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Whenever I see Liverpool or Brighton linked with a player, I tend to think the player must have something about them. They're the data kings and they don't seem to get loads wrong. Liverpool being linked with this lad for a year is encouraging...

For those that subscribe to my Podcast (macca talks Kaka) you'll know I've tracked this kid since he was 15. Here's a transcript from episode 34 - do we really want Rooney back? "Anyway, enough about Rooney making a return to Everton, I watched...

A lot of the stats that top sides have access to now are far more advanced than that. I read the book by the Liverpool data guy while I was sat round a pool this summer and while it was nauseating in parts (although I particularly liked the bit...

"Close control for his height" does that translate to "good touch for a big lad"

Quite interesting that the only loan we have taken on is for a player we could not afford to buy. Excellent business for Jack Grealish, bringing a top player by the only means we could. Moyes moaned about the squad being decimated by loans...

Few tweets which are worth a look (apologies, one or two of them are in the context of Liverpool's interest in him over the last 12 months)...

Actually, found it...

He mentions in his interview his best quality is driving up the pitch with the ball which basically all our new players can do.

Saw a tweet yesterday that I can't find now which showed his heat map from last season. Basically even though he was a number 10 for pretty much the entire season, he has a natural bias to the right hand side of the pitch. Given KDH has a...

I should have probably been more specific with that and said "the early part of the James Rodriguez season". The football that came later on would have made Dyche blush.

Moyes seems to have wanted to focus his efforts and our resources on creativity this summer and it's hard to argue. We've been a tough watch for a good while - probably since Koeman (with the exception of the solitary James Rodriguez season). A...

There's the vague possibility that Moyes wanted him close by in case he wants to drop in on games - Preston being the closest Championship side to where he lives.

Blimey - the Osman and Barkley ones I just don't agree with in any single way there at all. I remember the couple of games Barkley had when DM was here and he was naive and raw. Osman's loans were the making of him (and he has said as much)...

I think it would be fair to say that Freiburg have used him a fair bit in a similar role to the one we used Doucoure in. He's a powerful runner and he presses well, so they've used him closer to the striker a lot of the time. That being said...

Relax, don’t worry we’ll just play Roman Dixon. I heard he was so good in preseason 2024 it was a sackable offence for a manager not to start him. Wonder where such an obvious fullback talent is now?