Tag: Europes

Golden Boy 2026: Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly among Premier League stars on 25-man shortlist for Europe’s best U21 player | Football News
6 October 2026 Off

Golden Boy 2026: Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly among Premier League stars on 25-man shortlist for Europe’s best U21 player | Football News

By Total Football News

Arsenal and England midfielder Myles Lewis-Skelly has been included in the 25-man shortlist for this year’s Golden Boy award.

The 20-year-old is one of eight Premier League players in contention for the prize, presented by Italian publication Tuttosport, which is awarded to the best U21 men’s player in Europe.

Bournemouth and Brighton both have two players among the finalists, making up half of the Premier League contingent. Eli Junior Kroupi

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Viktor Gyokeres transfer: Brighton flop to Europe’s hot property – what next for Sporting striker?
6 July 2025 Off

Viktor Gyokeres transfer: Brighton flop to Europe’s hot property – what next for Sporting striker?

By Total Football News

Gyokeres’ former team-mates and coaches remember a young boy who cried when he lost. They talk about a “stubborn kid” who was “wild, really aggressive” and would occasionally come to blows with team-mates.

“I remember the older players were sometimes telling him to calm down a little bit, because he was always going all-in,” Magni Fannberg, who handed Gyokeres his first-team debut for Swedish club Brommapojkarna in 2015, told the

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Rayan Cherki: ‘One of Europe’s greatest technicians’ – why Man City want French ‘genius’
8 June 2025 Off

Rayan Cherki: ‘One of Europe’s greatest technicians’ – why Man City want French ‘genius’

By Total Football News

Cherki is only the latest talent fresh off the Lyon production line, but may be the best yet.

He joined Lyon at the age of seven from AS Saint-Priest and, aged 16 years and 140 days, Cherki became the youngest goalscorer in the Ligue 1 side’s history in a French Cup tie back in January 2020.

Before that in November 2019, a Champions League debut came against Zenit, while he

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Dean Huijsen to Real Madrid: How Bournemouth defender became one of Europe’s most coveted.
17 May 2025 Off

Dean Huijsen to Real Madrid: How Bournemouth defender became one of Europe’s most coveted.

By Total Football News

Huijsen ranks highly in many different categories for Premier League defenders to play at least 1,000 minutes this season, per 90 minutes.

  • Second for clearances

  • Third for interceptions

  • Fourth for headed clearances

  • Fourth for successful long passes

  • Sixth for centre-backs playing passes ending in the final third

  • 11th for forward passes

  • 15th for fewest goals conceded

  • 16th for aerial duels

On top of that, in his 30 Premier League appearances,

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