Manchester City Stars Suffer Racial Abuse During Pre-season In Croatia

With the first-team off in America in their pre-season tour, Manchester City’s U-21 side were looking to continue in their winning ways in their pre-season training camp in Croatia, when racism reared its ugly head yet again. The incident happened during the U-21 side’s match against Croatian side HNK Rijeka in Novigrad, Croatia on Tuesday. The home side were leading 1-0, but the match was called off after 44 minutes after the visitors France U-19 international midfielder Seko Fofana was allegedly racially abused by an opponent.

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No Cross-City Switch For Yaya Toure - Why The Midfielder Looks Set To Stay At The Premier League Champions

Yaya Toure has been one of the best midfielders in Europe for a few years now, and recent rumours that he was unhappy at Manchester City were not the sort of thing the Premier League champions were looking for after lifting the trophy in May.  Fortunately for them, though, the Guardian have reported that the 31-year-old intends to ignore transfer speculation stay at the Etihad Stadium.

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Kolo Toure Linked With Liverpool Exit - Why Brendan Rodgers Could Be About To Let The Defender Leave

Moving from Manchester City to Liverpool in one of the more unusual transfers of last summer, Kolo Toure could be set to leave Anfield after just 12 months.  According to the Daily Mail, Trabzonspor are interested in taking the defender, who has a year left on his contract, to Turkey.

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Manchester City Look To Wrap Up Mangala Signing - Why Manuel Pellegrini Must Go About His Transfer Business Carefully

Manchester City are believed to be in advanced talks to sign Eliaquim Mangala from Porto. The fee is in the region of £32million, according to BBC Sport.

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Mourinho Eyes Young French Star - Why Chelsea Could Be About To Sign One Of The Brightest Prospects In Europe

A fee of £7 million may not seem like a lot given some of the transfer business of the last couple of seasons, but that is what Chelsea are reportedly set to pay for a young French midfielder.  According to the Independent, the Blues are considering a move for Adrien Rabiot of Paris Saint-Germain.

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Gunners Contemplate What To Do With Carl Jenkinson - Why The Arsenal Full-Back Should Be Loaned Not Sold

Arsenal have all but confirmed the signing of Mathieu Debuchy from Newcastle United. His signing is to replace Bacary Sagna who walked out of the club as a free agent at the end of last season and was picked up by Manchester City. It is a very like-for-like switch, but there are other positives to the Gunners signing Debuchy.

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Gunners Eye Levante Goalkeeper - Why Costa Rican Star Should Reject A Move To Arsenal

The Gunners are currently in possession of just one first team goalkeeper. It shouldn't take anyone long to realise that Arsenal will almost certainly sign a new one this summer and if the club don't then Arsene Wenger would be making a big mistake. Lukasz Fabianski has walked out as a free agent after Arsenal couldn't tie him down to a new contract. Emiliano Viviano was only a season-long loan which means that he will go back home to his parent club. That leaves just Wojciech Szczesny as the only keeper the Gunners have.

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Lampard Set To Travel The Globe After Chelsea Exit - How The Midfielder Is About To Achieve Something Special

Having just left Chelsea after 13 successful years at Stamford Bridge, Frank Lampard is set for pastures new abroad.  Rumours are circulating, though, that next season will see the midfielder playing in not one but two countries.

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Another Summer Of Change For The Red Devils - Why Louis Van Gaal Will Restore Order At Manchester United

After what can only be described as a horrific campaign for Manchester United last season, there is now fresh optimism after the club introduced Louis van Gaal as the new manager for next season. He is currently managing the Netherlands at the World Cup and will have full attention on his new job after the tournament is over. What will he bring to United?

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Gunners Must Fight For Sanchez - Why He Is The Man To Push Arsenal To The Title

Arsenal’s failure to truly challenge for the title has often been attributed to their leaky defence. Last season, however, Arsenal only conceded four more goals than champions Manchester City, with their problem instead being unable to find the opposition’s net, especially in big games. Arsene Wenger’s side regularly lacked a direct attacking threat whenever in-form Aaron Ramsey was unavailable.

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Arsenal Linked With Mario Balotelli - Why He Would Be A Good Fit For The Gunners

Arsenal have been linked with many different strikers already this summer, including Karim Benzema, Lorenzo Insigne and, of course, Mario Balotelli. Any of these could be feasible, although some publications have reported that Real Madrid star Benzema has stated he feels at home in the Spanish capital and so is unlikely to move away from the Bernabeau. Insigne was impressive last season for Napoli and seems like a decent young player, whilst Mario Balotelli is one of the most talked about players at any time of the season. Now is no different, with the Italy international being heavily linked with the Gunners.

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Forget Benzema, Sign Dzeko: Why Arsenal Should Be Moving For This Proven Premier League Forward

A lot was said about the lack of options that Arsenal had up front last season and some point to that exclusively to the reason they eventually fell short of the Premier League title. As a result, the papers crammed names into a metaphorical hat, linking them to a move to the Emirates. One name kept appearing though, and that was Karim Benzema. Here is why the north London side should ignore the Frenchman and move for someone else.

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He Would Unleash Ramsey: Why Arsenal Should Take A Punt On This Free Defensive Midfielder

Gareth Barry is a player who does what he needs to do. Nothing more. He's a solid player who has never had the glitz and glamour of a football player attached to him, but has sculpted a successful career at the top of the game. Now, as his contract at Manchester City draws to a close, I would suggest that Arsenal take a punt on the free transfer.

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Arsenal Eyeing Balotelli - Why Former Manchester City Striker Should Join Gunners

According to reports, Arsenal are looking to sign former Manchester City forward Mario Balotelli in order to provide Olivier Giroud with some much needed support. The Italian has had a mixed time in Serie A with AC Milan and is said to be unhappy due to the acts of racism shown by some opposing fans, so he could be tempted back to the Premier League. For me, it seems like a good idea.

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THREE Players Who Could Follow Loic Remy To Arsenal This Summer

With reports that Arsenal are in talks with Loic Remy about a potential summer move, here are three players who could follow him to the Emirates this summer.

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