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BBC News
a day ago
- Business
- BBC News
Why Club Brugge can spend big & sell bigger
With two weeks to go until the transfer window closes, Club Brugge have already brought in £70m this has allowed Rangers' Champions League play-off opponents to splash about half of that figure on incomings, arriving from European heavyweights such as Inter Milan and of the £70m banked this window, £30m came from Ardon Jashari's sale to AC Milan, which is a new record sale for Belgian football."They have only been able to do that because they've been consistent Champions Leagie performers," Belgian football journalist Scott Coyne tells the BBC's Scottish Football Belgian club have qualified for Uefa's premier club competition in seven of the past nine seasons, reaching the last 16 just last term."This is a side that consistently perform at the top level in European football and know what it means to do that," Coyne adds. "They understand the standards required to go out there and perform at this level."
BBC News
07-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Sunderland signing Sadiki 'passes the eye test'
BBC Radio Newcastle spoke to football consultant and podcaster Scott Coyne about what fans can expect from Sunderland's latest addition, 20-year-old Noah Sadiki. "A really exciting young player, really fit," Coyne said. "You might look at Noah's stats and think: 'I'm not quite sure I see anything here', but he's a player who very much passes the eye test rather than necessarily the stats test."His overall contribution is important – his pace, and his physicality - and he's a really mature player for his age as well. I think he's going to add a lot to the squad. He's a really exciting player."Sadiki was part of the Union Saint-Gilloise side that won the Belgian league last season and has already racked up more than 100 senior appearances, despite his tender age."He's a very composed young player," Coyne added. "He tends to make good choices with his passing and that tells us he's ahead of his development for his age. Stepping up to the Premier League now is just going to push that development to another stage."He's very versatile player and can play as an attacking midfielder, a defensive midfielder and on the right wing as well so there's a number of options."One thing he does well is switch very quickly between defensive aspects and offensive roles. He's stoic at breaking up the play and his ball recovery [is good] as well. All of that is going to suit the intense nature of the Premier League."Listen to the full chat here
