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Giroud again coming up clutch as France chase World Cup glory

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Giroud again coming up clutch as France chase World Cup glory There is no doubt that France has quality in abundance in their squad. Heading into the 2022 World Cup semi-finals, Kylian Mbappe is the top scorer with five goals, Antoine Griezmann has made more key passes (17) than any other player, while also having the joint highest number of assists (3) and ev...

Four-goal Giroud and not Neymar the star in our Champions League Team of the Week

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Four-goal Giroud and not Neymar the star in our Champions League Team of the Week With the penultimate gameweek of the 2020/21 Champions League group stage done and dusted we can take stock of the midweek action and lavish praise on those that excelledSome teams already know their fate heading into the final gameweek but for others everything is still at play. Just look at Group ...

Five facts: Numbers you need to know ahead of Chelsea vs Norwich

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Five facts: Numbers you need to know ahead of Chelsea vs Norwich Following on from Manchester United’s inability to fully capitalise on Chelsea’s defeat at Sheffield United - conceding a late leveller to Southampton on Monday – the Blues are back in action and have a chance to put distance between themselves and the chasing pack in a thrilling r...

Forget Slimani and Ighalo! Who Manchester United should be looking to sign this month

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Forget Slimani and Ighalo! Who Manchester United should be looking to sign this month There is only a week left to go in the January transfer market and predictably Manchester United are yet to sign a player. In fact, their squad is even thinner following Ashley Young's departure. They had weeks and months to plan for the winter market but go into the final week desperate. United sta...

Fanteam Fantasy Football: Euro 2020 qualifiying tips revealed

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Fanteam Fantasy Football: Euro 2020 qualifiying tips revealed Just because there is no Premier League football this weekend doesn't mean the fun has to stop on Fanteam Fantasy Football. The penultimate round of Euro 2020 qualifiers kick off on Thursday and there is money to be won on Fanteam Fantasy Football. The task is simple. Pick 11 players from five pre-s...

Europa League Best XI: Hudson-Odoi and Loftus-Cheek make round-of-16 team

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Europa League Best XI: Hudson-Odoi and Loftus-Cheek make round-of-16 team Here we run through the best WhoScored rated XI from the last-16 Europa League matches. In order to qualify for the team, players must have featured in both legs. Goalkeeper: Samir Handanovic (Inter) – 8.07 ratingInter were eliminated by Bundesliga side Frankfurt but there was only one goal sc...

Premier League ‘Unbeaten XI’: The players to have started most often without losing

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Premier League ‘Unbeaten XI’: The players to have started most often without losing While Liverpool may ultimately have been left a little frustrated by their stalemate at Old Trafford under the circumstances, for one player a draw was good enough to claim a Premier League record this season.The match was the 13th start of Fabinho’s career in England’s top-flight withou...

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

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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,...

Players to trade on Football INDEX ahead of Thursday’s World Cup action

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Players to trade on Football INDEX ahead of Thursday’s World Cup action Football INDEX is the world’s first football stock market where you can buy and sell shares in footballers with real money. Football INEX offers fans a chance to bet on the future success of football players compared to the short-lived outcome of betting on football results. Intrigued by ...

Grading Chelsea's transfer dealings in the January window

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Grading Chelsea's transfer dealings in the January window Our writers have their say on how Chelsea fared in the January transfer window.Martin Laurence: Up until the final knockings of the window it was something of a nightmare month for Chelsea but the pick up of Olivier Giroud could be a shrewd one. Elsewhere Ross Barkley came relatively cheap and Emers...