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Brendan Rodgers has made a stunning return to Celtic following his sacking from Leicester – he replaces, of course, Ange Posteloglou who has left him the perfect tools for success, explains Daniel Man.

Icelandic women’s football doesn’t get much airtime so we asked David Astill to tell us why Starjnan have fallen away this season but can still get into Europe – their tactics and more explained.

Mateo Retegui is an unconventional Italian international – many think he is ready to move from Argentina to Europe this summer so we asked Rui Martins to scout him in full.

Staying with Italy, and this time a departure from Serie A, we look at what Sandro Tonali will bring to the Newcastle midfield – Jack Manship does the scouting and analysis on this one.

Brentford excelled at set pieces last season – Karim ES goes through them and explains what they do differently and why it works.

Roy Hodgson has agreed to remain as Crystal Palace manager for another season – read our analysis of how the experienced coach managed to turn the Eagles’ fortunes around.

Florian Grillitsch has returned to Hoffenheim after a lacklustre stint in the Netherlands with Ajax – read our scout report of the Austrian midfielder from his last spell with the German club.

Andrea Pirlo has become the new head coach of recently-relegated Italian side Sampdoria – here is our analysis of Pirlo’s tactics at Juventus, showing what we can expect from his new team.

Ronny Deila is trying to improve Club Brugge’s squad in the transfer market to avoid last season’s disaster – you can read our tactical analysis of the ex-Celtic boss’ philosophy to see what can be expected of the Belgian giants this season.

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