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Swansea's Spanish Imports a Welcome Boost to the Attack

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Swansea's Spanish Imports a Welcome Boost to the Attack Last week was a good one for Swansea City. Despite speculation linking Gylfi Sigurdsson with a move away from the Liberty Stadium, the Iceland international penned a new four-year deal with the Swans. Everton and Premier League champions Leicester had both shown an interest in the Icelandic internat...

Musa a Promising Addition to Leicester's Title Winning Squad

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Musa a Promising Addition to Leicester's Title Winning Squad In the past week, Nigerian football feels as though it’s approached some sort of apotheosis. It’s been chaotic, it’s been shambolic, it’s been embarrassing, and yet amid the clouds there has been, on the pitch, much that is positive and offers hope for the future.Three days a...

Striker Exits Could Leave Toffees in Sticky Situation

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Striker Exits Could Leave Toffees in Sticky Situation Tuesday provided two key moments of clarity for Everton. First, the club announced the signing of Idrissa Gana from Aston Villa in a bid to bolster the midfield. The Senegal international enjoyed a solid debut campaign in England and was a stand out performer for a disappointing Villans outfit that ...

Will the Penny Finally Drop for Oxlade-Chamberlain this season?

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Will the Penny Finally Drop for Oxlade-Chamberlain this season? Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s career could have gone one of two ways at the start of the summer. Pep Guardiola had reportedly earmarked the versatile midfielder as one of his primary transfer targets at Manchester City and it could have been an easy decision to push for a move to link up with one ...

Toothless Tigers in Disarray as Premier League Season Nears

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Toothless Tigers in Disarray as Premier League Season Nears Hull City supporters wouldn’t be begrudged for dreading the upcoming Premier League season. It’s now 11 days until the top-flight of English football returns and football fans across the country are understandably excited. Seven teams comes into the competition with a new manager at the ...

Why West Ham's Interest in Ayew Comes As Little Shock

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Why West Ham's Interest in Ayew Comes As Little Shock That West Ham United are interested in Andre Ayew is not surprising. The Ghanaian 26-year-old, after all, proved his quality with Marseille and then proved he could thrive in the Premier League with Swansea City. On his day, as perhaps he showed most thrillingly against Tunisia in the African Cup of...

Guardiola the Ideal Man to Help Stones Realise Potential

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Guardiola the Ideal Man to Help Stones Realise Potential After Manchester City’s 1-1 draw with Borussia Dortmund on Thursday, a match City then went on to win via of penalties, head coach Pep Guardiola was asked of the club’s interest in centre-back John Stones. “Everyone knows we are going to try,” the Spaniard said when quizzed o...

Why Arsenal are in the Market for Mahrez

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Why Arsenal are in the Market for Mahrez Depending on which report you read, Arsenal have problems in a number of positions across the pitch. A lack of experienced centre-backs has today led to suggestions that Francis Coquelin could start the season at the heart of defence, with Per Mertesacker sidelined, Laurent Koscielny handed an exten...

Should Saints' Next Port of Call be to Invest in Another Striker?

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Should Saints' Next Port of Call be to Invest in Another Striker? As day turns to night, another summer of discontent grips Southampton. For the third year running, the squad is being gutted and - for the second time in that period - the manager has departed for pastures new. While the mass exodus arguably isn’t as high profile as the previous two summers, t...

Allen's Stoke Move A Boost in Potters' Pursuit of Europe

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Allen's Stoke Move A Boost in Potters' Pursuit of Europe Much was made of Wales’ exploits at Euro 2016. The plucky underdogs performed above expectations to reach the semi-finals of the competition, only to fall at the penultimate hurdle to eventual winners Portugal. The Dragons deservedly won themselves countless admirers along the way in France, w...