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Would Callum Wilson be an upgrade on Chelsea's current strikers?

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Dec 19 2018 14:03
Would Callum Wilson be an upgrade on Chelsea's current strikers? As Chelsea prepare to host Bournemouth on Wednesday night in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup there will be plenty of attention on one visiting player.Cherries striker Callum Wilson has enjoyed an excellent season so far, earning a first England call-up and subsequent debut goal in the process,...
Categories: Player Focus

Five centre-back targets Arsenal should consider signing next month

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Dec 19 2018 12:38
Five centre-back targets Arsenal should consider signing next month Both Arsenal and Tottenham prepare for their second North London derby this month with depleted defensive ranks and big decisions to be made by both Unai Emery and Mauricio Pochettino. While the latter may not have too many concerns over his backline moving forwards, with Davinson Sanchez back in tr...
Categories: Player Focus

Arsenal rank eighth among Europe's most clinical teams

by Martin Laurence at Friday, Dec 14 2018 16:30
Arsenal rank eighth among Europe's most clinical teams While playing styles and the way teams set about scoring goals differ greatly, the most important things to have in any side is a goalscorer. The quality of a team’s finishing will more often than not be decisive at both ends of the table, evidenced clearly by Southampton’s woes in front...
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Five players Europe's top clubs should consider in January

by Martin Laurence at Thursday, Dec 13 2018 09:30
Five players Europe's top clubs should consider in January As the January transfer window looms large, traders on Football INDEX will be aiming to get ahead of the curve in an attempt to make a profit over the next couple of months.With prices rising on players that are rumoured to be on the move, we’ve picked out six players that have enjoyed fine st...
Categories: WhoScored Tipster

Should Chelsea fans expect more from their big money signings?

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Dec 12 2018 16:08
Should Chelsea fans expect more from their big money signings? Of all the summer signings to the Premier League, there haven’t been too many that have really shone from the outset.Alisson has certainly proven to be an invaluable addition at Liverpool, while the likes of Lucas Torreira is becoming a key player at Arsenal and Felipe Anderson has impressed s...
Categories: Player Focus

Revealed: The 14 players better at free-kicks than Lionel Messi

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Dec 11 2018 17:08
Revealed: The 14 players better at free-kicks than Lionel Messi When Lionel Messi curled home two postage-stamp free-kicks in the Derbi Barceloni at the weekend, the Argentine’s prowess over a dead ball was in the spotlight once more. They were his 16th and 17th goals directly from such situations over the last five league seasons, which is close to double...
Categories: Player Focus

Manchester City slide down team form rankings as a new leader takes charge

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Dec 10 2018 17:07
Manchester City slide down team form rankings as a new leader takes charge There are sweeping changes in the team form rankings across Europe’s top five leagues as Manchester City and PSG’s duopoly over the standings thus far comes to an end. The former fall from first to sixth following a first defeat of the season at Chelsea last time out, conceding for a fif...

Messi back on top while Spain starlet soars up player form rankings

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Dec 10 2018 16:40
Messi back on top while Spain starlet soars up player form rankings It’s all change atop the player form rankings this week, although a familiar face returns to reclaim pole position having missed out in recent weeks through injury.Lionel Messi lit up the Derbi Barceloni with Espanyol with trademark free-kicks in either half and qualifiers for our leaderboard ...
Categories: Form Guide

Five young centre-backs Manchester United could move for next month

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Dec 5 2018 17:21
Five young centre-backs Manchester United could move for next month Never has a game shed more light on Manchester United’s defensive woes as the 2-2 draw with Southampton at the weekend, with the Red Devils lining up with a back three owing to an injury crisis.Phil Jones was the only defender among said trio, with Scott McTominay and Nemanja Matic both pr...
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Sane must earn Guardiola’s trust to fulfil Ballon d’Or potential

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Dec 5 2018 13:30
Sane must earn Guardiola’s trust to fulfil Ballon d’Or potential “He was incredible, offensively, defensively. He created chances, positive in the mind, reactions good, but sometimes it’s not there.”Those were the thoughts of Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola with regards to Leroy Sane’s performance against Bournemouth at the weekend, and...
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