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In the autumn of 1987, Granada CF president Alfonso Suarez decided to make a statement – and it was to be bold and brash. Granada had been promoted from the third to the second tier of Spanish football the previous season, but for Suarez that was not enough. He wanted fame, notoriety. In the late […]
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The element of surprise can be everything in football. Remember when Everton manager Roberto Martinez stuck Romelu Lukaku out wide to catch Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal unawares in 2014? He repeated the trick with Belgium against Brazil at the 2018 World Cup and it worked again – but only because he’d rarely used the tweak since. Then there was Sheffield […]
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England had a squad stacked with talent for the Under-21 Euros in Poland back in 2017, but they couldn’t make it past the semi-finals, losing a penalty shootout to Germany after a 2-2 draw. The likes of Jordan Pickford, Ben Chilwell, James Ward-Prowse and Tammy Abraham turned out for Aidy Boothroyd’s Young Lions on that […]
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Manchester City have boasted many a Brazilian down the years – but none have been quite like Elano. Elano Blumer, to give him his full name, arrived from Shakhtar Donetsk in August 2007 for a reported £8 million. His time in Ukraine was the perfect preparation for the inclement weather and rough-and-tumble of the British game. […]
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For fans, the international break is a time of frustration as they go without Premier League action for a couple of weeks. For club managers and players who haven’t been selected, it will come as a welcome rest. Yet for the players who have got the phone call, there is work to be done and […]
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He’s scrawny, he’s rugged, and he plays with the swagger of a street footballer that might pop up in a highlights video of an Argentinian Primera Division game from the mid-80s. He loves a nutmeg and he’s got a scouser’s moptop that makes him look like a young Ringo Starr. His name? Bryan Gil. Born […]
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Following their 2-1 Champions League final defeat to AC Milan in 2007, Liverpool signed Fernando Torres from Atletico Madrid for a then club-record fee of £20.2million. Torres was at the peak of his powers during his time at Anfield, scoring 81 goals in 142 appearances before joining Chelsea in January 2011. But the striker wasn’t […]
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The international break is upon us, and England are eased into their 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign with fixtures against San Marino and Albania. But then Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions must face the most lethal goalscorer in European football: Poland’s Robert Lewandowski. The striker comes into this break in the form of his career, having scored a perfect first-half […]
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There were special moments throughout Barcelona‘s 6-1 annihilation of Real Sociedad, but none gave you the sensation they’re back quite like Lionel Messi‘s second, the icing on the cake in the 88th minute. It’s been a long time since watching Barcelona felt like a treat, almost with a guarantee that you were in for wonderful […]
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Arsenal already have the Croydon De Bruyne – a fact of which football commentators never tire of reminding us. During their wild 3-3 comeback draw with West Ham at the London Stadium, Mikel Arteta also found he’s got the Petersfield Dani Alves in his squad. It was just a third start of the season for Calum Chambers after […]
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