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Player Focus: Julio César - A Better Option for Napoli than Arsenal

by Alistair Tweedale at Monday, Jul 15 2013 17:08
Player Focus: Julio César - A Better Option for Napoli than Arsenal Only 3 summers ago Julio César was lifting the Champions League trophy aloft as José Mourinho's Inter Milan side completed an historic treble. He was named Serie A goalkeeper of the year and UEFA's best goalkeeper following his side's success. At the time, few could have argued with th...
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Player Focus: Is Álvaro Negredo the Right Calibre for City?

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Jul 15 2013 14:20
Player Focus: Is Álvaro Negredo the Right Calibre for City? With Manchester City in danger of losing more ground on the title chase, with many now suggesting that Chelsea look set to be United's main challengers next season, the club are moving fast to secure two more attacking moves in the market.The likely arrival of Stevan Jovetic has been a cause of opti...
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Player Focus: Why Giaccherini Would Be A Real Coup for Sunderland

by Martin Laurence at Saturday, Jul 13 2013 10:32
Player Focus: Why Giaccherini Would Be A Real Coup for Sunderland Paolo Di Canio is frantically looking to strengthen a Sunderland squad that was stumbling into oblivion, and his hard work and effectiveness in the transfer market thus far is not dissimilar to the playing style of one of his latest targets.It's fair to say that Italians are few and far between in E...
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Player Focus: Francesco Totti - Rome's Gladiatorial Creator

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Jul 12 2013 15:26
Player Focus: Francesco Totti - Rome's Gladiatorial Creator AS Roma talisman Francesco Totti often goes by many a differing nickname: The Golden Boy, The King of Rome or The Gladiator, to name three. Fitting for a player that is currently Serie A’s second all-time leading goalscorer with 227 goals. 47 goals behind Silvio Piola, and at 36 years of age, ...
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Player Focus: The Free-Kick Masters in Europe's Top 5 Leagues

by James Horncastle at Friday, Jul 12 2013 12:50
Player Focus: The Free-Kick Masters in Europe's Top 5 Leagues Nearly a fortnight after the Confederations Cup, memories of the competition remain fresh. One relates to the official match ball, the Cafusa, Top Replique. Conspicuous by their absence were complaints about it. Ironically for a tournament with the Copacabana and Ipanema as its backdrops, no one moa...
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Player Focus: Villa Adding a New Dimension to Atleti's Attack

by David Cartlidge at Thursday, Jul 11 2013 16:30
Player Focus: Villa Adding a New Dimension to Atleti's Attack He’s seen by many as Spain’s greatest ever striker, and despite his 31-years of age is still one of the most feared strikers in European football. So, when Atlético Madrid announced they’d signed David Villa from FC Barcelona for a fee that would total a maximum of €5.1...
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Player Focus: Could Clément Chantôme Replace Marouane Fellaini?

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Jul 11 2013 15:00
Player Focus: Could Clément Chantôme Replace Marouane Fellaini? When David Beckham signed for Paris Saint-Germain in January, it was expected to not only boost the profile of the Parisian side, but also improve the team as a whole. The pressure was on Carlo Ancelotti to land their first title since 1994 and an experienced head in the middle of the park was just ...
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Player Focus: Can Belfodil Emulate his Former Inter Icons?

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Jul 11 2013 11:46
Player Focus: Can Belfodil Emulate his Former Inter Icons? When Ishak Belfodil moved to Italy 18 months ago, fans joked about his surname. “Belfodil?” they asked. “Who or what is that? It sounds like an antibiotic.” Signed by Inter last week, you could say that after finishing ninth in Serie A last season and not qualifying for any E...
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Player Focus: The UEFA Best Player In Europe

by Ben McAleer at Wednesday, Jul 10 2013 15:06
Player Focus: The UEFA Best Player In Europe As UEFA announced the 10-man shortlist for the best player in Europe last season, it was unsurprising to see the Bundesliga dominate. Champions League finalists Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund boasted five candidates between them. The former are represented with four of the five in the form of T...
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Player Focus: Ageless Alex Flourishing with Coritiba

by Jack Lang at Wednesday, Jul 10 2013 12:00
Player Focus: Ageless Alex Flourishing with Coritiba The Campeonato Brasileiro has a rather different relationship with age than most leagues. In Europe, the norm is that most players are in what we would consider the middle years of a playing career - around 25 to 30, say. The older or younger you go, the fewer players there are. The age/players grap...
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