Joao Palhinha tipped to swap Tottenham for Manchester United by former Portugal international. Tottenham Hotspur’s form has faded in recent weeks, and as a result, they have dropped to the bottom half ...

The role of the defensive midfielder has evolved significantly in recent years. What was once primarily about breaking up play and making crunching tackles is now a position that demands more: not ...

Being a defensive midfielder in soccer isn’t always the most glamorous job on the field. They’re rarely the ones scoring goals or grabbing headlines like strikers, gliding past defenders like elite ...

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 ...