Stories By Graham Ruthven
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Could Christian Eriksen be heading back to the Premier League?
It was only a year ago that hundreds of Inter fans gathered at the club’s headquarters to welcome Christian Eriksen. The signing of the Danish playmaker from Tottenham Hotspur was seen as something of a coup for the Nerazzurri at the time.
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Could Eric Bailly be the key to a title push for Manchester United?
His name was nowhere to be seen on the score sheet, but Eric Bailly did more than anyone else to secure three points for Manchester United against Aston Villa last week. In what felt like a pivotal match for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men, it was the Ivorian defender who proved the biggest difference between the two teams.
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Could Dele Alli resurrect his career at PSG?
It is convenient for Mauricio Pochettino that he was appointed Paris Saint-Germain’s new boss just two days into a transfer window. The Argentine has inherited a talented group of players, but the squad at the Parc des Princes is unbalanced and in need of strengthening in a number of key areas.
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5 Liverpool centre-back transfer targets in January
The sight of Joel Matip hobbling off against West Brom on Boxing Day was not a welcome one for Jurgen Klopp or anyone associated with Liverpool. The Reds’ injury troubles this season have been well documented.
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Could Yves Bissouma be Liverpool’s next star?
There is no Premier League club, at least at the elite level, better than Liverpool at finding value in the transfer market. Consider how they paid a combined £70 million for Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah, two players who would cost at least that fee each.
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John Stones and the unlikeliest of revivals at Man City
If the Manchester City career of John Stones wasn’t already in jeopardy, it certainly became so when the club failed once to make their long-awaited breakthrough in the Champions League. Against Lyon, with City’s season on the line, Pep Guardiola favoured a back three that included teenager Erick Garcia and midfielder Fernandinho over the 26-year-old who watched the full quarter final defeat from the bench.
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Are the USA entering a football golden generation?
As the football world gathered in Russia for the 2018 World Cup, the USA was absent. For the first time since 1986 there was no sign of the stars and stripes at the sport’s biggest party after the country suffered a disastrous qualification campaign.
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Is Pochettino the right man to take Dortmund forward?
Lucien Favre could sustain no more. He was already on thin ice after a poor run of form when Borussia Dortmund lost 5-1 at home to Stuttgart on Saturday. Barely 24 hours passed before it was made official that Favre had been dismissed from his role at the club with assistant Edin Terzic appointed caretaker manager until the end of the season.
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Arsenal living to regret their Zaha decision
Just a few hours before Arsenal turned in a lifeless performance in last Sunday’s North London derby, the Gunners were offered a reminder of the electricity they could have had as Wilfried Zaha scored twice in a 5-1 away win for Crystal Palace over West Brom.
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Sheffield United in danger of succumbing to second season syndrome
Few expected Sheffield United to be afflicted by the dreaded second season syndrome. The Blades were one of the greatest success stories of the 2019/20 campaign, finishing in the top half of the Premier League table.
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The solution to Arsenal’s striking woes? Olivier Giroud.
On paper, Arsenal boast one of the most potent attacking lines in the Premier League. Mikel Arteta has a number of proven options in the final third but the Spaniard seems unsure of how to set up his team, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang played through the middle for the home defeat to Wolves on Sunday.
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