Thiago Pitarch has impressed immensely under Alvaro Arbeloa, and could be ready to slide into Real Madrid's midfield long ...

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 ...

Manchester United manager Michael Carrick looked beyond his own personal situation to accept that the club will need to replace Casemiro and find a new player for that “important position” in ...