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Real Madrid – Jose Mourinho Might Stay Only Because of Money
Above pride, arrogance and vanity, it seems almost everyone involved in football appreciated money more than anything else. With that in mind, while Jose Mourinho is trying to worm his way out of Real Madrid by burning every possible bridge, his contract and the financial implications of breaching it might lead to him staying where he isn’t wanted, and he isn’t too keen on staying.
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Transfer Rumors 2013 – Atletico Madrid Will Replace Falcao With Luis Suarez
Clubs like Atletico Madrid aren’t usually in the business of making expensive signings from the Premier League, but with the realization that Radamel Falcao isn’t going to stay with the team much longer, planning on what to do from the revenue of selling him might lead them to try and splash the cash on Luis Suarez, who might be on shakier ground than most people realize at Liverpool.
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Manchester United Rumors – Alex Ferguson Between Retirement and Staying
It’s one thing when the Sun and the Daily Mirror insist that someone is on his way out, but when both the Telegraph and The Times claim that according to sources around Manchester United, Alex Ferguson will be announcing his retirement, it does become more than just meaningless shouting into the wind.
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Daniele De Rossi With the Pathetic Dive of the Season
It was bad enough that AS Roma missed an opportunity to come a little bit closer to Champions League qualification by losing at home 1-0 to Chievo, but they had their vice captain and one of the team’s biggest stars pull off the most embarassing attempt at a dive we’ve seen this season, unable to fool the referee into thinking Dario Dainelli did anything to him.
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Premier League – Chelsea vs Tottenham Predictions
While most are talking about Jose Mourinho, the important thing for Chelsea at the moment is securing their place in the Champions League next season. Winning at home against Tottenham will make sure that a top 4 place is pretty much guaranteed.
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Jose Mourinho Hates Pepe & Iker Casillas but Loves Diego Lopez & Raphael Varane
It’s always personal for Jose Mourinho, always has been. Probably knowing his time at Real Madrid is coming to an end, he doesn’t mind blasting out at strong dressing room figures like Pepe and Iker Casillas, while praising himself by “supporting” Raphale Varane and Diego Lopez.
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Benfica Really F%^& Up When it Mattered the Most
Playing at home against Estoril, Benfica should have kept their four point lead over Porto with the Portuguese Primeira Liga coming to a close, and setting up their O Clássico to be one in which they’ll be quite calm instead of knowing it might become the title decided. Instead, they dropped points in a 1-1 […]
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Cristiano Ronaldo Needs to Get Used to a New Real Madrid Manager
Two names on everyone’s lips when it comes to the garbage time of the Real Madrid season: Jose Mourinho and Iker Casillas. Still that battle of egos keeps on clashing, while Cristiano Ronaldo, quietly, a failure of the Champions League semifinals, is going about his business.
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Arsenal to Manchester United – Robin van Persie Made the Perfect Choice
Arsene Wenger once said that if he’d had the talents he’s been grooming over the years this season, things would have been different. But talents don’t want to stay for promise after promise, preferring more money and a lot more ambition. Robin van Persie chose, along with Arsenal, Manchester United, and didn’t have to look backwards even for a single second.
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Liverpool FC – Steven Gerrard Isn’t Coming Back This Season
Don’t call it a comeback, but it probably sort of was. Steven Gerrard missed only 18 minutes of football this season for Liverpool, but will have to miss out on the remaining couple of matches, which mean nothing anyway after missing all chance of making a European competition or finishing above Everton in the table, in what was his best season in five years.