UPDATED TO INCLUDE HIS CONTROVERSIAL TRANSFER TO BARCELONAQuick, incisive and versatile, Antoine Griezmann is the ultimate modern forward.But did you know that he had to leave France in order to find a professional club willing to take a chance on him?Or that he wears the number 7 shirt as a tribute to his idol, David Beckham?Or that Real Sociedad fans came to affectionately refer to him as 'The Little Devil'?Find our about all this and m...

Mohamed Salah needed little time to settle in to life at Liverpool.Since signing for the Anfield club in 2017 for a then-club record fee, he has broken the club's scoring record for a debut season, as well as becoming the leading goalscorer in Europe's top five leagues, overtaking Lionel Messi and Harry Kane.He was the first player to ever win three Premier League Player of the Month awards in the same season and was the winner of the PFA Player's Player of ...

Paul Pogba, Kylian Mbappé and Antoine Griezmann were the stand-out stars of France's World Cup-winning team, drawing comparisons to the great class of '98.Be it Pogba's high-profile apprenticeships in the Premier League and Italy's Serie A, Griezmann's seizing his opportunity in Real Sociedad's youth academy or Mbappé's dazzling performances for AS Monaco in the UEFA Champions League, all three have forged their own distinct routes to the very top. The result is an unstoppable blend...

When Manchester United re-signed their former youth player Paul Pogba for a world record fee in the summer of 2016, they made a powerful statement.Together with the signing of Zlatan Ibrahimović.It signalled their determination to attract the best players in the world to Old Trafford, despite three seasons of underachievement.In the four years since he had left the Reds, Pogba had blossomed into a midfielder of undoubted world class, his power and dynamism propelling J...

The youngest player to score in the World Cup final since Pelé, for the tournament-winning team, in his brief career to date Kylian Mbappé is breaking records at a rate matched by only the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and is fast becoming one of the biggest names in football.But did you know that even at three years old, he would sit listening to the manager's talk before an AS Bondy match?Or where his signature crossed-arm goal celeb...

The youngest player to score in the World Cup final since Pelé, for the tournament-winning team, in his brief career to date Kylian Mbappé is breaking records at a rate matched by only the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and is fast becoming one of the biggest names in football.But did you know that even at three years old, he would sit listening to the manager's talk before an AS Bondy match?Or where his signature crossed-arm goal celebration ca...