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 ...

The Bafana Bafana midfielder has a lot to say as advice to Hugo Broos!Benedict Vilakazi offers some advice to Hugo Broos regarding some attacking and midfield positions!Former Bafana Bafana ...

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 ...

The introduction of defensive contributions has opened up new player options this season for fantasy football managers. With the new bonus leaving managers questioning who to pick, we’ve found the top ...

Every great team in history has almost always been built around a world-class central defensive midfielder. Think Roy Keane at Manchester United, Claude Makélélé at Chelsea, Sergio Busquets at ...