg, then Denmark where he retired in November, 2018. 2. Wayne Rooney 2004 After a breakthrough season at Everton where he scored nine goals, he was signed up ...

Aubameyang hits back at Kroos

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Pierre Emerick Aubameyang has hit back at Toni Kroos for lambasting his mask celebration. The Arsenal Captain did not find it funny that the German could say such demeaning things about his goal celebrations to the extent of accusing him of not being a good role model. Toni Kroos in a recent interview stated that Aubameyang and Griezmann has nonsense goal celebrations and that they are not good role models. The Gabonese Captain replied that he did it for his son and would do it again. He questioned if the German Midfielder has children.

Top scorers in the top five European Leagues U21

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 1. Name: Erling Haaland Country: Norway🇸🇯 Club: Borussia Dortmund Number of Goals:19  He is regarded as one of the future greats of the game. His goal scoring prowess is second to none and he has single handly pushed and kept BVB at the ranks of the elite. After the exploits of of Robert Lewandoski and Pierre Emerick Aubameyang at the club, it was obvious that he was sliding into shoe, but he took the mantle comfortable and is doing well. He has scored 19 goals so far and is not yet 21. 2. Name: Kai Harvertz Country: Germany🇩🇪 Club: Chelsea Number of Goals:9 The young German was phenomenal at bayer Leverkusen which led to his big money move to Chelsea. But it didn't start so rosy for him, though he showed some promises, but it took him time to click. Now he is on 9 goals haul which is very impressive for an under 21 in the English Premier League. 3. Name: Jaō Fēlix Country: Portugal🇵🇹 Club: Atletico Madrid Number of Goals:9  The young Portuguese has been a revelat...

Six footallers with the most dribbles of the current season

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The game of football has been gradually drifting from skills and display to technicalities and tactics, but that has not taken away the fact that some footballers are gifted with enormous skills and they inadvertently display it occasionally in matches as a means of outsmarting and opening up strong opponents defense and create chances for the team to break. Take a look at the top six footballers with the most dribbles in the year 2020. 1.Name: Lionel Messi Country: Argentina🇦🇷 Club: Barcelona Average: 4.2 Regarded by his fans as the greatest of all time, he has had a blistering football career and has not slowed down a bit. After all the challenges that beclouded the club amidst the corona virus pandemic, he has managed to average 4.2 dribbles per 90 minutes. Legend. 2. Name: Allan Saint-Maximin Country: France🇫🇷 Club: New Castle United Average: 4.6 The French international who plays for New Castle United has been very impressive since joining forces at the Saint James park and ha...