Tag: Midfielder

Karl Toko Ekambi

Karl Toko Ekambi is a Cameroonian international striker who can operate as a conventional centre-forward or cutting in from a wide position on either side of the attack. He has a strong physical presence, poses an aerial threat inside the box and is useful at holding the ball up to bring his team mates into […]

Houssem Aouar

Houssem Aouar is a product of Olympique Lyonnais’ successful youth system that seems to churn out no end of exciting young talent, especially in the technically adept midfielder mould of which this Frenchman of Algerian descent is a prime example. Aouar was born and raised in Lyon and joined the club as an eleven-year-old in […]

Thiago Mendes

Thiago Henrique Mendes Ribeiro, better known simply as Thiago Mendes*, is a Brazilian defensive midfielder who signed for Lyon from Lille for €25 million in the summer of 2019. He was bought to help replace Tanguy Ndombele, who departed for Tottenham that summer. Aged 27 and supposedly approaching the peak of his career, hopes were […]