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Transfer Rumors 2013 – Manchester United Trying to Sign Cesc Fabregas
It’s taken Manchester United quite a while to be completely fixed on a central midfielder this summer, but it seems like Cesc Fabregas is the player for them, making an official offer to Barcelona.
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Manchester United – Shinji Kagawa Needs to Prove He Isn’t a Flop
Expensive signings can’t be judged by one season alone, but the jury is still out on Shinji Kagawa, who cost Manchester United £14 million last season, and had a hard to define debut season. He did win a championship, but his injury and slightly disappointing overall production wasn’t what everyone were expecting.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic, A Restless Soul That Will Never Be Happy
What is it that drives Zlatan Ibrahimovic? Making money? Winning titles? The Champions League? Simply being on a team he’s happy to play for? Being regarded as the team’s number one player, without contest? It seems that his turbulent temper, mind and heart has taken him almost through every big club in Europe, never finding rest, and it seems that his chapter in Paris with PSG isn’t going to be long-lived as well.
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Arsenal FC – Per Mertesacker Is Wrong About Being Title Contenders
While consistency might be the most important thing for a team that doesn’t overspend and is trying to win a major title, alone, without quality, it’s close to meaningless. Per Mertesacker, who is probably proof to Arsenal’s under spending on players that can’t upgrade them from their current situation, couldn’t be any more wrong about their title chances.
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Transfer Rumors 2013 – Liverpool Still Hoping to Sign Toby Alderweireld
The success of Ajax over the last three years has brought plenty of attention to some of its best players, just like in the good ‘ol days, and Liverpool especially have been trying to bolster their squad with the Dutch Champions’ players, including Belgian centre back Toby Alderweireld.
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Bayern Munich – Mario Götze & Thiago Alcantara Raise Many Questions
There’s a good chance Bayern Munich are finally done adding players, but the arrivals of Mario Götze & Thiago Alcantara raise a lot of questions regarding the tactics Pep Guardiola is planning to use, and the future use and roles of Javi Martinez, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Toni Kroos, Thomas Muller, Arjen Robben and Mario Mandzukic.
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Juventus FC – Still the Strongest Team in the Serie A
While Juventus haven’t been the most convincing of teams last season as they won their second consecutive Serie A title in a mostly dominant fashion, there seems to be a pretty big gulf between them and the rest of the Serie A, both financially (bringing in Fernando Llorente, Carlos Tevez and Angelo Ogbonna) and in the remaining quality from past seasons, most importantly their midfield unit of Andrea Pirlo, Arturo Vidal and Claudio Marchisio.
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Transfer Rumors 2013 – PSG Interested in Signing Branislav Ivanovic From Chelsea
Not for the first time this summer, it seems that a defender from Chelsea is being linked with an exit, as this time it’s Branislav Ivanovic, the Serbian centre back who can also play as a right back, is being linked with a move away to PSG.
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Transfer Rumors 2013 – Liverpool Closer to Signing Christian Eriksen
If the only thing that was standing in the way of Liverpool signing the attacking midfielder of their dreams was Ajax not letting Christian Eriksen to leave, it seems that roadblock has been removed.
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Liverpool FC – Iago Aspas Isn’t the Only One Who Impresses on Season Opener
Preseason matches against lower league teams are rarely a way to accurately gauge chances for any club, including Liverpool, who enjoyed an easy season opener, with all four new signings – Simon Mignolet, Kolo Toure, Luis Alberto and Iago Aspas making their unofficial debuts for the club.