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FC Barcelona – The Problem Isn’t Neymar, It’s Cesc Fabregas
Everyone is looking to see if Barcelona are truly in a crisis now. Gerardo Martino has a world of pressure on his shoulders to find the answers after a very poor showing in the team’s most recent matches. While eyes are directed at Neymar, the answers to Barca’s problems can be found with Cesc Fabregas – his positioning on the pitch, rather than his actual presence.
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Manchester United – Great Wayne Rooney Seasons Usually End With Nothing
An interesting thing about Wayne Rooney over the last few seasons – it seems he dances between greatness one year and getting on everyone’s nerves the following season. Manchester United usually win their championships when Rooney isn’t at his best, although it shouldn’t have anything to do with it.
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Chelsea FC Transfer Rumors – Juan Mata & Kevin de Bruyne Leaving to Atletico Madrid
It’s been rough for some players at Chelsea this season, probably more than anyone for Juan Mata and Kevin de Bruyne, who pretty much occupy the same position at the team, but aren’t favorites for their manager. At least one of them might be sold in the January transfer window, with Atletico Madrid showing a great interest in both of them, hoping that sort of arrival will help boost their chances to win the La Liga title.
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Arsenal FC Transfer Rumors – Trying to Sign Alvaro Morata on Loan
It seems like Alvaro Morata missed out on his chance to become a starting player for Real Madrid this season, and is trying to find some playing time by being loaned out in the next transfer window. There’s been plenty of interest coming from the Premier League, and especially from Arsenal, who seem to be edging out Swansea and Spurs for his services.
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Cristiano Ronaldo – His Campaigning Seems to be Working in Spain
We might hear from Cristiano Ronaldo time and time again that he doesn’t care about awards, only about success with Real Madrid. However, he usually contradicts himself by talking about himself, about Sepp Blatter, about FIFA and the Ballon d’Or. It seems that all the words he’s been using have sunk in with La Liga officials, inventing an award especially for him, separate from the rest, that were given to players who were voted to it.
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Is Daniel Sturridge Injured Because Roy Hodgson Hates Liverpool Now?
The ending between Roy Hodgson and Liverpool when he managed the club for half a season wasn’t a happy one. Ever since, there’s not a lot of love between the sides, and there’s a chance that playing Daniel Sturridge while he wasn’t completely fit for England to play in international friendlies, causing him to pick up an injury that’s now keeping him off the pitches for almost two months.
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Tuskegee Golden Tigers Bring Segregation Back to College Football
We don’t usually see news from Division II NCAA Football making anything but local news. However, in the most recent playoff game between the North Alabama Lions and the Tuskegee Golden Tigers, a rare request made by Curtis Campbell, Director of Athletics for Tuskegee, shockingly accepted by the NCAA, pushed the sport and racial relations back into some very dark times.
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SEC – Texas A&M & Missouri Teaching Us It’s an Overrated Conference
It was hard to argue with the continuous brainwashing about the SEC being the best conference in College Football as they claimed six consecutive national championships, but the immediate success of Texas A&M and Missour over the last couple of years after coming over from the Big 12 as part of the huge conference realignment wave teaches us that it might not be as strong as some may think.
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Oakland Raiders – Ready to Spend Big on Free Agency in 2014
Teams that aren’t heading to the NFL playoffs, like the Oakland Raiders, have three things to enjoy until the end of the season – seeing some of their younger players develop, start thinking about what they’re going to do in the draft and if they have a lot of cap space, what free agents they’re going to pick up in 2014.
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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets Trading Omer Asik For Two First Round Draft Picks
The moment the Houston Rockets signed Dwight Howard, it became obvious that Omer Asik isn’t going to spend much more time on the court or with the team. It looks like the team is becoming a bit more active in their attempt to trade him, but according to some sources around the league, their asking price for the player, two first round draft picks, is too high right now for anyone to even consider.