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Lichtsteiner and Ziegler: Swiss Upgrade For Juventus?

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Antonio Cabrini. Moreno Torricelli. Antonello Cuccureddu. Lilian Thuram. Andrea Fortunato. Wonderful memories, beautiful players and merely the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the pantheon of great full-backs to wear the famous black and white shirt of Juventus. Yet ask any close observer what t...

What John Arne Riise’s Game Will Bring to Fulham

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What John Arne Riise’s Game Will Bring to Fulham Roma’s summer spending spree continued last week with the capture of midfielder Erik Lamela from relegated Argentine giants River Plate in a 20m Euro, five-year deal. The 19 year-old playmaker becomes the club’s fourth signing since American businessman Thomas DiBenedetto acquired the cl...

New Sunderland Additions Give Black Cats Extra Bite

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New Sunderland Additions Give Black Cats Extra Bite With the capture of David Vaughan on a free transfer from Blackpool, Steve Bruce has now picked up three midfielders from last season’s relegated sides for Sunderland. Following the deals that brought Seb Larsson and Craig Gardner to the Stadium of Light earlier this month, the Black Cats boss...

Why Chelsea and Real Madrid are Willing to Splash Cash on Pastore

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Argentine playmaker Javier Pastore has attracted huge interest from the world's best teams, which could see his current club Palermo cash in on the 22-year-old.Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini is resigned to losing his prized asset, but has slapped an astronomical 50million euro price tag on his...

How Will Clichy and Savic Signings Impact Upon Manchester City Defence?

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After it was announced yesterday that Manchester City had signed a second defensive recruit in the past week, which of the sides current ranks could be set for the chopping block at Eastlands next season?The Premier League’s big spenders completed the signing of Arsenal target Stefan Savic fro...

Could Asamoah Gyan Solve Tottenham’s Strike Problems?

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Could Asamoah Gyan Solve Tottenham’s Strike Problems? Having already picked up Seb Larsson and Craig Gardner from his old club Birmingham in addition to Connor Wickham from Ipswich, Steve Bruce has wasted little time in adding to the Sunderland ranks this close season. With Man United trio Wes Brown, John O’Shea and Darron Gibson next up on the r...

Could Jose Enrique Replace Gael Clichy at Arsenal?

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Could Jose Enrique Replace Gael Clichy at Arsenal? Yesterday saw Manchester City make their first transfer of the close season as the Eastlands picked up Gael Clichy from Arsenal for an undisclosed fee. Already, reports are surfacing of a possible bid for Jose Enrique as a replacement for the Frenchman and with Newcastle in a transitional period dur...

Ligue 1 Top 10 Key Passers

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Ligue 1 Top 10 Key Passers We round off the series of top ten key passers articles by taking a look at Ligue 1. Six of the top seven clubs were represented here, with Rennes the only club to miss out. Some great performances lower down the division have already resulted in some of our featured ten being snapped up by teams fu...

Lucho Gonzalez- A Tale of Two Seasons

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This summer Marseille have been quick to strengthen their squad looking to mount a serious challenge to both the league and Champions League in 2012. Playmaker Morgan Amalfitano and Left Back Jeremy Morel joined from Lorient. Nicolas N’Koulou joined from Monaco to bolster the defence and Alou ...

Stephan Lichtsteiner - £9m Spent to Improve Juventus’s Defensive Vulnerabilities

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After a disappointing seventh-placed finish in Serie A last term under Luigi Del Neri, Antonio Conte has a major rebuilding job on his hands at Juventus this summer.The Turin side have been busy in the transfer window so far as Michele Pazienza, Andrea Pirlo, Stephan Lichtsteiner and Reto Ziegler ha...