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Player Focus: Is Zlatan Ibrahimovic The Best Striker On The Continent?

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Player Focus: Is Zlatan Ibrahimovic The Best Striker On The Continent? It's been largely mooted that the role of the classic 'number 9' striker is slowly dying out. In the modern game, frontmen are expected to not only provide the goals to his respective team, but also hold play up and chip in with assists for their fellow teammates.This has seen the input of Javier 'C...

Player Focus: Leighton Baines Is Europe's Most Creative Defender

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Player Focus: Leighton Baines Is Europe's Most Creative Defender When discussing the creative players in the world of football, it's a normality that the usual suspects will crop up in conversation. Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Xavi, amongst others, will be the first that any football connoisseur will look towards to provide that spark which will lead to a...

Player Focus: Robert Lewandowski

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Player Focus: Robert Lewandowski “It’s the best feeling short of taking drugs… I’ve never taken drugs, by the way!” Jürgen Klopp joked earlier this week. BVB certainly is a trip alright. Once everyone started to come down from the high of watching Borussia Dortmund play Real Madrid on Wednesday n...

Player Focus: Éver Banega

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Player Focus: Éver Banega Everyone knows about the selling of Valencia’s stars down the years, and few now remain. Those who do however should be cherished, and none more so than Éver Banega.The Argentinean midfield has experienced another season of inconsistency and a mixture of highs and lows. The negative asp...

Player Focus: Diego Leading Europe's Top Dribblers

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Player Focus: Diego Leading Europe's Top Dribblers Regardless of the stature of the team you play for, there is always that one player who perceives himself to be the pick of bunch, or the one that possesses that natural ability to brush past an opponent with minimal ease, no matter the level of the football being played.In the modern game, while th...

Player Focus: Wayne Rooney isn't United's Midfield Answer

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Player Focus: Wayne Rooney isn't United's Midfield Answer It was somewhat apt that Manchester United landed their 20th top-flight title in their illustrious history courtesy of a Robin van Persie hat trick, with the Dutchman assigned the number 20 following his arrival from Arsenal over the summer. His 33 minute first half triple salvo gave United the thre...

Player Focus: Robin van Persie - Title Decider

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Player Focus: Robin van Persie - Title Decider When Wayne Rooney's inch perfect pass dropped over the shoulder of Robin van Persie against Aston Villa there was a real feeling that the Old Trafford crowd were about to witness something special. There are very few players who you would expect to score from such a position, and even fewer capable ...

Player Focus: Mario Götze a Good Fit for Bayern

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Player Focus: Mario Götze a Good Fit for Bayern It was announced on the morning of Bayern Munich's Champions League tie with Barcelona and 36 hours ahead of Borussia Dortmund's home leg encounter against Real Madrid, but with the signing of Mario Götze, the recently crowned Bundesliga champions have signalled their intentions prior to the up...

Player Focus: Torino's Matteo Darmian is Europe's best tackler

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Player Focus: Torino's Matteo Darmian is Europe's best tackler As the football season nears its curtain call following a hard fought campaign in each respective league, the title races are all but drawing to a premature end. Bayern Munich and Manchester United have wrapped up the Bundesliga and Premier League respectively, Paris Saint-Germain are on course to a...

Player Focus: WhoScored's Player of the Year Nominees

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Player Focus: WhoScored's Player of the Year Nominees The PFA Player of the Year nominations brought about a fair amount of debate, a great deal of which surrounded Luis Suarez's temperament, whether he should be nominated given the controversy that seems to follow him and whether he even has a chance of winning, particularly after his latest attempts ...