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How Will Clichy and Savic Signings Impact Upon Manchester City Defence?

by Martin Laurence at Thursday, Jul 7 2011 16:53
After it was announced yesterday that Manchester City had signed a second defensive recruit in the past week, which of the sides current ranks could be set for the chopping block at Eastlands next season?The Premier League’s big spenders completed the signing of Arsenal target Stefan Savic fro...
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Could Asamoah Gyan Solve Tottenham’s Strike Problems?

by Paul McKinnon at Thursday, Jul 7 2011 10:17
Could Asamoah Gyan Solve Tottenham’s Strike Problems? Having already picked up Seb Larsson and Craig Gardner from his old club Birmingham in addition to Connor Wickham from Ipswich, Steve Bruce has wasted little time in adding to the Sunderland ranks this close season. With Man United trio Wes Brown, John O’Shea and Darron Gibson next up on the r...
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Could Jose Enrique Replace Gael Clichy at Arsenal?

by Paul McKinnon at Wednesday, Jul 6 2011 17:25
Could Jose Enrique Replace Gael Clichy at Arsenal? Yesterday saw Manchester City make their first transfer of the close season as the Eastlands picked up Gael Clichy from Arsenal for an undisclosed fee. Already, reports are surfacing of a possible bid for Jose Enrique as a replacement for the Frenchman and with Newcastle in a transitional period dur...
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Ligue 1 Top 10 Key Passers

by Paul McKinnon at Wednesday, Jul 6 2011 10:06
Ligue 1 Top 10 Key Passers We round off the series of top ten key passers articles by taking a look at Ligue 1. Six of the top seven clubs were represented here, with Rennes the only club to miss out. Some great performances lower down the division have already resulted in some of our featured ten being snapped up by teams fu...
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Lucho Gonzalez- A Tale of Two Seasons

by Andrew Gibney at Wednesday, Jul 6 2011 09:56
This summer Marseille have been quick to strengthen their squad looking to mount a serious challenge to both the league and Champions League in 2012. Playmaker Morgan Amalfitano and Left Back Jeremy Morel joined from Lorient. Nicolas N’Koulou joined from Monaco to bolster the defence and Alou ...
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Stephan Lichtsteiner - £9m Spent to Improve Juventus’s Defensive Vulnerabilities

by Chris Davie at Tuesday, Jul 5 2011 11:53
After a disappointing seventh-placed finish in Serie A last term under Luigi Del Neri, Antonio Conte has a major rebuilding job on his hands at Juventus this summer.The Turin side have been busy in the transfer window so far as Michele Pazienza, Andrea Pirlo, Stephan Lichtsteiner and Reto Ziegler ha...
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Bundesliga Top 10 Key Passers

by Paul McKinnon at Tuesday, Jul 5 2011 09:48
Bundesliga Top 10 Key Passers Today we take a look at the Bundesliga top ten Key Passers for last season and the stats again demonstrate how much more open the matches in Germany’s top division tend to be- whereas only three of Serie A’s top ten key passers made more than 1 Successful Dribble per match, as many as ei...
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La Liga Top 10 Key Passers

by Paul McKinnon at Monday, Jul 4 2011 08:39
La Liga Top 10 Key Passers Our round up of the top ten Key Passers for each of Europe’s main five leagues last season continues as we turn our attentions to La Liga. Despite finishing as top for assists in the division, there’s no place for Lionel Messi here, though Xavi make it with some outstanding passing displ...
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Stephan Lichtsteiner - £9 Million Spent to Improve Juventus’ Defensive Vulnerabilities

by Chris Davie at Monday, Jul 4 2011 08:38
After a disappointing seventh-placed finish in Serie A last term under Luigi Del Neri, Antonio Conte has a major rebuilding job on his hands at Juventus this summer.The Turin side have been busy in the transfer window so far as Michele Pazienza, Andrea Pirlo, Stephan Lichtsteiner and Reto Ziegler ha...
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Gary Cahill – A Natural Fit into Arsenal’s Defensive Jigsaw?

by Chris Davie at Sunday, Jul 3 2011 12:14
Earlier this month, Arsene Wenger seemingly went against his footballing principles as he conceded he is in the hunt for ‘tall players’ this summer.For the majority of his tenure in the Premier League, the Frenchman has remained adamant that size isn’t important regarding factors w...
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