Keeping hold of your stars - the problem for football league clubs

It is always difficult for smaller clubs to keep hold of their most talented players, especially in today's world where money seems to be the deciding factor in most football related matters. Whilst it can be hoped that a larger, and more financially powerful, club will pay a fair price to sign an up and coming star, what can the selling club do if they don't wish to lose such an individual, and is it often in the player's interest to make the move? 

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David Platt- certainly still got it (Video)

Earlier in the week, I posted a video of Eidur Gudjohnson showing that he's still got all the skills. Well, enough to bamboozle a MLS reserve side's defence anyway.

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United have found their new all-star (Video)

Nick Powell set League 2 alight last year as he propelled Crewe Alexandra up and into League 1 - he even topped off his magnificent season with a screamer in the Play Off Final. 

He capped his United debut this weekend with a goal minutes after his introduction. He put in a performance that has lead many media outlets to hail the youngster as 'the new Paul Scholes'. Quite a tag line considering this was the same game that Scholes would mark his 700th appearance and bag a goal himself. 

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