Stories By Joe Phelan

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  Seven Days in Seven Points

  Moyes in the hood Moyes is back! The former Everton, Manchester United and, most recently, Real Sociedad manager has taken the reins at Sunderland following Sam Allardyce’s appointment as England boss.

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  Seven Days in Seven Points

  Graziano Pelle is now the joint fifth highest-paid player in the world It just sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it? At the age of 30 Graziano Pellè, who only has 17 Italian caps to his name, has signed a contract with Chinese side Shandong Luneng – you know, that footballing powerhouse – that will see him earn £260,000 per week.

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  Seven Major Footballing Events Since Hazard’s Last League Goal

  Eden Hazard’s dramatic downturn in form has been one of the most interesting, and some might say curious, stories of this Premier League season. Hazard, who had eight Premier League goals and 12 in all competitions at this stage last year, has suffered from niggling injuries and a drastic loss of form, and has looked a shadow of his former self in recent months.

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  Seven Days in Seven Points

  Pass or shot? Jordan Ibe scored the goal that handed Liverpool a slender Capital One Cup lead against Stoke, but all the chatter on social media was about Joe Allan’s ‘assist’. Was it a sublime pass, a touch that Pirlo would applaud, or was it a nothing more than a scuffed shot straight out of the Shola Ameobi handbook? Personally, I am willing to give the lad the benefit of the doubt, but I’ll let you make your own mind up.

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  2015 in Seven Awards

  Best moment: JAMIE VARDY’S GOALSCORING HEROICS Just incredible. His rise from non-league obscurity to Premier League scoring sensation is a storyline that would have been deemed too fanciful even for Roy of the Rovers, but that’s exactly what has happened.

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  Seven Days in Seven Points

  LvG won’t last the season On Monday a number of sources – some fairly reputable – declared that LvG was close to the sack. In fact, many seemed certain that he would be gone by the end of the day.

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  Seven Days in Seven Points

  Could Leicester actually do it? Technically they could, of course. But will they? No. I have absolutely no doubts in my mind that – at some point – the Foxes will be caught out. The real question should be whether or not Ranieri’s men can finish in the top four, which I am starting to think they could achieve.

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  SEVEN DAYS IN SEVEN POINTS

  If Liverpool can keep Sturridge fit they should finish in the top 4 Liverpool’s midweek demolition of Southampton was not only a sign that the Reds are improving under Klopp, but also an indication of how much damage a fit Daniel Sturridge can do.

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  SEVEN DAYS IN SEVEN POINTS

  Gareth Bale needs to leave Real Madrid He is far, far, far, FAR too good to be getting booed every week. No footballer deserves the treatment Bale gets at the hands of his own fans, and it’s about time he headed to a team where he will be given encouragement and praise.

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  Football United

  The last 7 days have been dominated by one story, by one night of terror on the streets of Paris that resulted in the premature deaths of 129 civilians; seven coordinated terror attacks in the French capital that both shook and shocked the world, but unified a community of billions eager to stand up in the face of sickening atrocities and condemn the actions of a cruel and malicious few.

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  SEVEN DAYS IN SEVEN POINTS

  Seven days in seven points Gerard Pique believes Barcelona and Real Madrid would struggle to win Premier League Barcelona defender Gerard Pique, who has previously had a spell at Manchester United, this week claimed that both Barca and Real Madrid would struggle to win the Premier League in their first season were they to join the English top tier.

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