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Tom McNeil

Writer for Caughtoffside.com. St Johnstone fan and scout for an English League two side. I try to focus on the weird and bizarre happenings in football. Also trying to start some sort of crusade against VAR.

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Fee agreed: West Ham look set to sign exciting attacker for £30m if they can agree personal terms
It’s inevitable that the best players will be cherry picked from the Championship teams who fail to get promoted, but it was...
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Arsenal may have to wait until next summer to land key target as January approach expected to fail
Arsenal’s chase for Houssem Aouar looked like it would eventually end in success this summer, but they had to admit defeat and...
Arsenal FC
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Arsenal starlet listed alongside Reyna and Ansu Fati as the top rated teenager in Europe
Mikel Arteta has turned things round so quickly at Arsenal that it’s easy to forget how bleak things actually looked at The...
Arsenal FC
Video: COMICAL own goal for Estonia’s Marten Kuusk vs North Macedonia
We’ve seen enough examples of a goalkeeper miscontrolling a ball to justify the advice that the ball should be passed back into...
International Football
“I’m sure he was the problem” – These fans ridicule Man United for selling Romelu Lukaku after he scores vs England
It was inevitable that Romelu Lukaku would score against England this afternoon, but it was also inevitable that he would score goals...
Manchester United FC
Video: Real Madrid starlet Odegaard produces a fine assist for Haaland vs Romania
Norway have spent years in the international doldrums with little sign of progress, but things are looking up after the breakthrough of...
Borussia Dortmund
Ronald Koeman details how summer swap deal can boost their Champions League hopes
Most Champions League groups are going to feature at least two top quality teams, so the majority of sides would settle for...
Champions League
Cristiano Ronaldo blocked Juventus from making a blockbuster move for Lionel Messi last summer
It’s hard to tell what the plan was at Juventus last summer, because everything pointed to Andrea Pirlo taking radical steps to...
Juventus
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Arsenal offered £5m for Mesut Ozil by a club who can afford to meet his wage demands
The situation with Mesut Ozil at Arsenal is a sad one to see from a neutral perspective, but it’s hard to know...
Arsenal FC
Video: Weak hands and awful decision making – Jack Butland’s mistakes show why Liverpool fans should be very fearful
It’s so easy to get carried away after a particularly shocking result, but Liverpool have gone from being formidable to wishing they...
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Video: Harry Maguire brings his Man United form to England training as Liverpool star waltzes round him to score
You can imagine that the Man United players will be happy to get away for international duty this week after a terrible...
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Juventus hope to beat Man United to world class defender with a major pre contract push in January
Although it’s expected that a lot of things would change at Juventus under Andrea Pirlo, it still looks like the club will...
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