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Arsenal FC – Olivier Giroud Can’t Be the Starting Striker Again
When people mention Arsenal as a disappointing team, it’s not about being bad. Making the Champions League every season means you’re doing something right. And yet, and overall feeling of mediocrity and settling for less surrounds the club, and having a starting striker like Olivier Giroud might be the best example for their lack of ambition.
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On Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and the Wayne Rooney Mess
Once every two years there’s a lot of noise about Wayne Rooney wanting to leave. Every time, it seems closer than ever, but Manchester United are actually receiving and listening to offers for the player, with Chelsea making an official one (slightly insulting), while Arsenal, who usually don’t interfere when it comes to big-name players, also feel they have a shot.
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Transfer Rumors 2013 – Manchester United Trying to Sign Luka Modric
There’s no doubt that Manchester United are trying to step up their efforts in bringing a high-profile player, which they’ve failed to do so far this offseason. Next on their list? It seems that Luka Modric of Real Madrid, hoping he’ll be the one to solve their midfield problems, is it.
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Eric Cantona Shines in Le Choc With Brilliant Rugby Penalty
We’re hoping that the exhibition match between Marseille and Toulon, done for charity and showcased one half of soccer and another half played by Rugby Union rule, known as ‘Le Choc’, is the beginning of a wonderful tradition, and hopefully it will involve Eric Cantona as a part-time referee the next time this happens.
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Alan Sheehan Accidentally Kicks Bartosz Bialkowski in the Face
Even friendly matches evoke frustration and anger, which can turn out to be quite painful for some. Notts County were playing Galatasaray in a preseason match, and a goal conceded by the lower division side caused Alan Sheehan to try and kick the ball in frustration, instead connecting with his goalkeeper and teammate (Bartosz Bialkowski) in the face.
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Transfer Rumors 2013 – AS Monaco Trying to Sign Hulk
It doesn’t look like Monaco are running out of either money or ambition, and according to recent reports the newly promoted Ligue 1 club is on the verge of completing another mega signing, this time of Brazilian forward Hulk from Zenit.
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Transfer Rumors 2013 – Chelsea Trying to Sign Wayne Rooney By Offering Juan Mata or David Luiz
While the manager says one thing, there’s a chance something else is happening. Wayne Rooney is inching closer towards an exit from Manchester United, and Chelsea seem like the front-runners for the English forward, willing to offer money and Juan Mata or David Luiz to sweeten the deal.
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On Barcelona, Tito Vilanova & Pep Guardiola Airing Out Dirty Laundry
For quite a few years, in a world that seemed to force soccer fans to choose sides in the Barcelona – Real Madrid classico wars, Barca always came out as the squeaky clean club, where everyone are friends, nice and moral. But Pep Guardiola seems to have a lot of feeling harbored against his former club, while Tito Vilanova himself, maybe part of the club’s wishes, attacked the man he used to work under.
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Chelsea FC – Jose Mourinho Can’t Help Himself When It Comes To Insulting Predecessors
It’s no secret that Jose Mourinho isn’t the biggest fan of Rafa Benitez, so it’s no surprise that before the season even began, he diminishes what the Spanish manager did with Chelsea last season, which is reach the Champions League and win the Europa League title.
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Transfer Rumors 2013 – Arsenal Not Giving Up on Luis Suarez
It looks like Arsenal want a big-name striker, and they’re willing to spend a lot of money to get one. Or at least they have people believing they’re willing to do everything it takes to get Luis Suarez away from Liverpool.