Perspectives

Endrick has one of the craziest transfer stories we’ve seen in recent years. 😮 He caught the attention of the world at just 15 years old whilst playing for Palmeiras. 🌍 Instantly, reports of a new wonderkid emerging in Brazil began to excite football fans around the world. 🤩Within a few months, it was announced that Real Madrid had agreed a transfer deal to sign Endrick on his 18th birthday. 🤯 The fee would rise to roughly to €72 MILLION! 🤑Fast forward to 2024 and Endrick is officially a Real...

Last season, Nathan Tella had the best year of his career at Bayer Leverkusen. Playing for Xabi Alonso, he was part of the first Bundesliga team to go an entire season without losing a game. Leverkusen won their first ever Bundesliga title, ending Bayern’s 11 year winning streak. They made history, and Nathan played a big part in that. He’s had a great season, but his journey has been far from easy. Nathan was released by Arsenal’s academy and left without a club at 18 years old. He...

Once regarded as one of the Premier League’s brightest young talents, it’s safe to say Saido Berahino’s career did not go to plan. 😔 The media told a clichéd tale of an unprofessional young footballer who let fame and money get to his head. But there’s more than meets the eye with Saido. 👀Saido tell us about growing up on the streets of war-torn Burundi, losing his father and moving to the UK alone as a refugee. 💔 He reveals the truth behind corrupt individuals in the football industry along ...

Every football fan in the world knows the transfer guru Fabrizio Romano. With over 50 million followers on social media, he is the most influential football journalist ever 🤩 Fabrizio sat down with Rising Ballers for a rare, exclusive interview to reveal exactly how he has managed to become one of the biggest names in football ⚽️He tells us all about what really happens behind the scenes in the Transfer Market 👀 The inside track on multiple high profile transfer sagas such as Messi leaving Ba...

Theo Walcott, a legend of English football ⚽️, joined us at #PlayStationHouse, where the worlds of football and gaming collide, to celebrate the UEFA Champions League final in London at the weekend 🏆. From his beginnings at Southampton to his outstanding career at Arsenal and beyond, Theo shared fascinating stories and insights.FOLLOW RISING BALLERS 👇Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/risingballers/?hl=en-gbTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@risingballers...X: https://twitter.com/RisingBallers...

Join us for an exclusive and riveting interview with Nile Ranger, the footballer whose journey from the heights of the Premier League to the depths of prison is nothing short of extraordinary. In this raw and honest podcast episode, Nile opens up about his life both on and off the pitch, sharing stories and insights you won't hear anywhere else. Nile opens up about playing in the Premier League, his time behind bars and the impact it had on his career, his gambling addiction where he was spen...

Since his short stint as player-manager at Forest Green, Troy Deeney has been in the media a lot recently. He’s a polarising character; some see him as outspoken, others find his ‘say it how it is’ style refreshing. Regardless, you have to respect the man’s career. Coming from a tough childhood in Birmingham, Deeney didn’t sign for a professional club until he was 18 years old. He rose up the English football pyramid making 165 PL appearances and scoring 47 PL Goals.It’s rare to find a footba...

Last year, Dutch club FC Den Bosch approached Yousuf to become their new Technical Director. This made him the youngest Technical Director in Europe 🤯We met with Yousuf to learn about what goes on behind the scenes at elite football clubs, and what it’s like running a club as a technical director 🤝FOLLOW RISING BALLERS 👇Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/risingballers/?hl=en-gbTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@risingballers...X: https://twitter.com/RisingBallers_?re...

Football Agents are a controversial topic in football, but like them or hate them, they are a crucial part of the game 🤷‍♂️ According to FIFA, football clubs spent a whopping £701 Million on agency fees in 2023 alone 💰 That figure is 43% more than what they spent in 2022. To say the industry is growing, would be an understatement 🤯In 2019 Jay Z’s business Roc Nation decided to enter the football agency industry. With years of experience as an agent, Alan Redmond became Roc Nation’s head of gl...

In 2023, a masked rapper going by the name of Dide appeared on the internet. New rappers appear every day, but there was something different about Dide 👀 Not only was his music becoming popular fast…but a rumour started to spread that this rapper, was actually a Premier League footballer in disguise. 🤯 We sat down with the rapper who tells us all about his crazy double life. What’s it like to be a footballer and a rapper, and finally….WHO IS DIDE?! 🤔FOLLOW RISING BALLERS 👇Instagram: https://w...