Manager shake-up in the summer?

The end of the season might still be four months away, but transfers speculations are already flowing. Interestingly enough, this summer might see the managers take over the role of main characters in the transfer window.

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Madrid's Real Challenge begins

Now it’s crunch time. Now it’s time to prepare and get ready for business. You wouldn't think it, but now it is. Ten points clear.

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Guardiola gets date with Bielsa in Del Rey final

It was another passing week in football where many things surprised, but not the fact that on Wednesday, the Barcelona behemoth managed to reach another final as their splendid emulation of the Harlem Globetrotters goes on.

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El Clasico is quickly descending into football’s farce

The quest for domination in Spain is one that will never end. For the best part of a decade, it has been the mission of both Barcelona and Real Madrid to outdo each other, no matter the cost.

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Mour to come from Jose

Jose Mourinho is never short of a comment or opinion on matters football. The self styled special one has built a reputation as one of football’s best coaches, and his attention to detail sounds him out as possibly the best tactical mind in the modern game. 

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Is there something wrong with Barcelona this season?

Last season Barcelona was the all conquering force. There's no need to mention their accolades; who they beat along the way, nor how they defeated their opponents. They were at the summit of the football pantheon.

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Barcelona’s shining star

Barcelona have recently hit a slump in the league as they continue to drop points, allowing Real Madrid to extend their lead at the top of La Liga. Although they recently saw off Madrid in the Copa del rey, it looks as though their aim of retaining the League title is slipping away from them.

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Tweeting Footballers: Who to follow and bores to ignore

It’s the new fashionable way to follow celebrities and people we love and everyone seems to be getting it at the moment. Yes, Twitter has taken the world of social media by storm over the last couple of years and it’s no different with footballers.

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Will Malaga’s millions break the La Liga monopoly?

It is widely accepted that when the club is on the receiving end of a big money takeover, the expectations of the fans rise ten-fold. It happened with Chelsea, it happened with Manchester City and it happened with Paris St. Germain.

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Swansea City: The Barcelona of the Premier League

When Swansea City became the first Welsh club to reach the Premier League, only a few eyebrows were raised. Oh well, we thought, they’ll be back down again next year

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Learning from the Spanish

In the Spanish and German leagues, Europe's elites often set-up 'B' teams, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Villa Real and even Bayern Munich have 'B' teams, that sit in the lower leagues

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Should the Premiership have B teams?

There are some changes that the Layman likes; the tweaking of the back pass law in the early 1990s, the casting of Guy Pearce rather than Brad Pitt in Memento and the ageing process with regard to Jennifer Aniston.

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Abidal gives Barcelona the advantage

Eric Abidal’s second half winner saw Barcelona come from behind to take a 2-1 lead in their Copa Del Ray quarter final with Real Madrid.

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Beware the bite of Napoli threat

The draw for the Champions League second round at the end of 2011 was somewhat played down in the United Kingdom, probably because the two Manchester clubs had fallen at the first hurdle but also because of a superiority complex that the Premier League assumes over the rest of Europe, bar Barcelona and Real Madrid.

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Copa Del Rey - Important or not

With another Clasico this week, the Trequartista ponders the question if this week’s Copa del Rey clash is important at all...

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