This is the latest in a four-part series examining the selection decisions Gareth Southgate has to make before this summer’s European Championship. Part one was on the goalkeepers.Part two looked at ...

There has been one goalkeeper, Lev Yashin, and a trio of defenders, though Fabio Cannavaro was more of a stopper than the German midfielders, Franz Beckenbauer and Matthias Sammer, who were converted ...

Real Madrid are moving on from Luka Modric this summer, but what to they are not sure. Los Blancos have been on the hunt for a midfielder that can provide control and set the tempo, with Modric ...

There are several terms for the player in the deepest midfield role. The defensive midfielder. The holding midfielder. The sitting midfielder. The anchorman. They all convey roughly the same kind of ...

Houston Dynamo FC have signed midfielder Erik Dueñas through 2025 with options for 2026-28, the club announced Tuesday. Houston selected the 20-year-old via the 2024 MLS End-of-Year Waivers list. He ...

For football followers, seeing WZE on this list should come as no surprise. After making his professional debut in 2022, he became the youngest player in history to pull on a Paris Saint-Germain shirt ...

Often considered cynical, aggressive, rash and undervalued, the defensive midfielder holds the key to the fortunes and success of a team. Defensive midfielders act as a shield to the defence and ...

New York City FC have signed homegrown midfielder Jonathan Shore through the 2027 MLS season with an option for 2028, the club announced Thursday. The 15-year-old New York City native is the 11th ...

Real Madrid star Federico Valverde is one of the best box-to-box midfielders in EA FC 26. The Uruguayan versatile CM has an 84 rating in passing, an 86 rating in vision, an 88 rating in short passes, ...