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Potential CL nightmare looms for Liverpool

by Jon on August 26th, 2008 | 408 words | 14 comments

With two Premier League victories under his belt, no doubt Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez would normally be confident ahead of a home match against the Belgian champions. But results aside, the recent form of the team must surely leave a lot of fans nervous ahead of Wednesday night’s vital CL clash with Standard Liege.

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Can Tottenham really go fourth and conquer?

by Stratty on August 5th, 2008 | 301 words | 32 comments

Juande Ramos picked up the scorched reigns at Tottenham Hotspur last autumn and managed the team for fifteen Premier League games before the 2008 Carling Cup Final.
Not content with taking the foot off the pedal after their victorious final, the Tottenham squad turned off the engine and sent granny out to push the car by […]

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Arsenal draw Steve McClaren’s FC Twente in Champions League

by stresster on August 1st, 2008 | 288 words | 11 comments

You can’t imagine that Arsene Wenger is quaking too much in his boots after the draw for the Champions League third qualifying round was made on Friday. However, he probably would have wanted to avoid a team managed by someone with a reasonably good knowledge of English football, having enjoyed / endured an ill-fated recent […]

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Spain midfield maestro rejects Aragones

by jakepjohnson on July 24th, 2008 | 143 words | no comments

Newly-appointed Fenerbahce coach Luis Aragones wasted no time in trying to lure one of the key members of Spain’s Euro 2008-winning squad to Turkey. Sadly, the plan has not worked as the player declared his love for native Spain.

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Barca continue spree with £23.5m right-back: Liverpool and Chelsea left behind

by jakepjohnson on July 2nd, 2008 | 221 words | 5 comments

Pep Guardiola is determined to make his mark on world football as he continues to spend, spend, spend at Camp Nou.

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Real refuse to pay £80m for Man United star - Zidane says otherwise

by jakepjohnson on June 24th, 2008 | 313 words | 9 comments

Real Madrid have quite publicly been chasing Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo all summer, with many people bounding figures like £60million or £80million about. However, Real have made a move to distance themselves from their “best talent at all costs” image in the press.

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Barcelona 1 Milan 0 in race to sign Arsenal boy?

by jakepjohnson on June 23rd, 2008 | 228 words | 11 comments

In the race to sign Arsenal’s Togolese striker Emmanuel Adebayor, AC Milan look to have admitted defeat, just a few days after AC Milan vice president Adriano Galliani proclaimed that he was to be their only transfer target this summer:

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Arsenal and Tottenham ‘target’ wants to reign in Spain

by jakepjohnson on June 23rd, 2008 | 217 words | 9 comments

Despite only playing two games in Basle and Innsbruck, Russian playmaker Andrei Arshavin has become the hottest property in Europe, with teams all over the continent chasing his signature.
The Zenit St Petersburg playmaker won the Russian championship and the UEFA Cup this season with his hometown club, and many predicted he would leave the club […]

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German midfielder to hook up with Ballack at Chelsea?

by jakepjohnson on June 23rd, 2008 | 183 words | 6 comments

Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has made claims that he could leave Bayern Munich this summer and make his way to the Premiership. The 23-year-old winger has been at Bayern ever since making his debut at the tender age of 18.
He is just moving into the last year of his contract at the Allianz Arena, but […]

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Arsenal star ‘Togo’ to the San Siro in £31m move?

by jakepjohnson on June 12th, 2008 | 299 words | 58 comments

Arsenal’s Togolese striker Emmanuel Adebayor has agreed a deal with AC Milan, according to reports in Italy.
La Gazzetta Dello Sport revealed that the striker met with representatives of the Rossoneri and agreed a deal. However, the terms of the transfer have not yet been agreed, with Milan president Silvio Berlusconi yet to positively respond to […]

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