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Striker Exits Could Leave Toffees in Sticky Situation

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Striker Exits Could Leave Toffees in Sticky Situation Tuesday provided two key moments of clarity for Everton. First, the club announced the signing of Idrissa Gana from Aston Villa in a bid to bolster the midfield. The Senegal international enjoyed a solid debut campaign in England and was a stand out performer for a disappointing Villans outfit that ...

Team Focus: Chelsea Striking Options Thin Beyond Diego Costa

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Team Focus: Chelsea Striking Options Thin Beyond Diego Costa Jose Mourinho’s sense of frustration was obvious. On Friday last week, he told a press-conference that Diego Costa would be fit to play in the Community Shield, despite suffering a hamstring problem in the friendly against Barcelona in Washington DC last week. Come Sunday, though, the striker ...

Match Focus: How Will Chelsea Fare Without Costa Against Spurs?

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 Match Focus: How Will Chelsea Fare Without Costa Against Spurs? It was the big question ahead of Chelsea’s home match against Tottenham Hotspur, given that Diego Costa has had a bigger impact on their attack than anyone else this season.How - for just the second big game in this campaign - will Jose Mourinho’s side cope without their top-scoring stri...

Team Focus: France Finding the Formula to Forget Ribéry

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Team Focus: France Finding the Formula to Forget Ribéry The dust is only just settling on the international retirement of Franck Ribéry, and it will continue to wag French tongues for a while yet. “I don’t understand him,” UEFA president Michel Platini told Bild am Sonntag in an interview published this weekend. “He’s...

Player Focus: Exit of One Remy Paves Way for Another at Newcastle

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Player Focus: Exit of One Remy Paves Way for Another at Newcastle It's safe to say Newcastle weren't particularly excited by the return of Joe Kinnear in the role of Director of Football last summer. After an infamous radio interview the man that left the club in 2009 after just a four-month stint as manager was appointed to lead the club's transfer dealings.Kinne...

Player Focus: Form Without Rémy Shows Why Newcastle Must Sign Him

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Player Focus: Form Without Rémy Shows Why Newcastle Must Sign Him The appointment of Joe Kinnear as Newcastle’s director of football last summer surprised just about everyone assoicated with the game. The former defender had been out of work since 2009 and his return to the club came as a huge shock.Tasked with bringing in new faces, Kinnear oversaw just one...

Team Focus: Newcastle Must Rebuild After Kinnear Leaves Club in Disarray

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Team Focus: Newcastle Must Rebuild After Kinnear Leaves Club in Disarray In Soccernomics, authors Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski discuss the running of football clubs as businesses. Without giving too much away, they essentially conclude that those that invest in the world of football do not actually stand much chance of making big money, particularly in comparison to ...

Team Focus: Who Will Replace The Injured Gignac at Marseille?

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Team Focus: Who Will Replace The Injured Gignac at Marseille? After starting the season with six straight wins, Marseille’s 4-1 defeat to Valenciennes was something of a reality check for Elie Baup’s side, and defeat this weekend away at Troyes saw reality strike with an almighty crash, or possibly more a crack - the crack of Andre-Pierre Gignac&rs...

Player Focus: Most Common Assist-Goal Combinations

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Player Focus: Most Common Assist-Goal Combinations When a player signs for a new club, it can more often that not take them a while to settle in. Sometimes players never find their feet with new teammates, with partnerships failing to form. Sometimes, though, players simply click, and form lethal duos in their new surroundings. More likely, however,...

Player Focus: Loic Has Been the Remy-d for Marseille

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Player Focus: Loic Has Been the Remy-d for Marseille The summer of 2010 saw a young Loic Remy linked with a number of English clubs. Liverpool, Arsenal and Spurs all seemed to be interested in bringing the former Lyon forward to the Premier League. Bizarrely Remy actually turned up at Stoke City’s training ground ready to do a deal with the Pott...