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Fulham’s Summer 2012 Transfer Targets

Lack of finances usually dictates Fulham’s transfer policy. Over the years, managers at Craven Cottage have had to bring in players at the lowest cost possible. In January, Martin Jol acquired the services of Pavel Pogrebnyak from Stuttgart on loan. He has proved to be a very worthy signing. Once again Fulham’s lack of money…

Premier League’s Summer 2012 Transfer Targets: Team By Team Preview

Every year, Soccerlens brings comprehensive football transfer news and detailed transfer lists of the major football leagues in Europe. This year’s new feature is a detailed preview of the Premier League’s 2012 summer transfer window, looking at the reported transfer targets for each team. Transfer previews currently available: Arsenal Chelsea Everton Fulham Liverpool Manchester City…

Premier League Week 37 Preview

A look at this weekend’s Premier League matches as Manchester fights for the league title and London teams play for their Champions League futures. Arsenal v Norwich The chase for third place remains in Arsenal’s hands, but with Tottenham and Newcastle in close pursuit there is no room for error. Arsene Wenger’s team, without a win…

It’s not over til it’s over – Football’s greatest comebacks

When players are being taught the basics of the game as youngsters, one of the key messages is to play until the final whistle. If your team goes a couple of goals down more often than not the result will not be in your favour, but sometimes the spectacular can happen. Following Manchester United’s recovery…

10 of the best Dutch footballers in recent years

The Netherlands international team go into this summer’s Euro 2012 tournament as one of the favourites and frontrunners, with quality throughout Bert van Marwijk’s side. However, unfortunately the Eredivisie has lost its ability to keep the best homegrown players in the country and Ajax’s UEFA Champions League glory of 1995 seems like an eternity ago….

Most efficient Premier League clubs in the last three seasons (2009 to 2012)

Building on our previous post about the most efficient football clubs across Europe’s top four leagues this season, here we do an historical analysis of the Premier league and the best performing clubs in the last three years (2009/2010 to 2011/2012). The chart below shows some fascinating visual data about Premier League teams in the…

Tottenham, City and Liverpool must fight form and history this weekend

The Premier League title and the Champions League places are far from a done deal. Both Manchester City and Tottenham have blown healthy leads in first and third place respectively to fall down to second and fourth, and while City’s depth and sheer quality (not to mention a recall for Carlos Tevez) may yet save…

Kenny Dalglish and the word “Luck”

Liverpool fall to 9th league defeat of the season against another relegation threatened side QPR. What’s worst is that Liverpool led 2-0 with only 15 minutes to play and then blew it all away. The Reds have now lost 4 of their last 5 league games and somehow manager Kenny Dalglish seem to find his…

All January 2012 English Premier League Transfers

You’ll find the latest Premier League Transfers (January 2012) listed here. Archives for older transfer seasons are at the end of this page. For the latest transfer rumours and confirmed transfers for other leagues, see our football transfer lists page. If you find a transfer not listed here let us know and we’ll add it….

Boxing Day Preview: Manchester United, Chelsea And Winning Bets

Premier League clubs are all set for Boxing Day showdown as 14 teams take to the field on Monday, with the remaining 6 playing on Tuesday. Here’s a look at the choicest fixtures from the next two days and the best betting odds for them. Stoke City v Aston Villa Stoke play host to Aston…