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Arsenal FC – Long Term Commitments Make Arsene Wenger Smile
Arsenal have had better seasons than this one, and hopefully will have many more better ones in the future. Arsene Wenger isn’t smiling too much over the last few months, but the news of Jack Wilshere, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Aaron Ramsey, Kieran Gibbs and Carl Jenkinson signing long term contracts must have done something to improve his moo
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Biggest Names in the January Transfer Window
The only league in Europe that had more than one or two teams spending money this summer was the Premier League. Expect it once again to be the active one when the 2013 January Transfer window opens, with everyone looking for strikers, and Falcao of Atletico Madrid being the hottest name on the list.
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Arsenal FC – A Year That Says Arsene Wenger Should Go
Despite a successful stint of six years with three league titles and later a Champions League final appearance, Arsene Wenger has failed to turn Arsenal into a prominent European club. All the impressive youngsters he has helped developed, all the profit lines the owners love to see, can’t change the fact that Arsenal are on a steep decline for the past six-seven years.
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Transfer Rumors 2013 – Where Will Fernando Llorente End Up
Fernando Llorente is done with Athletic Bilbao. Come June, the 27 year old striker will be leaving on a free transfer instead of the club making money off of him last summer or this coming January transfer window. According to the striker, he prefers to land in the Premier League.
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Chelsea FC – Oscar Still Not a Perfect Premier League Fit
Price tags mean nothing; they don’t make a player suddenly better. Oscar arrived at Chelsea from Internacional with a lot of people expecting the young Brazilian to turn into a star overnight, but the different style and pace on the field while adapting to a whole new country and language means it’s going to take some more time.
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Transfer Rumors 2013 – Manchester United Want Theo Walcott
When you look at the math, it’s pretty simple. Nani isn’t happy at Manchester United, and they aren’t that pleased with him as well. Theo Walcott wants to leave Arsenal, and the gunners are running out of options. A straight up swap between the two players might actually be the logical thing to do.
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Transfer Rumors 2013 – Liverpool Closer to Daniel Sturridge
Will Liverpool ever get another striker? After operating with only one for nearly half a season, it seems the board will finally make life a bit easier for Brendan Rodgers by making a move for a forward in the January transfer window, most likely Daniel Sturridge from Chelsea.
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Arsenal FC – Arsene Wenger Turning into a Pathetic Joke
Losing is only one part of the equation that has become the norm for Arsenal under Arsene Wenger in recent times, but it’s not just the losing that make him look so out of touch from his club and fans. It’s the things he says after matches about what happened and the future of the team, which seem to be drifting apart from reality after each disappointing result.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi is More Than Just Goals
There’s no doubt that enormous success brings a lot of hatred and other negative sentiments with it. Lionel Messi, after breaking the 40 year old record of goals in a year, is seeing that from many in the form of denying his status as the best player now and shooting down the Barcelona’s star potential status as the best player ever.
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Chelsea FC – Believing in Fernando Torres Again
Succeeding in the Club World Cup isn’t going to win over fans for Rafa Benitez, but Fernando Torres scoring goals again is. Two matches isn’t the sample size you need to verify that the Spaniard is actually making some kind of progress under the new manager, but it’s certainly much better than before.