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Top 5 Premier League Centre Backs for Defensive Stats Combined

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Jul 12 2011 15:12
Top 5 Premier League Centre Backs for Defensive Stats Combined According to WhoScored.com ratings it is decipherable to see the best defender's from last season with regards to purely defensive statistics, starting with the Premier League.The likes of Manchester City, Chelsea and Everton are all represented, while pressure from opposing sides also forced the be...
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Instrumental Inler to be Missed at Udinese with Napoli Set to Profit

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Jul 12 2011 14:39
Instrumental Inler to be Missed at Udinese with Napoli Set to Profit Gokhan Inler has completed his move to Napoli after a drawn out transfer saga concluded with a bizarre unveiling of the Swiss international wearing a lion mask. The 27-year-old was a key player for fellow Serie a side Udinese last term and will leave a void in the centre of the park at his former cl...
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What Roger Johnson’s Game Will Bring to Wolves

by Paul McKinnon at Tuesday, Jul 12 2011 10:00
What Roger Johnson’s Game Will Bring to Wolves Relegated Birmingham City are set to lose another of their key first-team players with yesterday’s announcement that the club have agreed a £7m fee with Wolves for centre-half Roger Johnson. Along with Ben Foster and Stephen Carr, Johnson was one of only three ever-presents last term, pl...
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Lichtsteiner and Ziegler: Swiss Upgrade For Juventus?

by Adam Digby at Monday, Jul 11 2011 14:37
Antonio Cabrini. Moreno Torricelli. Antonello Cuccureddu. Lilian Thuram. Andrea Fortunato. Wonderful memories, beautiful players and merely the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the pantheon of great full-backs to wear the famous black and white shirt of Juventus. Yet ask any close observer what t...
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What John Arne Riise’s Game Will Bring to Fulham

by Paul McKinnon at Monday, Jul 11 2011 10:03
What John Arne Riise’s Game Will Bring to Fulham Roma’s summer spending spree continued last week with the capture of midfielder Erik Lamela from relegated Argentine giants River Plate in a 20m Euro, five-year deal. The 19 year-old playmaker becomes the club’s fourth signing since American businessman Thomas DiBenedetto acquired the cl...
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New Sunderland Additions Give Black Cats Extra Bite

by Paul McKinnon at Sunday, Jul 10 2011 10:01
New Sunderland Additions Give Black Cats Extra Bite With the capture of David Vaughan on a free transfer from Blackpool, Steve Bruce has now picked up three midfielders from last season’s relegated sides for Sunderland. Following the deals that brought Seb Larsson and Craig Gardner to the Stadium of Light earlier this month, the Black Cats boss...
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Why Chelsea and Real Madrid are Willing to Splash Cash on Pastore

by Martin Laurence at Friday, Jul 8 2011 13:57
Argentine playmaker Javier Pastore has attracted huge interest from the world's best teams, which could see his current club Palermo cash in on the 22-year-old.Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini is resigned to losing his prized asset, but has slapped an astronomical 50million euro price tag on his...
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How Will Clichy and Savic Signings Impact Upon Manchester City Defence?

by Martin Laurence at Thursday, Jul 7 2011 16:53
After it was announced yesterday that Manchester City had signed a second defensive recruit in the past week, which of the sides current ranks could be set for the chopping block at Eastlands next season?The Premier League’s big spenders completed the signing of Arsenal target Stefan Savic fro...
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Could Asamoah Gyan Solve Tottenham’s Strike Problems?

by Paul McKinnon at Thursday, Jul 7 2011 10:17
Could Asamoah Gyan Solve Tottenham’s Strike Problems? Having already picked up Seb Larsson and Craig Gardner from his old club Birmingham in addition to Connor Wickham from Ipswich, Steve Bruce has wasted little time in adding to the Sunderland ranks this close season. With Man United trio Wes Brown, John O’Shea and Darron Gibson next up on the r...
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Could Jose Enrique Replace Gael Clichy at Arsenal?

by Paul McKinnon at Wednesday, Jul 6 2011 17:25
Could Jose Enrique Replace Gael Clichy at Arsenal? Yesterday saw Manchester City make their first transfer of the close season as the Eastlands picked up Gael Clichy from Arsenal for an undisclosed fee. Already, reports are surfacing of a possible bid for Jose Enrique as a replacement for the Frenchman and with Newcastle in a transitional period dur...
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