Before his arrival in north London this summer, most of the talk around the Spaniard centred on what he would offer Arsenal ...

There are several terms for the player in the deepest midfield role. The defensive midfielder. The holding midfielder. The sitting midfielder. The anchorman. They all convey roughly the same kind of ...

Liverpool’s signing of Florian Wirtz is bound to have a knock-on effect on several of the team’s midfielders. Acquired from Bayer Leverkusen for a fee that could reach £116m, the 22-year-old is ...

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Continuing in the rundown of what Vanderbilt will be putting on the pitch this soccer season, we move to a group that lost 3 of its 5 starters who were key contributors in both attack and defense.

In today’s fast-paced game, defensive midfielders are often the unsung heroes—the relentless engine powering every great team. They’re not just ball-winners; they’re tacticians, distributors and ...

These days, the best defensive midfielders in the world tend to be specialists who stay deeper in the engine room. But this was never the case 30 years ago: midfielders tended to chip in to do a ...

Everton midfielder James Garner is one of the Premier League's in-form players, and if he keeps it up, he may well find ...