Tiago Turns Down Potential Mourinho Reunion - Why The Atletico Madrid Man May Have Decided To Stay

As rumours linked him with a possible return to Stamford Bridge, former Chelsea midfielder Tiago Mendes has signed a new deal with Atletico Madrid.  The 33-year-old helped the La Liga side clinch their first league title since 1996 last season and Talksport have reported that he has now committed his future to the club.

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Liverpool Eye Another Saints Star - Why Southampton Would Be Losing A Key Player

With Liverpool having already completing the signing of two of Southampton’s star players, the Times are reporting that the Reds could now be set to go for a third.  Midfielder Adam Lallana and striker Rickie Lambert recently arrived at Anfield, with defender Dejan Lovren now the latest to be linked with a move to Merseyside.

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Arsenal: Sign Ligue 1 Forward With 10 Goals In 19 Games To Strengthen Frontline

Arsenal fans are thoroughly enjoying this season , and rightly so. After waiting so long for a trophy and being the butt of so many jokes, the Gunners are in a strong position  to pick up some silverware this season and get one over current champions Manchester United, who are flapping in seventh place.

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Karim Benzema Still Has Plenty To Offer At The Bernabeu

Playing for a club with a stature such as Real Madrid's means that there are great expectations on the players as a result.

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3 Ligue 1 Strikers Who Chelsea Should Look At In January

With Samuel Eto'o scoring twice, Fernando Torres scoring one and Demba Ba failing to hit the net at all this season, it is my belief that Chelsea need a re-shuffle come January. Here are three Ligue 1 strikers that I think would benefit the Stamford Bridge outfit.

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8 Ligue 1 Players Whose Contracts Are Ending Next Summer

In the final article on players whose contracts expire next summer, I will be taking a look at Ligue 1. The French premier division is a pool of talented, up-and-coming players that often look for a route out of France to join bigger teams in bigger leagues. However, with the arrival of billionaires to clubs like Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco, players are becoming more inclined to stay due to the fact that Ligue 1 is growing in popularity and ability. The stranglehold on the league held by Marseille and Lyon has been broken by these two clubs and now we have a four or five horse race for the title. This is one of the reasons why the league has grown in popularity, with the increasing uncertainty around who could potentially win adding more excitement. However, many players still look for a way out and a few of those could make this list:

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3 Southampton Players Who Have Surprised Us All This Season

If the season ended today and the new began one tomorrow, Southampton would be getting ready for their first ever Champions League campaign. Unfortunately that cannot happen, but what has happened is that Southampton have had a very good start to this season.

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The Story So Far In Ligue 1

With four games now gone in the French topflight, we take a look at whether the expected dominance of money bags Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco has already began to take shape.

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My Goal Of The Week (Video)

Time for goal of the week now and it comes from a Champions League qualifier between Real Sociedad and Lyon.

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Newcastle's French revolution set to continue (Video)

Bafetimbi Gomis has been doing the business in Ligue 1 since 2007, but could he cut in the Premier League? Five years after their initial interest during his time at Saint-Etienne, Newcastle United have reportedly agreed a fee for the French striker with his current club Lyon.

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Are PSG & Monaco’s millions good for French football?

There are clear advantages; France have only ever had one Champions League winner and only one finalist in the last twenty years – something that will surely change in the coming years. In recent times Ligue 1 has seen its best players constantly poached by the top European leagues, however suddenly the best and most highly sought after players are now coming to France with Radamal Falcao and Edinson Cavani being prime examples of this.

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Arsenal target winger, Mario Gomez closing in on transfer, Liverpool looking at £20m midfielder - today's news

In what has turned out to be a slow news day and the same old, same old stories which have seemingly yet to formulate into any reality have cropped up yet again in the gossip columns. Bale to Madrid, Bale to PSG, and Bale to Monaco. We’ve been hearing about Bale’s future for a while now and the non-existent bids that are reportedly knocking about are no nearer to the truth, yet.

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Arsenal target hints at move as Fabregas switch looks unlikely - statistics and video

Theo Walcott has been tearing his hair out in recent weeks after the Gunners have repeatedly been linked with strikers for the start of next season.

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Is it time up for Arsenal forward?

If reports in The Metro are to believed then things will certainly be less colourful at Arsenal next season with the Enigma that is Gervinho being linked with a loan move to Lyon.

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Is the French influence on the Champions League fading?

With all the talk about the shift of the European centre of gravity to Germany from Spain, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the Primera Liga big guns have won nothing in Europe for decades.

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