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Is your club completely skint? Still waiting for your Arab oil sheikh to sink billions of his black gold profits into your first team? Just like the rest of us, you’ll probably we waiting a long time. As Manchester City …

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Most pundits will agree that, if there is one area on the pitch in which Manchester United most need to reinforce, it is in the middle of the park. Even apart from the enforced replacement of Paul Scholes which looks …

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The PFA have today announced a surprising shortlist for both their Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards. Nemanja Vidic has the opportunity to follow Rooney, Ronaldo and Giggs and become the fifth Manchester United winner …

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Danny Welbeck’s appearance for England against Ghana on Tuesday night has cemented his place in the England setup, seemingly for the remainder of his career. Although FIFA rules allow youngsters who have only played friendlies to switch allegiance, it does …

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Over the weekend it was announced that Chelsea had agreed a pre-contract with Lucas Piazon, who will be joining the Stamford Bridge outfit from Sao Paolo in January 2012. The transfer fee is reputed to be £8m, but Chelsea also …

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Manchester United are now a truly global club, both in terms of fan base and professional reach. This has been exemplified this week by the five young Brazilian players who have visited Old Trafford from Desportivo, their Brazilian feeder club, their proposed …

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With all the drama surrounding the selection of the latest England squad, one notable omission has been almost entirely ignored by the media. Rio Ferdinand’s latest injury lay off has seen John Terry controversially reinstated as captain, and Joe Cole’s …

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I hate this. Really, I do. We’re standing on the edge of the precipice now, FA Cup final done and dusted, and even the Spanish league all settled. There’s nothing keeping us from tumbling into two months without our dearest friend, the game …

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Sunday will see a truly bizarre sight. If tradition is followed, Hull will come out onto the field and form a guard of honour for Manchester United. Milking the applause, in amongst, will be Zoran Tosic, Corry Evans and Lee Martin. …

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West Brom are now mathematically relegated. Well, what did they accomplish? Did they enjoy their stay? And despite all the nice touches their midfielders have had, will we really miss them? Every season one of the promoted clubs takes on …

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The past few days have seen the headlines, perhaps not dominated, but certainly bothered by two tackles. Both resulted in straight reds, both came when the game was already dead and buried, but neither bore any resemblance whatsoever to the other. It …

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