Stories By Greg Lea

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  Tottenham hold the cards in Harry Kane situation

  It was reported last week that Harry Kane is considering his future at Tottenham. Last Sunday’s defeat by Manchester United will have done little to convince him to stay. For the eighth time this season Spurs failed to protect a lead and ended up dropping points.

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  5 of the best FA Cup semi-finals ever

  With the FA Cup semi-finals upon us again, we we take a look at five of the best in the long and illustrious history of the world’s greatest domestic cup competition.   5 best FA Cup semi-finals ever   Fulham 3-5 Manchester United, 1958 The 1957/58 season was the most tragic in Manchester United’s history, as eight players and three club officials were killed in the Munich air disaster.

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  Should Arsenal prioritise the Europa League?

  Many teams will have welcomed the international break. For some, it served as an opportunity to nurse key players back to fitness. For others, it provided a chance for the type of intensive training ground work that has not been possible for much of the campaign due to the congested calendar.

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  Newcastle lurch from takeover to relegation battle

  For a few weeks last summer there was a rare outbreak of optimism around St James’ Park. After 13 largely miserable years at the helm, Mike Ashley was willing to sell Newcastle United with a takeover finally in the offing.

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  Dwight McNeil still the brightest star at Burnley

  Erik Lamela scored the goal of the Premier League weekend, but the effort from Dwight McNeil wasn’t far behind. His brilliant strike in Burnley’s 2-1 victory over Everton was important too, moving Sean Dyche’s side nine points clear of the bottom three and within touching distance of survival.

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  Can Leicester avoid another late season collapse?

  Most of the discussion following Brighton & Hove Albion’s 2-1 defeat by Leicester City on Saturday centred on the home team’s worrying slide towards the relegation zone. Understandable, particularly after Fulham’s victory at Anfield left the Seagulls above the dreaded dotted line on goal difference alone.

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  Could Gareth Bale still have a future at Spurs?

  Optimism is a commodity that has been in short supply among Tottenham supporters in recent months but glimmers of it could be detected in the aftermath of Sunday’s 4-0 thrashing of Burnley. Jose Mourinho’s side were, as Graeme Souness would say, ‘bang at it’ from the first whistle.

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  Is James Rodriguez looking to leave Everton already?

  Liverpool did not give Everton star James Rodriguez a great deal of time and space, but it was enough for him to hurt them. Having snuck behind Thiago Alcantara and Georgino Wijnaldum, between Liverpool’s midfield and defence, Rodriguez brought Abdoulaye Doucoure’s header under control and then slotted a perfectly-weighted pass through to Richarlison, whose cool finish set Everton on their way to their first victory at Anfield since 1999.

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  Rodri and Zinchenko are unsung heroes for Man City

  With 11 goals in his last 12 appearances and Manchester City seven points clear at the top of the table, Ilkay Gundogan has emerged as a leading contender to win the PFA Player of the Year award. Bruno Fernandes, Son Heung-min, Harry Kane and Jack Grealish will no doubt rival him for the award, and Gundogan’s team-mates Kevin De Bruyne, Ruben Dias, John Stones and even Joao Cancelo will probably receive a few votes each.

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  Is the Premier League relegation battle over already?

  It has been an open and exciting Premier League season to date but with the title race and relegation battle increasingly looking like foregone conclusions, we could soon be forced to focus all our attention on the race for the top four.

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  Patrick Bamford having a season that nobody saw coming

  Viktor Fischer whipped the corner into a dangerous area. There was a mass of bodies in front of Southampton goalkeeper Fraser Forster, but one man rose highest to nod the ball into the back of the net.

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