Champions League Preview – The Dark Horses

According the bookies, the side picking up the title of kings of Europe is likely to come from one of the following; Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich. Here we identify four sides who will carry visions of upsetting the apple cart.

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Why Arsenal May Struggle In The Champions League This Season

The draw may have not been as lethal as it was with Celtic (Barcelona two years running?!) but Arsenal's Champions League group will be a difficult one to emerge from.

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Who Will Win Serie A This Season?

This weekend saw the return of Serie A, so I thought that I would take a look at the teams likely to challenge for the title, and see whether anyone can knock Juventus off the top spot that has been theirs for several years now.

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Arsenal - What Could Have Been And What Could Still Be

Everyone seems to be induldged in conversation about the comings and goings regarding Arsenal this summer. The gunners have had a huge pool of players linked with them for next season, two of these being Argentine sensation Gonzalo Higuain and Liverpool's Luis Suarez, but will missing out on the duo prove costly for the north London outfit?

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Serie A – The transfer window so far

Serie A has already seen a host of movement occur this transfer window, with virtually all of the big players strengthening their squads. In previous campaigns the cash has been somewhat lacking in Italy however this opening period indicates that Serie A clubs are now once again in a position to compete with the rest of Europe’s elite financially.

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Why Tottenham man could light up Madrid

Spanish giants Real Madrid could be well under way of scooping the Welsh sensation Gareth Bale from English side Tottenham Hotspur.

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Rafa Benitez has a point to prove with Napoli

With the signing of Gonzalo Higuain to replace Edinson Cavani, and the arrivals of Pepe Reina, Raul Albiol and Jose Callejon during the past month, Rafa Benitez has very quickly made his mark on Napoli and brought in a lot of Spanish or Spanish speaking players. Whether this is a conscious effort to surround himself with players that have been educated the 'Spanish way' and understand the type of football that he wants to play remains to be seen, although he is clearly looking for an improvement on his previous attempt at management in Serie A.

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Summer signings - Who has paid too much? (Video)

In the second part of my look at summer transfers so far, I turn my attention to clubs that have paid too much to sign a player and what they should have done with the money instead.

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Where now for Ibrahimovic?

Well, it had to happen, the Uruguyan freak Edinson Cavani moves to Paris Saint-Germain on a five year contract signing for €64 million from Napoli, but where does this leave Zlatan Ibrahimovic now?

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Columbian star could move to Juventus

The Italian champions are at again in the transfer market, not only have they added reinforcement to their attack and defence but also could in the midfield as well.

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Why QPR’s demise could give Robert Green a chance to rebuild his career.

Robert Green was signed on a free transfer for QPR at the start of last season but the former England number one spent most of the season playing second fiddle to Brazilian Julio Cesar. However after having an impressive season with the doomed side Harry Redknapp admits that Julio Cesar will be sold over the summer to help reduce the wage bill. This is good news for Robert Green though as he will have the chance to take the number one jersey at the hoops.

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Opening remarks: what Europe’s new gaffers had to say

David Moyes has begun life as Manchester United’s gaffer by griping about the fixture list. Over the past few years he’s never seen Man Utd have a more difficult start to the season, he says.

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Factfile: 10 facts on potential Chelsea striker Edinson Cavani

It is clear for all to see that new Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho sees Napoli and Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani as the man to fire his side to the Premier League title next season, so here are 10  facts about the 26-year-old for Blues fans to take a look at.

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Edinson Cavani - a taster (Video)

You'd think that a team with a front pairing of Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani would be quite a formidable opponent, no?

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Suarez to Napoli, Liverpool to sign Brazilian midfielder and Juventus to swoop for Manchester City pair - Gossip round up

The Mirror are reporting that Luis Suarez will be approached by Napoli as new manager Rafa Benitez searches for someone able to replace Edinson Cavani, who is on the cusp of a move away from the Serie A club.

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