It may be 12 months late, but Euro 2020 is now just around the corner. Having had an extra year to catch the eye combined with the fact managers are allowed to name even more players in their squads, there’s a glut of stars heading to the first ever European Championships to be played across…
The Twenty3 Toolbox was created for a variety of reasons. For those not familiar with our story, we started life as a fan-facing publisher called Football Whispers. Like many of those in the world of football media, we had access to raw data feeds and it was a bit of a palaver involving multiple people…
It is impossible to be an expert or an authority on every single football player in the world. It is difficult enough to keep abreast of the standout players across the big five European leagues. Yet whenever a transfer occurs, readers and viewers want to be educated on these players. It creates a demand. In…
804. That is the number of right-backs reportedly assessed by Manchester United before they signed Aaron Wan-Bissaka. The list, of course, would have been whittled down. A detailed analysis would’ve been undertaken on this smaller pool of players before more cuts were made. Eventually, United likely ended up with three or four players who they…
It may be hard to believe, but Jadon Sancho went four months without a Bundesliga goal to kick off his 2020/21 campaign. In fact, the England starlet managed just four assists over an 11-game period and the media started to imply his head had been turned following interest from Manchester United. Since the turn of…
With two games left to play, Lille are three points clear at the top of the Ligue 1 table. They’ve lost just twice since the turn of the year and taken maximum points in 68% of the 19 games they’ve played in 2021. Christophe Galtier’s side faced Paris Saint-Germain in early May in what many…
There are some clubs in football who have mastered the art of player identification. Brentford are one of them. It has allowed them to sell the likes of Ollie Watkins, Saïd Benrahma and Neal Maupay for a combined £72million. The trio arrived at Griffin Park in deals reportedly worth £6.1million. Maupay netted 25 goals in…
Everyone likes to think they’d go with quality over quantity if given the option. In reality, however, that is rarely possible in the world of football content. Competition is fierce with everyone scrambling to find their niche in a crowded market. There are no guarantees that the work put out there will be the best…
The data boom over the last five years or so has almost forced people to change their way of working. Opinions need to be backed up with stats. News pieces need a sprinkling of numbers for that extra insight. In the blink of an eye, it went from a nice-to-have to a must-have. In a…
For a fourth successive season, Chris Wood has hit double figures in the Premier League. The 29-year-old netted a treble in the 4-0 win over Wolves to make it six in his last six outings and ten for the campaign. The Burnley No.9 has timed his run of form to perfection, just as it appeared…