Gunners Linked With Two South Americans - Why Arsenal Should Choose Barcelona Man Over Fiorentina Star

It must be very hard for many Arsenal fans right now as they see most of their rivals signing some top players and all they have is a bunch of rumours. As an Arsenal fan myself, I can assure you it is very hard. We learned last summer that patience is a virtue and you just cannot write off Arsene Wenger in the transfer market. We thought we were entering the season having just signed Mathieu Flamini and Emiliano Viviano on loan, but on the final day we secured Mesut Ozil for a club record fee. This is proof that Wenger and money can go together very well. 

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8 Serie A Players Whose Contracts Are Ending Next Season

In the penultimate article on players whose contract ends next summer, I will take a look at who may well be available for free next season in Serie A, evaluate who may want them, and express my surprise at some of the inclusions. Serie A is rich with experienced players that reigned supreme six or seven years ago and are now just hoping to keep their fitness in order to be of use to teams. Javier Zanetti, for example, is 40 years old and is still churning out 40 appearances a season. However, an injury has limited him to just one appearance so far this season. His contract does end next summer as well, but he doesn't make the list due to age and his commitment to Inter Milan. Esteban Cambiasso, Andrea Pirlo, Diego Milito, David Pizarro, Miroslav Klose, Walter Samuel, Nicola Legrottaglie and many more legends of the game will be out of contract next summer. Plenty of bargains to be had there. 

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Alexis Sanchez, take a bow (Video)

The first El Clasico of the season took place last night and Barcelona ran out 2-1 victors over Real Madrid.

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Antonion Di Natale: The “What if” Striker

Antonio Di Natale, a 35-year-old Italian striker, currently playing for Italian top-flight team Udinese Calcio, has made his Serie A debut at the age of 24 after his former club’s promotion and has later developed into one of the most prolific goal-scorers of the league.

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Hard luck for critics of Watford's transfer policy

Having gone so close last season, are Watford certainties to go up next year?

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Barcelona's Alexis Sanchez is a myth (Video)

Contrary to popular belief, Alexis Sanchez is not actually as good as his Youtube vides would suggest. 

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The new Ronaldo (Video)

With the incredible displays he put in for Udinese this past season, I’m surprised how little interest Colombian forward Luis Muriel seems to have generated in the press

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Juventus to start transfer window with a bid for Bayern Munich star

The transfer window is drawing near and who better to talk about the transfer speculation regarding potential transfers for the Italian champions Juventus. 

The likes of Dutch master Arjen Robben and Chilean sensation Alexis Sanchez could be what the Bianconeri is looking for as they are in desperate need for a central striker.

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Juventus firepower

Juventus as we know them are the power-houses of Italian football but they seem to be lacking the firepower of strikers.

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Potent Pogba (Video)

Sir Alex Ferguson usually knows a good player when he sees one.

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The Watford Loophole

Outspoken Crystal Palace boss Ian Holloway has been one of the first managers to voice their opinions on the blatant transfer loophole in the Watford squad. Watford currently have 11 loan signings on their books. Gianfranco Zola named a squad which consisted of seven loan players to face Palace, of which six were from Watford’s “sister” clubs Granada and Udinese.

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Spurs' search for a striker continues

Tottenham, are in desperate need of a striker, not least to ease the goalscoring load that Jermain Defoe is currently holding. With Adebayor off at the African Cup of nations, Spurs have just one recognised out and out striker in their squad. With just over a week remaining of the transfer window, I'm sure Andre Villas-Boas will be on the look out for a quick deal that could have a major say on their season.

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Rodgers' Russian Return

Having been drawn against Zenit St Petersburg in the last 32 of the Europa League, Liverpool face another lengthy midweek trip across Eastern Europe.  This time, however, the match will precede a potential FA Cup fifth round tie rather than a Premier League game.

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Who is ready for some Europa League action? Anybody? No?

Yes, tonight we have the final group stages of this year's Europa League and Newcastle, Liverpool and Spurs are all in action.

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Thursday night, Channel Five: a case for the Europa League

As I watched a very entertaining game between Liverpool and Udinese in the Europa League last week, I realised it was fourth game of the competition I was watching already this season. For all the jesting that the competition is a 'poor man's Champions League' it throws up some brilliant fixtures and gives us a chance to watch teams and players we wouldn't normally get to see if you're not an avid follower of the other European leagues.

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