World Cup 2014 Questions and Concerns

With the 2014 World Cup draw just around the corner, this Friday in Brazil, it’s time to really start counting down the days until the competition starts next summer. Four years has gone by so quickly, it seems like we were just in South Africa watching Spain lift the trophy after the final match. But alas, it's time again, all the qualified countries have been placed into their respective pots and on Friday we will know the groups for the group stages of the competition.

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Player Report: Tottenham Midfielder Linked With Move Away, But What Can He Offer Potential Suitors?

With the World Cup just around the corner, there will be plenty of players looking for a move in the new year to boost their hopes of travelling with their countries to football's biggest stage. One of those men, supposedly, is Mousa Dembele of Tottenham, who has fallen out of favour at Spurs despite his pleasing statistics.

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Clash Of The Titans: Ibrahimovic vs Ronaldo

It's only just dawned on me that one of these two colossuses will miss out on the World Cup next year. What a massive shame to football fans around the world.

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3 surprise players who could make the England squad for the World Cup

So, they did it. Roy Hodgson and his merry band of Englishmen defeated Montenegro and Poland to confirm that they will be competing for that very famous trophy come June 2014.

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World Cup Qualification Talking Points – The Americas

Mexico finally get on track at the ninth time of asking

With just a single victory from their opening eight games, Mexico were on the verge of achieving the incredibly difficult and failing to qualify from the North American hexagonal group.

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Andros Townsend: a star in the making?

Maybe Roy Hodgson should take a squad of debutantes to Rio next year, as it appears that players making their first appearance for England are always the star performers.

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European World Cup Qualification – 4 Things to look out for

With England stealing the majority of press coverage as we approach the crunch in European qualification, we look at some of the other key talking points of this final round of group games.

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Why Brazil's loss is Spain's gain with La Liga striker

With Diego Costa expressing his desire to play for Spain instead of his birth country, Brazil, how crucial could it be in a World Cup year, though?

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The Problems With Footballing Philosophies In Children

It seems there is yet again another inquest into why England suck, and I think many have already deduced the answer… It seems children are the future, and Whitney was right all along.

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Tottenham Failed With A Late Pato Move, But Will We See Him In North London In The Future?

It has emerged that Tottenham made enquiries into the signature of Alexandre Pato from Corinthians on deadline day, with reports in Brazil confirming this, but with a little bit of a twist to it.

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Why Cynicism Is The Wrong Message To Send Out To The England Squad

The favourites for next year's World Cup are undoubtedly the hosts of the tournament, Brazil, and with good reason.

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African World Cup Qualification Preview

With another round of fascinating, and most likely bewildering, round of African World Cup qualifiers on the horizon, we preview some of the key contests as the second round enters its final round of games. The Ivory Coast, Egypt and Algeria have already booked their spot in the final playoff round and whilst those nations can use their final fixture for experimental purposes – there are a handful of other nations sweating over the remaining seven slots.

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Can Danny Welbeck Become A Key Player For Manchester United?

With uncertainty surrounding the future of Manchester United strikers Javier Hernandez and Wayne Rooney, there is a huge reliance on Robin van Persie to scored goals. Or is there? Danny Welbeck only managed one league goal last season, but a double against Swansea on Super Sunday may inspire him onto becoming a 15-20 goal a season striker for David Moyes.

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FIFA World Rankings Update - The Talking Points

Are the rankings more accurate than we think?

Much is made of the validity of the rankings so it is probably firstly worth asking if you would expect the leading eight teams to form World Cup quarter finalists – if a tournament were to be played right now.

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Cameroon ban leaves qualification on a knife edge

No sooner were Cameroon’s World Cup qualification hopes given a rather fortuitous lifeline – their hopes of reaching Brazil were thrust back into serious jeopardy following FIFA’s decision to temporarily ban them from competing.

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