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 ...

Attacking players steal headlines, yet midfielders facilitate the scoring. A number 10 — or attacking midfielder — deftly delivers passes to strikers and wingers, yet is equally capable of winning one ...

After a poor season that almost ended in relegation, Tottenham Hotspur Hotspur shocked everyone by spending more than £185 ...

Despite playing regularly in the holding position for Chelsea, Mikel has been used regularly as the box-box midfielder in national team duties. Speaking in a recent interview Yusuf revealed that the ...

It would seem that during next summer’s transfer window, Manchester City will need to strengthen their midfield. There are doubts that surround the future of Bernardo Silva. Manchester City’s captain ...

AS Roma midfielder Manu Kone is emerging as Manchester United’s preferred target for a defensive-minded role.Kone, 25, was ...

Sunderland midfielder Jay Matete says he has ‘not really sussed out’ what his best position is as he settles into his loan spell at Oxford. The 23-year-old is a player that many Sunderland fans have ...

In terms of participation rates, soccer dominates all other sports worldwide. There are over 250 million players in over 200 nations, and training may begin as early as the age of three. That does not ...