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Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo Will Have to Change Because of Gareth Bale
It’s unclear what Real Madrid have offered Tottenham for Gareth Bale; straight up cash or an exchange deal that includes Angel di Maria and Fabio Coentrao for the Welsh player, but the one player who’ll have to do most of the changing if he arrives at the Santiago Bernabeu is Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Borussia Dortmund – Marco Reus & Robert Lewandowski Ready for Revenge
While the performance may not have been brilliant, the execution and the end result couldn’t have gone better, as Marcu Reus and Ilkay Gundogan made the most of a defense that found it very hard to handle Robert Lewandowski, back in motivated form, as Borussia Dortmund opened the 2013-2014 season with a German Supercup title.
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Bayern Munich – Arjen Robben is the Only Thing Pep Guardiola Didn’t Change
After conquering Europe last season, opening the next one with a loss in the German Supercup was less than ideal, as the changes both forced and unforced on Pep Guardiola seemed to take a lot out of the Bayern Munich we got to know last season, while Arjen Robben, one of the few players without a positional or role change, seemed to be the only one finding life comfortable under the new manager.
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Transfer Rumors 2013 – Chelsea Trying to Sign Dória
While their manager has spoken more than once about not wanting to add anymore players except for one specific name, Chelsea have launched a bid to try and sign 18-year old Brazilian centre back Dória from Botafogo.
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Transfer Rumors 2013 – Barcelona Might Try to Sign Santiago Vergini
The arrival of a new head coach from another usually entails the addition of a player or two from his previous club. In the case of Barcelona and their new link with Newell’s Old Boys, it might be Argentine centre back Santiago Vergini.
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Real Madrid – Karim Benzema Shouldn’t Be the Number One Striker
In the end, Gonzalo Higuain will be sold, and the deal will probably be done by the end of the weekend, this time for real. This leaves Real Madrid with only one senior striker in Karim Benzema, while Alvaro Morata and Jese Rodriguez wait for their opportunity to show the club does have a talented youth movement, without forgetting about the goals of Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Chelsea FC – Frank Lampard Isn’t Important Anymore
One of the few sports in which statistics might actually lie about the quality of performance from a team and player is soccer, and to think Frank Lampard performed well last season for Chelsea because of the number of goals he scored would be a misleading fact.
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Arsenal, Liverpool & Luis Suarez – Can Look But Can’t Touch
Inch by inch, Arsenal are getting closer to what they want, but they still have quite a way to go. Their £40 million bid does make Liverpool obligated to consider their offer, which means allowing Luis Suarez to hold talks with Arsenal, but it doesn’t mean that the Reds have to sell the Uruguayan striker.
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Transfer Rumors 2013 – Manchester United Might Sell Javier Hernandez to Valencia
While the focus at Manchester United seems to be on other players, Chicharito himself is also someone who hasn’t been exactly completely happy with his place in the club, which might lead to a bid from Valencia for the player, in need of a new striker pretty soon according to most accounts.
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Real Madrid – Iker Casillas Is Hoping He Hasn’t Been Forgotten
The Confederations Cup provided an opportunity to see that Iker Casillas is still a leading goalkeeper, and that the events of last season at Real Madrid were all part of some very weird development that couldn’t of happened anywhere else, and yet there’s no doubt that his status as the unmovable keeper of the club has changed for the worse.