elite season 4

Ballon d'Or ranking 2025: Mbappe leaps to second behind Salah

Harry Kane (Bayern Munich & England)Harry Kane has long been one of football's elite forwards, but a lack of major trophies has kept him from serious Ballon d'Or contention. That could change this season.

10 clubs who have never won the Champions League

They have featured in every season since 2000-01, a feat that only a very few elite teams have been able to replicate.

Man City want him: £100m Newcastle sale would be a bigger blow than Isak

[th]Bruno Guimaraes: Premier League Stats by Season[/th] [th]Match Stats*[/th] [th]21/22[/th] [th]22/23[/th] [th]23/24[/th] [th]24/25[/th] Matches (starts) 17 (11) 32 (32) 37 (37) 15 (15) Goals 5 4 7 0 Assists 1 5 8 3 Pass completion 86% 85%

5 world-class managers who rejected top job at Real Madrid

Here are five elite managers who thought twice and turned down the top job at Madrid. 5.

Ranking the top 15 best football referees of all time in the world

In 2006-07, he was named the Portuguese Referee of the Year and was promoted to UEFA's Elite category at the start of the 2009-10 season. 8.

Top 7 Highest-Paid Football Coaches In The World Right Now

In his first season as manager, he led the club to win the Chinese Super League, FA Cup and Super Cup. The following season, Guangzhou Evergrande won another league title under Cannavaro's leadership.

Top 10 best penalty taker in the world (2024)

He has 80% conversion rate in 2023/24 season having missed only 1 penalty for Manchester United . Fernandez confidence and composure under pressure have made him a valuable asset for his team. 4.

Top 5 January transfer targets: Rashford, Salah, Osimhen, Alexander-Arnold

After guiding the Italian team to the 2021-22 season with 26 goals, Osimhen was linked to all of Europe's elite, including providing an alternative to Kylian Mbappe for Real Madrid.

Can Eden Hazard prove Maurizio Sarri right and emulate Mohamed Salah's goalscoring exploits

Individuals thrived in Sarri's 4-3-3 formation with Gonzalo Higauin breaking Gunnar Nordahl's 66-year record for most goals scored by a foreigner in Serie A with 36 in 35 games in the 2015-16 season and Dries Mertens managing 28 in 35 the following

PFA Awards 2024: 10 favourites to win the Young Player of the Year award

Players must have been 21 or younger before the 2023/24 season began to be considered.

Most expensive flops in football history

He showed promise towards the end of the 2020-21 season, but failed to replicate that form in his final season at the Emirates, scoring only one Premier League goal.

Deal agreed: Arsenal could sign their next Cazorla for £50m

[th]Cazorla's best season @ Arsenal (2012/13)[/th] Games 49 Goals 12 Assists 13 Minutes played 4,251 PL Starts 37/38 What was the issue?

10 Greatest Chelsea signings in Football History [Ranked]

After an impressive season with Atletico Madrid, the Dutchman completed a €22.5 million (£18.9 million) move to Stamford Bridge in 2000.

Ranking The Greatest Centre-Backs in Premier League history

Within six months following his switch from AC Milan to the Blues for £4.6m, 'Le Rock' won the World Cup with France in June 1998.

Chelsea Penalty Takers Ranked (2023/24)

Mauricio Pochettino has had to apologise for a lot during his debut season as Chelsea manager.

The biggest UEFA punishments for Financial Fair Play breaches

Juve were one of four Serie A clubs fined by UEFA in 2022 but had far bigger financial issues to contend with in the subsequent season. 5.

20 Worst Man Utd Signings in History (Ranked)

One season was all it took for Di Maria to find a way out of Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain offered him an escape route in 2015 after a trophyless season. 15 BebeGames: 7 - Goals: 2 - Assists: 0 Uncharacteristically, Sir Alex Ferguson