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Team Focus: Why Fulham Are Signing Adel Taarabt

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Team Focus: Why Fulham Are Signing Adel Taarabt Back in 2011, then Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp likened QPR'sAdel Taarabt to footballing greats Paolo Di Canio and Zinedine Zidane. High praise for a player that Redknapp sold to Queens Park Rangers in 2010 as a result of being unable to incorporate the Morocco international into his Spu...

Player Focus: Premier League Interest in Héctor Moreno is Little Surprise

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Player Focus: Premier League Interest in Héctor Moreno is Little Surprise As the likes of Gareth Bale, Cesc Fàbregas and Luis Suárez dominate every gaping inch of the gossip columns this summer, the second and even third tier level of signings is often cruelly overlooked by the groundbreaking news that ‘a man has turned up to work’. While such st...

Player Focus: Does An Impassioned Individual Decrease The Likelihood Of Team Success?

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Player Focus: Does An Impassioned Individual Decrease The Likelihood Of Team Success? Football is a passionate sport. Wayne Rooney exhibited this in his foul mouthed tirade down the camera in 2011 during Manchester United’s 4-2 win over West Ham, with the striker netting a hat-trick. A two-match ban quickly followed and as Rooney hastily explained: “I didn’t realise...

Team Focus: Keeping Robert Snodgrass Will Be Norwich's Best Summer Signing

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Team Focus: Keeping Robert Snodgrass Will Be Norwich's Best Summer Signing Ahead of every Premier League campaign, the main aim for teams that have either been promoted from the Championship or those that have survived the threat of dropping into England’s second tier is to reach the 40-point mark. For most, anything above that is a bonus. Upon their return to the to...

Player Focus: How Franck Tabanou Can Improve Saint-Étienne

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Player Focus: How Franck Tabanou Can Improve Saint-Étienne Back in May,WhoScored.com had the pleasure of interviewing striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The then Saint-Étienne player spoke highly of Champions League runners’ up Borussia Dortmund, saying: “I have seen a lot of Borussia Dortmund’s matches, and I love their style of pl...

Player Focus: Why Salomon Kalou Has His Premier League Admirers

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Player Focus: Why Salomon Kalou Has His Premier League Admirers When Chelsea secured the services of Salomon Kalou in 2006, José Mourinho at the time was delighted. He’d brought in a player who was prepared to work hard and showed an eagerness to improve in a new league. Regardless of his ethic, ‘Salou’, as Mourinho nicknamed him, never ...

Player Focus: Is Playing Off The Last Defender A Useful Means Of Attack?

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Player Focus: Is Playing Off The Last Defender A Useful Means Of Attack? “That lad must’ve been born offside,” is one of the more memorable quips from former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. The veteran Scot was referring to Italian striker Filippo Inzaghi, the 39-year-old famed during his playing career for playing off the last defender as ...

Player Focus: Why PSG Must Strive To Keep Hold Of Marco Verratti

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Player Focus: Why PSG Must Strive To Keep Hold Of Marco Verratti When you’re dubbed the new Andrea Pirlo, it would be of little shock to see a player crumble under the pressure. Not Marco Verratti, however. The young Italian was a pivotal member of the Pescara side that secured promotion to Serie A in 2012 as Serie B champions. Under the tutelage of then he...

Team Focus: Luis Suárez And Why Arsenal Are Ready To Spend Big On The Striker

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Team Focus: Luis Suárez And Why Arsenal Are Ready To Spend Big On The Striker Swath aside the on-field petulance, the allegations of racial abuse aimed towards Patrice Evra and the cannibalistic traits Branislav Ivanovic was on the receiving end of and you have Luis Suárez stripped down to his purest form - a stupendous footballer. However, there are some who believe h...

Team Focus: Fiorentina And Their Abundance Of Attacking Talent

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Team Focus: Fiorentina And Their Abundance Of Attacking Talent On the final day of the 2012/13 Serie A season, Fiorentina travelled to Pescara knowing that a victory over the Delfini and AC Milan failing to overcome Siena would see the Viola secure a place in the Champions League next season. In the end, their 5-1 win over the bottom placed side needn’t h...