Friday Evening Round Up @ Juve plan United and Spurs raid, what next for Blackburn and Tevez set to sue

Juventus are planning audacious summer bids for Manchester United's Nani and Gareth Bale of Tottenham.

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Player Profile - John Obi Mikel

Mikel was born in Jos, Nigeria as John Michael Nchekwube Obinna, the son of Michael Obi, who runs an inter-state transport company in Jos, the capital of Plateau state.

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Top 10 Myths Of Football

You can’t watch or read about a game of football these days without seeing or hearing something from a commentator or writer that means nothing.  Here’s my top ten:

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Maaaan City - Founded In 2011 (At Least In America)

So when did Manchester City finally cross over from “wannabe” contenders to a proper force in English football?  Was it the arrival of the Arab Sheikhs? The first big deadline-day swoop (Robinho)?  Qualifying for the Champions League?  The realisation they don’t need Carlos Tevez?  Or the recent derby demolition at Old Trafford?

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Defenders Paying The Penalty (Serves Them Right)

It’s pretty obvious Chelsea have had a horrendous week.  Their captain and talisman under police investigation for racism, their billionaire owner unable to do what he wants with the stadium and losing five goals at home to Arsenal.  Yet if I was a Chelsea fan there is one moment from the past week that may have troubled me even more.

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Is English Football More Focused On Entertainment Than Ever Before?

This season has seen an unprecedented level of high-scoring ‘big’ matches in such a short space of time. This borne out by the fact that the average amount of goals per game is 2.97, compared to 2.59 this time last year.

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Penalty Decisions Need to be Rethought

Please take some time to imagine the following two scenarios, both of which happened during last weekend’s football:

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Here's How England Should Line-Up For Euro 2012

It’s time to start picking an England XI for the Euro's as the season is in full swing and only a few games remain for Fabio Capello to try out players in friendlies before Euro 2012 starts in Poland and Ukraine.

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Attack the best form of defence

After FC Porto’s 1-0 Europa League triumph against Braga last May, many would be forgiven for believing Andre Villas–Boas’s managerial success was based on defensive solidity upon his appointment as the new manager of Chelsea.

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What can we make of Chelsea so far?

So far this season, we have seen a new Chelsea in the making. The team has been a work-in-progress, focusing on implementing new ideas and tactics brought in by AVB.  Those ideas are mainly playing possession game with high pressure up the filed, and passing the ball at high tempo.

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City sheikh things up

Once upon a time the Premiership was dominated by two teams wearing red. Arsenal and Manchester United would battle every year for the right to be called champions.

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Diary of a Sky Soccer Saturday Reporter

There's usually a point in the season when short sleeves and a pair of trousers are inappropriate for wearing at a football match, it's too cold for that attire!

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Thoughts on Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal

Saturday’s London derby provided us with another stunning game in a season that keeps throwing up exceptional results. For the neutral, this was the probably the best of the lot: a match that swung one way and then the other from start to finish; that could have been 2-2 before a goal was actually scored; that contained eight goals and several candidates for miss of the season.

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The Honeymoon is over AVB sort the defence out now

When a top team scores three goals at home they are expected to win the points. Any team that concedes five goals at home means that something is dreadfully wrong!

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Sunday Morning Round Up @ Fergie on 25 years at OT, Chelsea linked with £35m striker, Cole to return for Hammers

Spurs boss Harry Redknapp is "looking for a good offer" for striker Roman Pavlyuchenko with a number of players.

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