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The Bundeliga's Brits.

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  The Bundesliga is know for being the launching pad for many bright careers throughout the world of football. Young stars from all over the world come to hone their skills in the Bundesliga providing moments of individual genius as well as team genius. Over the past years the Bundesliga has really started to become the second home for young English and American talents, who get taken into academy's play well and then are sold for a big profit. If you can tell from the title this will be especially about the Brits in the Bundesliga. The story starts with Kevin Keegan a native of Armthrope, England. He is a 3 time English Champion, 1 time European Club Champion and 1 time German Champion. To add the cherry on top of his trophy case you can add the 1978 Ballon d'Or and 1979 Ballon d'Or. A great career. His Bundesliga journey starts in the 1978/79 season where he transfers from Liverpool to Hamburg for 1.29 million dollars. He played only 90 games in total in the Bundesliga sc...

A comparison between Kepa and Edouard Mendy

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            Kepa cost around 88 million dollars, Mendy cost around 26 million. There is a big difference in price between those two guys. Kepa is Spanish, Mendy comes from Senegal. There are many differences between these two guys, but one thing that is not different is the position they play. Goalkeeper. One of the most difficult positions mentally, as you are they last line when you play there. If you play well, you may get nominated for the Ballon d'Or, play poorly you will receive more criticism than  almost anyone. It is tough. Kepa coming off a horrible year and Mendy coming off a year with the French surprise team Stade Rennais. So lets look at the stats. Kepa: Kepa has come off a frankly horrendous year for Chelsea's defense in general. Chelsea conceded a total of 54 goals in the Premier League. That is the most goals conceded until 11th placed Southampton. It is honestly shameful and yet they still finished 4th. In the Prem...

Why the Diogo Jota signing makes so much sense for Liverpool

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            Diogo Jota. A Portuguese international, a versatile piece for any offense. His primary position is on the left wing but can also play as a striker or shadow striker. Liverpool spent around 41 million euros on him which could rise to 45 million. In the 2019/20 season, Jota played at Wolverhampton. So let's talk about his season 2019/20: Diogo Jota played in 48 games in all competitions, 42 if you do not include Europa League qualifying. I will also exclude Europa League because that is not a competition Liverpool will be playing in next year. So that leaves us with the Premier League. In the Premier League, he played in 34 out of the 38 games. In those 34 appearances, he played 2,298 minutes. During these games, he recorded 7 goals and 1 assist. He is also most dangerous as a left winger as 7 goals and 1 assist came from him playing on the left wing.  So after you look at his resume for the last season you may think it is not very impre...