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Player Focus: Chelsea Would Have Left-Back Position Sewn Up with Baba Capture

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Jul 21 2015 16:15
Player Focus: Chelsea Would Have Left-Back Position Sewn Up with Baba Capture Last summer, Chelsea effectively raided Atletico Madrid for three of their best players. Granted, Thibaut Courtois was already on the books at the Blues and his return was merely the culmination of his loan spell, though the acquisitions of Diego Costa and Filipe Luis weakened the former La Liga cha...
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Player Focus: Delph's Villa Performances Warrant City Starting Berth

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Jul 20 2015 14:50
Player Focus: Delph's Villa Performances Warrant City Starting Berth A little over a week ago, Fabian Delph confirmed his intentions to stay at Aston Villa, despite interest from Manchester City. I’m not leaving. I’m staying at the football club and I can’t wait for the start of the season and captaining this great football club, a statement read on...
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WhoScored Quiz: Premier League 2014/15 Round Up

by WhoScored.com at Monday, Jul 20 2015 12:37
With less than three weeks to go until the start of the 2015/16 Premier League campaign let's see how well you remember last season......
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Player Focus: Chelsea's Interest in Stones Comes as Little Shock

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Jul 17 2015 16:20
Player Focus: Chelsea's Interest in Stones Comes as Little Shock Given their somewhat unrivalled dominance in the Premier League last season, it’s little wonder Chelsea have made minimal movements in the transfer window so far. Asmir Begovic and Falcao are the two stand out acquisitions, though those were only to cover the departing Petr Cech and Didier Dro...
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Player Focus: Sterling Signing Can Help City Return to Premier League Summit

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Jul 16 2015 14:15
Player Focus: Sterling Signing Can Help City Return to Premier League Summit It was a drawn out affair, but on Tuesday; the long-winded Raheem Sterling saga finally came to a head as Manchester City confirmed his signing. The Citizens held a long-standing interest in the England youngster and his move to the Etihad Stadium was more a case of when, not if, it would be complet...
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Player Focus: Who Can Fill the Void Left by Van Persie at United?

by Josh Wright at Wednesday, Jul 15 2015 17:54
Player Focus: Who Can Fill the Void Left by Van Persie at United? The transformation in personnel over the last 12 months at Old Trafford has been just a little short of extraordinary. Louis van Gaal has spent more than £200m on transforming Manchester United back into a side able to challenge for the Premier League, but will have undermined all his hard wor...
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Player Focus: Today's Premier League Transfer Rumours Reviewed

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Jul 14 2015 16:50
Player Focus: Today's Premier League Transfer Rumours Reviewed Faouzi GhoulamAmidst reports that Nacho Monreal is on the verge of a return to Spain, with Athletic Club leading the race to secure his services, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has moved to cover any departure with the capture of Napoli’s Faouzi Ghoulam. The Algeria international has only b...
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Team Focus: Watford's Exciting Summer Signings Cause for Optimism at Vicarage Road

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Jul 13 2015 15:20
Team Focus: Watford's Exciting Summer Signings Cause for Optimism at Vicarage Road Atdhe Nuhiu’s last minute equaliser on the final day of the season denied Watford the opportunity to go up to the Premier League as champions, though that would merely have been the icing on the cake for the Hornets. After going through four managers over the course of the campaign - Giuseppe ...
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Player Focus: Are Arsenal Right to Extend Arteta's Contract?

by Ben McAleer at Wednesday, Jul 8 2015 16:30
Player Focus: Are Arsenal Right to Extend Arteta's Contract? Following the long-awaited capture of Petr Cech, Arsene Wenger was widely praised by some quarters of the Arsenal fanbase for his ruthlessness. David Ospina did little wrong to suggest he required displacing from the Gunners starting XI, but when a goalkeeper of Cech’s ilk becomes available; o...
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Player Focus: Darmian Capture Would be an Addition of Expertise United Require

by Jonathan Wilson at Wednesday, Jul 8 2015 10:20
Player Focus: Darmian Capture Would be an Addition of Expertise United Require It was Jack Charlton who observed at the 1994 World Cup that full-back was, tactically, the most important position on the pitch. He was speaking at a time, admittedly, when 4-4-2 was the most common shape, meaning full-backs tended to have space in front of them, but the basic point still stands. F...
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