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Europe's top 10 performers: Teenage Barcelona sensation outshines Messi

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Europe's top 10 performers: Teenage Barcelona sensation outshines Messi Barcelona kicked off their LaLiga campaign with a 4-0 win over Villarreal and the victory marked a sign of things to come for teenager Ansu Fati. The 17-year-old put in a man of the match showing to podium in the top-rated leaderboard from Europe's top five leagues over the weekend...10. Hirving Loz...

Europe's top 10 performers: Former Arsenal man pips Tottenham pair

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Europe's top 10 performers: Former Arsenal man pips Tottenham pair There were goals galore across Europe's top five leagues this weekend as Bayern Munich got their season up and running with an 8-0 win over Schalke. Tottenham and Everton both secured 5-2 wins at the expense of Southampton and West Brom, respectively, as we look at the top rated performances from th...

Varane's horror-show against Man City among worst rated Champions League displays

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Varane's horror-show against Man City among worst rated Champions League displays Having already looked at the best individual displays of the 2019/20 Champions League it's time to do the opposite and find out which players had nights to forget on European football's biggest stage. In the same format as the aforementioned article, we will start at sixth and countdown to the worst...

Sterling and Messi among best rated Champions League displays this season

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Sterling and Messi among best rated Champions League displays this season In the build up to Sunday's highly aniticpated Champions League final between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich, it's time to remember some of the standout moments of what has been an extremely long campaign in UEFA's elite club competition. There have been 14 instances of perfect WhoScored 10 r...

Reality vs Football Manager: How the breakthrough stars across Europe fare - Part II

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Reality vs Football Manager: How the breakthrough stars across Europe fare - Part II This is final instalment of our two-part series comparing 10 breakthrough stars of European football with their Football Manager 20 stats. We have ranked all 10 players in order of WhoScored rating and presented their FM20 values from when you start the game, as opposed to any updates. Having alread...

Reality vs Football Manager: How the breakthrough stars across Europe fare - Part I

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Reality vs Football Manager: How the breakthrough stars across Europe fare - Part I One of the most satisying aspects of Football Manager is steering a lesser-name team to glory. That challenge could involve several promotions or simply breaking up the established elite to claim a league title. Choosing to manage a team in those situations will more than likely involve working on a...

The top 50 players in Europe - Messi, Neymar and Lewandowski battle for top spot

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The top 50 players in Europe - Messi, Neymar and Lewandowski battle for top spot The countdown is over. We have spent the last week building towards the top WhoScored rated player across Europe's top five leagues and it's finally time for the big reveal. We are down to the final five. Will Leo Messi rank supreme or will Paris Saint-Germain duo Neymar or Kylian Mbappe take top sp...

The top 50 players in Europe - De Bruyne and Ronaldo miss out on top 5

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The top 50 players in Europe - De Bruyne and Ronaldo miss out on top 5 We've been building towards this moment for over a week now but we are finally here. Having run through 40 of the best players from Europe's top five leagues this season, it's time to get serious and break down the top 10. Edition nine of our 10-part series will reveal players ranked 10 to 6 before ...

The top 50 players in Europe - Man City target Gnabry finishes above Mahrez from 15-11

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The top 50 players in Europe - Man City target Gnabry finishes above Mahrez from 15-11 Depending on how you view it, the next five in our countdown to the best player in Europe are either elite or unlucky to miss out on the top 10. Or maybe both. Having kicked off from 20th place on Monday, it's time to run the rule over those ranked 15 to 11 in Europe's top five leagues.Bayern Munich...

Europe's top 50 - Part VII: Liverpool target Timo Werner breaks top 20

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Europe's top 50 - Part VII: Liverpool target Timo Werner breaks top 20 We are now at the business stage of our countdown of the top 50 players in Europe's top five leagues for 2019/20. Using WhoScored's unique player rating system, it's time to kickstart the charge to No.1 with 20-16 in edition seven of our 10-part series.Some huge names have already been drawn. Mo Sal...