The English Football League has enhanced its reputation as a healthy conveyor belt of talent on the world stage in recent years. From burgeoning academy hotshots to Premier League loanees, a whole host of esteemed global names have spent shares of their formative years cutting their teeth throughout the EFL pyramid. In particular, we’ve begun…
Allan Simonsen’s career path is about as far from conventional as it gets. The Danish legend is a Ballon d’Or winner who lit up the footballing world with his goalscoring prowess in the late 70s and early 80s with Borussia Monchengladbach and Barcelona. However, his next move was to Charlton Athletic, then in England’s second…
Allan Simonsen’s career path is about as far from conventional as it gets. The Danish legend is a Ballon d’Or winner who lit up the footballing world with his goalscoring prowess in the late 70s and early 80s with Borussia Monchengladbach and Barcelona. However, his next move was to Charlton Athletic, then in England’s second…
Lionel Messi may be considered by many as the greatest football player of all time, but the Argentina star was omitted from the list of nominations to win this year’s Ballon d’Or award — the sport’s most prized individual honour. The record eight-time winner and holder of the trophy did not feature in a list…
