Tom Cleverley Believes Van Gaal Will Allow Him To Shine - Why The Midfielder Must Look To Restore His Reputation

After watching their side demolish LA Galaxy in their first game of pre-season, optimism has begun to creep back amongst Manchester United fans.  One player who is sharing that sense of optimism is Tom Cleverley.

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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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Nigerian Forward Could Leave The Blues - Why Victor Moses Is Not Good Enough For Chelsea

It is all quiet on the Chelsea front in terms of transfer rumours. There is the odd article here and there, but nothing like it was when Cesc Fabregas joined or when rumours of Diego Costa picked up. They have been linked with Paul Pogba in recent days, but that turned out to be speculative journalism after the Football Manager saga the player got himself involved in. When discussing transfers away from the club, things have been very quiet. There is really just Romelu Lukaku occupying those reports.

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Out Of World Cup? Arsenal Forward Could Miss Out On England Spot Because Of Injury - Why He'd Be A Big Loss

The World Cup is edging closer and closer and its arrival is being eagerly anticipated by the whole world. Even if you're not a football fan, the patriotic side of your personality will get the best of you. Even if your country isn't taking part, there's still the attraction of lots of quality almost every day. Millions and millions of fans worldwide will sit down, stand up, lay down or jump around as they enjoy the greatest footballing event ever.

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Better Than Giroud? Arsenal Star Unhappy With Bit-Part Role, And He Has Every Right To Be

Arsenal’s German international Lukas Podolski has revealed he is ‘unhappy’ with being constantly substituted by Gunners boss Arsene Wenger. And so he should be.

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Is it time to credit Steve Bruce?

Several years ago I wrote a piece lambasting Sunderland under Steve Bruce and how he would never move the club forward – it is now probably time that I gave the now Hull City manager the credit that he deserves.

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Europa League Group Stage Preview - Gameweek 3

Here's a short preview of tonight's Europa League group stage matches featuring Wigan, Tottenham and Swansea - all of which have seen successful starts to their European campaigns.

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The Championship – The story so far

With the international break finally allowing us time for reflection in what has been a breathless first quarter of the season in English football’s most manic league, we take stock of the situation so far.

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Midweek joy in Europa League for British clubs

All three clubs representing England in the Europa League came out with victories last night in what proved to be a fairly easy night for the sides. Tottenham, Wigan and Swansea collectively scored a total of 6 goals scored and conceded just 1. Topping it all off, all of the trio are still undefeated going into gameweek 3.

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Everton Boss Counting On Kone To Deliver

With a scoring record of one in three in his maiden Premier League season, 2013/14 has the potential to be a massive year for Everton's Arouna Kone.

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Wigan Athletic Dump The Silky Football And Go Direct

The Community Shield match between Manchester United and Wigan saw two managers taking their first steps in charge of their new clubs. David Moyes will have been fairly pleased about the way that his team controlled large passages of the game, whilst Owen Coyle appears to have already altered the mentality of what was, under Roberto Martinez, a possession focused, passing team.

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The Football League - Weekend Talking Points

Barnsley early woes continue as Wigan lay down the marker

Having been one of the form teams following the appointment of David Flitcroft in late December, there were hopes around Oakwell that serial escape artists Barnsley might just play things a little safer this term.

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Is Martinez's Wigan raid going to work?

Whilst he might not be placing all his eggs in one basket, new Everton boss Roberto Martinez is certainly placing a large proportion of them in the same box – given that of his four signings to date three were playing for him at Wigan last term.

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Which players should Premier League clubs be looking at from the relegated sides?

There a still a few players who haven't been snapped up yet from the Championship and would be foolish to let them stay there.

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When expectations in football cannot be met

It seems that every season, the general expectation of sides in the Premier League slowly increases. Roberto Martinez has supposedly vowed to bring Champions League football to Goodison Park, while West Ham’s owners are building towards the club becoming a top 6 outfit.

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