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Watford’s promotion justified but joint-club ownership clouds their success
The fight to be promoted from The Championship this season has been as fierce as any time in the recent memory, with a host of teams within a number of points of sealing automatic promotion to the...
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Paulo Dybala – A future great?
Having been linked with nearly every top five side in England, there’s a good chance that you’ve heard of Palermo starlet Paulo Dybala. With 13 goals and 10 assists in 33 games in Serie A, the 21 year...
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Forget Real Madrid: Fernando Gago and the draw of home
Given the amount of money in European football, especially in the major leagues, the inevitability of the best players on the planet plying their club trade in the continent is all-encompassing. When...
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Four deals analysed: Icardi, Milner, Schär and Vázquez
The transfer window has started to creak into action over the last couple of days, with a number of deals being confirmed across Europe. Of the players to put pen to paper this week, four pieces of...
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Is Mario Balotelli the new John Fashanu?
The much publicised and apparently award winning documentary on the Crazy Gang screened on BT Sport earlier this year highlighted some noticeable similarities between John Fashanu, one of the stars of...
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Juventus, a changing attack and coping without Carlos Tevez
Carlos Tevez is capturing the headlines today for two reasons, with the talismanic striker in the media for reasons related to club and country. The 31-year-old scored the decisive penalty against...
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Forget Arsenal’s Alexis or Juventus’ Vidal: Chile’s two unsung midfield stars
Copa America hosts Chile secured their place in the competition final last night with a 2-1 semi-finals win over Peru. The home side have never won the South American trophy, with victory in the...
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Carlos Bacca and Luiz Adriano: AC Milan react to striker shortage
It is fair to say that AC Milan are one of the biggest clubs in world football, but over recent years the historic Italian side’s performances on the pitch have steadily worsened. Since Max Allegri’s...
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Stevan Jovetić, a return to Italy and the potential to be Inter’s talisman
Breaking into the Manchester City starting XI is an unenviable task given the sheer amount of money spent by the Etihad Stadium outfit over recent years and the world-class talent in Manuel...
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Edin Džeko, a new start at Roma and competing with Francesco Totti
First-team football at Manchester City is a commodity to all bar a rare, gifted few – something that hotshot forward Edin Džeko has found out over a number of seasons at the Etihad Stadium. The Bosnia...
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Lazio 1 Bayer Leverkusen 0 – Five key observations
The Champions League is the highest pedigree of club football in the world game, with the financial rewards that come from playing in Europe’s top tournament substantial. As such, for the sides that...
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Carlo Ancelotti – I did it all
The stage is set, a Champions League final is about to be played, the players are anxiously waiting for their coach to come in and deliver an epic oration which gives them just the final push they need...
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The pros and cons for Mario Balotelli in returning to AC Milan
espite still only being 25, Mario Balotelli’s career to date has been action-packed, full of controversies and containing plenty of ups and downs. The Italy international has showcased the ridiculous...
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Roma on the rise as Juventus have serious issues to overcome
An early season Serie A blockbuster between last season’s top two Juventus and Roma saw the capital city side record an invaluable 2-1 win on Sunday, suggesting a potential change in the balance of...
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Napoli full of potential as Maurizio Sarri’s formation change reaps dividends
After the summer exit of Rafa Benítez, it remained to be seen just what type of season Napoli would have with the modest appointment of Maurizio Sarri – and the jury is still out to some degree. Six...
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Assessing Fiorentina’s potential for a Scudetto push
The unexpected and dramatic decline of reigning champions Juventus has thrown the Serie A title race wide open this season, with a new league leader moving to the table summit after the weekend action....
View ArticleInter Milan – A resurgence?
Only five years ago, the name – ‘F.C. Internazionale Milano’ would have been spoken in the same context as Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and all the biggest European titans. This is because until only...
View ArticleJuventus vs. AC Milan: The veteran faces off against the rookie
The year was 1995. In the world of entertainment Die Hard with a Vengeance was the highest-grossing world-wide film. And the biggest hit single? Coolio’s Gangsta’s Paradise. Meanwhile, in football,...
View ArticlePatrick Vieira embarks on management career at New York City
Patrick Vieira has taken his first steps in to first team management after agreeing to become the new head coach of American Major League Soccer franchise New York City Football Club. It will not have...
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How Claudio Marchisio can salvage Juventus’ season
After four years of dominance in Italian football, wholesale personnel changes over the summer have taken their toll on Juventus so far in 2015-16. Max Allegri’s men have lost influential figures such...
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