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What Gervinho’s Game Would Bring to Arsenal

by Paul McKinnon at Wednesday, Jun 29 2011 10:06
What Gervinho’s Game Would Bring to Arsenal French champions Lille continued their summer of restructuring last night with the capture of Dimitri Payet from Saint Etienne in a four-year deal rumoured to be in the region of 10m Euros. The move means it’s more than likely Gervinho will be following Yohan Cabaye out of the club as Rudi Gar...
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Top Ten Ligue 1 Talismen

by Paul McKinnon at Tuesday, Jun 28 2011 10:06
Top Ten Ligue 1 Talismen Breaking into our list of Top Ten Ligue 1 Talismen proved a hard task for some, with the likes of Gervinho -scoring 15 goals and 10 assists- just missing out on a place. His Lille team mate Eden Hazard also failed to find a slot, as did Sochaux’s Marvin Martin, despite his 19 assists being the...
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Serie A Top 10 Talismen

by Paul McKinnon at Monday, Jun 27 2011 15:44
Serie A Top 10 Talismen Our look at the top ten talismen for each of Europe’s main five leagues turns to Italy, with Serie A next under the microscope. While La Liga and the Premier League had five players contributing to 50% or more of their team’s goals when on the pitch, Serie A has as many as seven, suggest...
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What Stewart Downing’s Game Would Give Liverpool

by Paul McKinnon at Monday, Jun 27 2011 11:23
What Stewart Downing’s Game Would Give Liverpool Having recently been linked with moves for Ashley Young and Sylvain Marveaux only to lose out to Manchester United and Newcastle United respectively, Liverpool are now strong favourites to land Stewart Downing from Aston Villa as the club scour the market for more creativity on the wings this close ...
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Top Ten Talismen for La Liga, 2010/11

by Paul McKinnon at Sunday, Jun 26 2011 15:01
Top Ten Talismen for La Liga, 2010/11 Having yesterday established our concept of “a talisman” and picked out the top ten for last season’s Premier League, we move our attention to sunnier climes and focus on La Liga. With a combined goals and assists tally of 100 between them , Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo would...
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Who Is The Best Striker In Ligue 1?

by Andrew Gibney at Saturday, Jun 25 2011 16:05
What makes a great striker? It is a question that many pundits and writers alike have asked themselves over the years. Do you look for the poacher instincts of a Romario, the power, strength and finishing of Ronaldo or do you go for the prolific goal scoring prowess of a Gerd Muller? The list of att...
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Alberto Aquilani – Does he still have a place at Liverpool?

by Chris Davie at Saturday, Jun 25 2011 12:07
Alberto Aquilani’s temporary spell in Italy appears to be at an end as the latest twist in his club status has seen Juventus pass up the opportunity to sign the midfielder.The Italian’s arrival at Anfield in 2009 was quickly treated with caution as he struggled to adapt to life in the Pr...
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Premier League Top 10 Talismen

by Paul McKinnon at Friday, Jun 24 2011 13:08
Premier League Top 10 Talismen What makes a talisman? The phrase, bandied about with a certain regularity, tends to be applied to Carlos Tevez more than most Premier League players. Does the likes of Tevez give his team a better chance of winning, does him being on the pitch guarantee more goals or does his presence lift the side...
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Charles N’Zogbia – The new wide man to light up Liverpool?

by Chris Davie at Friday, Jun 24 2011 11:01
After snapping up Jordan Henderson for the reported princely sum of £20 million, it’s difficult to argue against Wigan chairman Dave Whelan asking Liverpool to stump up £15m for Charles N’Zogbia.The Frenchman was influential in Roberto Martinez’s survival bid last term ...
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How Ashley Young Will Fit In At Man United

by Paul McKinnon at Friday, Jun 24 2011 10:12
How Ashley Young Will Fit In At Man United Alex McLeish has not had the easiest of fortnights; the newly-installed Aston Villa boss is barely in the door following his controversial cross-town move from Birmingham City and has already had to face up to the sale of his prize asset Ashley Young to Manchester United, as his old Aberdeen gaffer ...
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