Omar Da Fonseca holds deep admiration for former FC Barcelona and Manchester City midfielder Yaya Touré. “The best defensive midfielder in history over the past 20 years is... Mr. Yaya Touré,” ...

Borussia Dortmund are planning multiple squad adjustments this summer, with one of their top priorities being bringing in a defensive midfielder, according to Bild.The Black and Yellows are targeting ...

Certain defensive actions might not even get logged as an “event” when they are not tangible sequences within the game, but we know by now that 21 other players are still impacting proceedings, even ...

Five of our writers have also chosen their best player of 2025/26 so far, featuring two representatives from Arsenal and Manchester City apiece, and one from Manchester United.

The Premier League has never boasted quite such a rich collection of world-class midfielders as it does presently. A division founded on bruisers and box-to-boxers has been enhanced by influences from ...

Manchester United are already scanning the horizon for midfield reinforcements as the club prepares for life after Casemiro. According to reporting credited to Caught Offside, Nottingham Forest ...

Great midfielders are the lifeblood of any team. They’re the creators, the runners, the tacklers, the scorers—and everything in between. Some excel in one area, others in another, but nearly all ...