Manchester United Linked With Switzerland Left-Back - Why Luke Shaw Could Face Fresh Competition At Old Trafford

The Red Devils may have already brought in Luke Shaw but, according to the Daily Mail, that isn’t stopping them looking at other potential left-backs they could sign.  The latest name to be linked with Manchester United is Ricardo Rodriguez, who despite his age of 21 does not seem like much of a youngster when compared with 18-year-old Shaw.

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Shaqiri Linked With Liverpool - Why The Reds Should Sign Him

The World Cup is a stage on which many players use to great effect in terms of attracting the interest of the biggest clubs in the game.  Despite already being at Bayern Munich, that is exactly what Switzerland winger Xherdan Shaqiri’s performances have done for him.

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7 Players In The Swiss Topflight Who Should Be Premier League Targets

Next in the series of leagues I'm going to take a closer look at is the Swiss Super League - a league which contains the likes of FC Basel, BSC Young Boys and Grasshoppers. The league contains a number of players from the surrounding countries and into certain parts of Asia but as with any league, there's players from all corners of the globe.

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The World Cup seeding fiasco – Isn’t being blown out of proportion?

The announcement of the top seeds for the World Cup draw has been met with a significant amount of distain by a large chunk of the footballing world – but are they really the grave injustice we are being led to belief?

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5 Teams With Their Flights Booked For Next Summer's World Cup

With World Cup qualification coming to a close, let us take a quick look at the five nations already sure of their place in Brazil:

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Can Iceland qualify for the World Cup in Brazil?

Ranked 121^st in the world when the draw for qualification was made back in back July 2011, Iceland’s World Cup campaign was meant to be well over as we entered the finishing straight of qualification – yet with a game to go they are genuine contenders to make the play-offs.

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International Friendlies – The Talking Points

With the Premier League season kicking into swing last weekend, the international friendlies seem long gone. However, before they disappear into the sunset completely, we take a look at the many points to come out of these games.

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European World Cup Qualification Round Up - The Winners

Following another night of enthralling qualification action across Europe on Friday, we outline who moved a step further to qualification.

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Switzerland quietly slip under the radar

Much has been made of the rise of Belgium's golden generation, yet another European nation who are quietly going through their own boom have slipped largely under the radar.

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Gattuso Steadies the Ship at Sion

After an uncomfortable start, Gennaro Gattuso has steered Swiss Super League outfit Sion into calmer waters.

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Scottish Football re-construction on hold

The Scottish Premier League voted against the re-construction of the national game at Hampden Park this afternoon.

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World Cup Winner tries his hand at management (video)

Last week it was announced that AC Milan legend and former World Cup winner Gennaro Gattuso has been named as the player-coach of Swiss Super League side Sion.

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Life's a beach (Video)

I didn't know that beach football was played competitively until I stumbled across this video. Then the penny dropped: I didn't know anything about it because a) I live in England. Beach football is an alien concept as a result of b) there being no sunshine or anything resembling summer.

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Switzerland - the next Belgium?

Much publicity has been given to Belgium and the genuinely breathtaking talent, young and old, that runs throughout their side as they impressively charge towards the 2014 World Cup. However, another side brimming with young talent has slipped under the radar somewhat.

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