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Today, it’s another magazine launch day! The TFA Scouted digital mag for January is on the shelves – 10 under-the-radar talents, 2x xGOLD dossiers and a full unveiling of the xGOLD database are in this issue which all-access members can download for free.

Anantaajith Raghuraman analyses Eduard Spertsyan and explains why the 23 y/o Krasnodar player is getting interest across Europe.

Athletic Club are flying in La Liga but are now going to be without Inaki Williams for the duration of AFCON – Jack Chippendale looks at how they can adapt.

On the subject of AFCON, Fintan O’Reilly explains why Eric Chelle’s Mali can be confident of a deep run.

Beth Limb scouts Sam Curtis, a right-back playing in Ireland who must get a move to England this January.

Coach Kevin Martin returns with another coaching article, looking at how to implement rondos into your training sessions.

From the archives, Fintan O’Reilly suggests;

Mohamed Daramy delivered an impressive dribbling and playmaking performance to help Reims beat Monaco 3-1 away from home on Saturday — we scouted the 22 y/o ahead of his move from Ajax last summer.

Yacine Adli opened the scoring for AC Milan in their 3-1 win over AS Roma yesterday; we analysed what the now-23 y/o midfielder would bring to I Rossoneri ahead of his 2022 move from Bordeaux.

Andrea Pirlo’s Sampdoria sit 14th in Serie B after losing 5-3 to title contenders Venezia at the weekend. We previewed the ‘tremendous challenge’ ahead of the young coach back in July; how has he handled that challenge thus far and can he get more from his team than he currently is?

Vinicius Júnior’s hat-trick and a Rodrygo goal ensured Real Madrid beat Barcelona to claim Spanish Super Cup glory. Both of these attackers are among Europe’s best chance creators 23 and under, our October data analysis pinpointed who else falls into that bracket.

And that’s it for today – we’ll be back tomorrow with more pieces old and new about everything analysis in the football world.

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