“An outfield player taking a goal kick used to be a rare treat, a sign that the goalkeeper had pulled a muscle and needed a willing team-mate to launch the ball towards the centre circle. But since a tweak of football’s laws in 2019, the once-humble goal kick has become an increasingly integral part of […]
“Matteo Guendouzi is only 24 but, playing for his fifth club in a fourth country, he already feels like he’s grown up. The Frenchman, who came to prominence at Arsenal under Unai Emery, says the mistakes he made during his time in north London had turned him into a better man and footballer. Guendouzi has […]