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Coach Scott Martin is back with his fortnightly column – today he looks at innovative throw-in routines citing examples from Europe’s best.

Will Still has been linked to Sunderland in recent days as he continues to impress in Ligue 1 with Reims – Fintan O’Reilly looks at their in-possession principles that sees the club continue to rise up the table.

Maxim de Cuyper is a young left-back being tracked by Europe’s elite – Anantaajith Raghuraman analyses the Club Bruges player in detail.

Beth Limb continues video scouting Academy football globally through the EYEBALL platform – today, she looks at three youngsters at Lille who are on the verge of first-team football.

Everyone is always looking for the next Haaland, Oshimen etc etc. Today’s TFA Scouted report looks at a player who xGOLD says is a good match to another striker in top form currently, Ollie Watkins – and this 20 y/o Nigerian is being linked to Wolves and Frankfurt.

From the archives, we suggest;

Eintracht Frankfurt put back-to-back losses behind them by thumping FC Bayern 5-1 at the weekend. We previewed how Julian Nagelsmann’s former assistant Dino Toppmöller would put his stamp on Die Adler ahead of the 2023/24 campaign in a tactical analysis piece well worth reviewing now.

Captain Alexandre Lacazette hit the back of the net three times versus Toulouse to help Lyon earn just their second Ligue 1 win of the season. By this time last year, the striker had scored nine times in the league after making his return to France the summer before, as we discussed in our analysis.

After disposing of their Catalan rivals Barcelona 4-2 at Camp Nou, it seems Girona are here to stay at the top of LaLiga this term — we analysed how Michel guided the club to an unbeaten start back in September.

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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