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Despite protests from Manchester United fans, the Glazer family completed their controversial takeover of the club in May 2005. The Glazers borrowed vast sums of money and plunged United into debt, making them public enemy No.1 with the Old Trafford faithful. Given their role in the proposed European Super League, they’re no more popular today. United’s first game under the […]
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Antonio Conte is closing in on the Serie A title with Inter Milan. If he can get them over the line, it will be a fifth domestic league title of Conte’s coaching career, making him one of the most successful managers of the modern era. While building up a formidable reputation as a winner, though, […]
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Midway through the first half in Leeds United‘s long-awaited first Premier League clash at home to old rivals Manchester United since 2003, there was a break in play, allowing Kalvin Phillips to share a joke with the man he was tasked with hunting around the Elland Road turf, Bruno Fernandes. After a couple of seconds, the ball was […]
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After a week that was dominated by the proposed Super League, normal service resumed across Europe over the weekend. Manchester City won the League Cup for a fourth year in a row, while Barcelona were handed the advantage in Spain’s title race after Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid both dropped points. We’ve rounded up the best of the action on and off the field. […]
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The summer of 2004 was a transformative time in the history of Liverpool, with Rafael Benitez arriving as the club’s new manager alongside five new first-team signings. Xabi Alonso, back then a young and highly-rated young midfielder at Real Sociedad, is the most fondly remembered of that quintet of new recruits, having played a key […]
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Fiorentina’s Dusan Vlahovic is quickly catching the eye as one to watch this summer, with Liverpool said to be keeping tabs on the forward amid competition from Arsenal and Manchester United. Erling Haaland is the name set to dominate the gossip columns, but only one club will be able to afford the prolific Borussia Dortmund […]
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Arsenal famously went unbeaten in 2003-04 – but can you name every player who made an appearance for the Gunners that season? To make it extra tough, we’ve included players to make an appearance in any competition, not just the league. Try the quiz on Planet Football here. The post Can you name every player to appear […]
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Graham Stack may have fully established himself as Arsenal‘s No.1, yet the club still provided the goalkeeper with one of the highlights of his career. For every major sporting success, there are those left in the background, names forgotten by the masses even though they were the closest to the action. Names like Graham Stack. […]
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We’re now well into the 2020-21 season across Europe’s top five leagues and some of football’s best goalscorers are starting to really hit their stride. Since the turn of the year, there’s an interesting mix of names in the scoring charts of the Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, La Liga and the Premier League, featuring […]
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With former Leicester City winger Ahmed Musa rejoining his old side Kano Pillars without a salary, we look at seven other footballers who played pro bono. His cumulative transfer fees amount to £37million, he has nearly 100 caps for Nigeria, and he’s still only 28. So Kano Pillars have clearly done well to sign Musa […]
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