Stories By Harry De Cosemo
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Emre Can situation shows Liverpool are dangerously close to repeating Arsenal’s errors
Every player has a price, and vulnerability in the transfer market is nothing new. In fact, it has driven the case for change in the Premier League of late; September saw a vote for the window to close before the season starts in England from next year.
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Ambition on hold at West Ham, but Moyes is not the answer
Right time to go for Bilic The axe finally yielded for Slaven Bilic after West Ham’s 4-1 defeat at home to Liverpool on Saturday evening, and the response has been a rather strange from from the Hammers fans.
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Why Fernandinho is Pep Guardiola’s unsung Manchester City hero
Harry De Cosemo explains why he City’s Fernandinho is proving to be Guardiola’s unsung hero in the bid for honours this season Opinion is too stubborn towards new methods Like anything different, Pep Guardiola’s managerial style splits opinion.
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Edinson Cavani is the bridesmaid striker Premier League clubs should be queuing up for
It was 2011 when Edinson Cavani shot to fame on the world stage. The Uruguayan made his way onto the radar of the English media when playing for Napoli; he scored a brace against Manchester City in the group stage of their maiden Champions League campaign, before proving a rather sharp thorn in eventual winners Chelsea’s side during the knockout rounds.
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Manchester City and Chelsea are two projects soon to be facing the same long-term conundrum
Different approaches to success People often draw comparisons between Manchester City and Chelsea; they are the two modern day super-clubs of English football. Rather than institutionalising themselves, building, growing and developing over decades and enjoying success for years on end, like Liverpool, Manchester United and, to a degree, Arsenal, they have used huge financial backing from very rich owners to propel themselves to an elite level.
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Is perception really all that holds Sean Dyche back from a big job?
The debate about opportunities in football not being equal seems like it is as old as the game itself. Generally, in life, everybody assumes there is a correlation between time moving forward and prejudices thawing, but often that is not the case.
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Andre Gray could prove one of the best signings of the season
Since gaining promotion to the Premier League in 2015, and even in the years running up to it, Watford have not been the most popular club in England. It has nothing to do with discipline, nor playing in a particularly ‘ugly’ style; but because their owners, the Pozzo family of Italy, have never given the Hornets much continuity.
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Bernardo Silva will become a Manchester City great, given time
Slow-burning City, slow-burning Silva Manchester City’s courtship of manager Pep Guardiola went way beyond the announcement he would be leaving Bayern Munich in February 2016, five months before arriving in England.
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Why English clubs might have more Champions League success than you think
The Glory Days When Craig Bellamy unleashed his now infamous ‘golf swing’ celebration in the Camp Nou as Liverpool knocked defending champions Barcelona out of the 2006/07 Champions League, the tabloids had a field day speculating over a bust-up with John-Arne Riise.
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Riyad Mahrez deserves credit for his professionalism at Leicester amid transfer speculation
Some players seem destined for the top no matter what, but others need the stars to align first. Riyad Mahrez will have returned to Leicester City’s training ground in July thinking he would likely be saying his goodbyes soon enough.
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Costa and Conte must share blame in their feud
Often in the case of managers like Chelsea’s Antonio Conte, their greatest asset is their greatest curse. The Italian has lit up the Premier League since joining the Blues last summer, quickly showing why he was the perfect man to get them out of the situation they found themselves in, floundering after a tenth-placed finish and legendary former boss Jose Mourinho’s departure the season earlier.
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