DALLAS — Deep-lying playmakers are like a really great asteroid shower: They don’t come around very often, but they sure are a sight to behold when they come streaking through. Major League Soccer is ...

The list of the top 10 most expensive transfers of all time looks a little different now. Neymar is still in first place and Kylian Mbappe second. But there is a new order below them and, some would ...

However, a holding/deep-lying midfielder (sometimes labeled as a "defensive midfielder" in soccer diagrams) is best defined by the multiple roles they perform for their team. All the fútbol lifers ...

One of the more eye-catching aspects of Erik ten Hag’s first year at Manchester United has been his problem-solving on the go by tactically re-profiling his players. If management is like trying to ...

Much has been written and said about Real Madrid’s need to sign a deep-lying playmaker (DLP) to replace the enormous hole left by Toni Kroos’s retirement in 2024. Kroos’s decision to hang up his boots ...

Fiorentina are targeting the likes of Parma’s Adrian Bernabe and Inter Milan’s Kristjan Asllani for the deep-lying playmaker role. This according to today’s print edition of Milan-based newspaper ...