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Could a Chelsea Return Prove Successful for Scott Parker?

by Paul McKinnon at Wednesday, Jul 13 2011 10:29
Could a Chelsea Return Prove Successful for Scott Parker? Last Monday saw Chelsea confirm yet another lengthy lay-off for Michael Essien due to cruciate knee ligament damage sustained in the first day of pre-season training. The Ghanaian is expected to be out of action for around six months and with two similar injuries in the previous three seasons, the m...
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Top 5 Premier League Centre Backs for Defensive Stats Combined

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Jul 12 2011 15:12
Top 5 Premier League Centre Backs for Defensive Stats Combined According to WhoScored.com ratings it is decipherable to see the best defender's from last season with regards to purely defensive statistics, starting with the Premier League.The likes of Manchester City, Chelsea and Everton are all represented, while pressure from opposing sides also forced the be...
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Instrumental Inler to be Missed at Udinese with Napoli Set to Profit

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Jul 12 2011 14:39
Instrumental Inler to be Missed at Udinese with Napoli Set to Profit Gokhan Inler has completed his move to Napoli after a drawn out transfer saga concluded with a bizarre unveiling of the Swiss international wearing a lion mask. The 27-year-old was a key player for fellow Serie a side Udinese last term and will leave a void in the centre of the park at his former cl...
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What Roger Johnson’s Game Will Bring to Wolves

by Paul McKinnon at Tuesday, Jul 12 2011 10:00
What Roger Johnson’s Game Will Bring to Wolves Relegated Birmingham City are set to lose another of their key first-team players with yesterday’s announcement that the club have agreed a £7m fee with Wolves for centre-half Roger Johnson. Along with Ben Foster and Stephen Carr, Johnson was one of only three ever-presents last term, pl...
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Lichtsteiner and Ziegler: Swiss Upgrade For Juventus?

by Adam Digby at Monday, Jul 11 2011 14:37
Antonio Cabrini. Moreno Torricelli. Antonello Cuccureddu. Lilian Thuram. Andrea Fortunato. Wonderful memories, beautiful players and merely the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the pantheon of great full-backs to wear the famous black and white shirt of Juventus. Yet ask any close observer what t...
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Why Nasri Could be More Important to Arsenal than Fabregas After Gervinho Signing

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Jul 11 2011 13:23
Why Nasri Could be More Important to Arsenal than Fabregas After Gervinho Signing A matter of days ago Arsenal fans were staring the stark possibility of losing arguably their two most creative players in the face. However, the completion of Gervinho's signing from Lille coupled by suggestions that Nasri may well stay at the club have lifted the mood at the Emirates and suggest t...

What John Arne Riise’s Game Will Bring to Fulham

by Paul McKinnon at Monday, Jul 11 2011 10:03
What John Arne Riise’s Game Will Bring to Fulham Roma’s summer spending spree continued last week with the capture of midfielder Erik Lamela from relegated Argentine giants River Plate in a 20m Euro, five-year deal. The 19 year-old playmaker becomes the club’s fourth signing since American businessman Thomas DiBenedetto acquired the cl...
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New Sunderland Additions Give Black Cats Extra Bite

by Paul McKinnon at Sunday, Jul 10 2011 10:01
New Sunderland Additions Give Black Cats Extra Bite With the capture of David Vaughan on a free transfer from Blackpool, Steve Bruce has now picked up three midfielders from last season’s relegated sides for Sunderland. Following the deals that brought Seb Larsson and Craig Gardner to the Stadium of Light earlier this month, the Black Cats boss...
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Why Chelsea and Real Madrid are Willing to Splash Cash on Pastore

by Martin Laurence at Friday, Jul 8 2011 13:57
Argentine playmaker Javier Pastore has attracted huge interest from the world's best teams, which could see his current club Palermo cash in on the 22-year-old.Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini is resigned to losing his prized asset, but has slapped an astronomical 50million euro price tag on his...
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Newly Appointed Managers Handed Favourable Premier League Starts

by Martin Laurence at Friday, Jul 8 2011 11:04
Newly Appointed Managers Handed Favourable Premier League Starts The Premier League fixture list for next season appears to have been kind to the managers who have joined new clubs this summer, with Alex McLeish at Aston Villa, Martin Jol at Fulham and Andre Villas-Boas all receiving favourable opening matches to the 2011-12 campaign.New Aston Villa manager Alex ...
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