Stories By Sam Cox

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  Is it time we forget about national sides?

  Is it time we forget about national sides? You have to go a long way to find someone who was pleased that the season was being stopped three weeks in. It was building momentum, excitement had grown by the close of the window and it felt like we were getting a rough idea for how teams will be this season.

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  Spurs’ boom years are about to hit a wall

  Tottenham have dropped more points in two home matches this season than the whole of last. This is a fact that was hard to miss when it was plastered across social media as Chris Wood snatched a draw for Burnley at Wembley on Sunday afternoon.

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  Title is well within reach of deserving Gunners

  An FA Cup triumph was the perfect antidote for Arsenal after a season of fan protests and underperformance. Arsene Wenger’s future was once again the centrepiece of footballing debate, and Arsenal were evicted from their top four home.

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  Two signings can launch Arsenal into different league

  Arsenal’s signing of Alexandre Lacazette was announced on Wednesday evening. It has brought the end to one of Europe’s longest, most persistent transfer rumours. Along with the tedious Karim Benzema murmurings, Lacazette has been linked with a move to north London since he shot to prominence with 15 Ligue 1 goals in 2013/14.

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  Everton could be progressing from top six waiting room

  Farhad Moshiri’s investment in Everton did not turn heads in the way it should have done. Whether because the Toffees are perceived as outsiders to the top six bubble or because grotesque spending has become so common place in the Premier League, Everton’s bulking of financial muscle was overlooked.

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  Brazilian star could be game-changer for Manchester City

  Dani Alves wants to play football in England. This has caused a tsunami of rumours about his future, which were only reinforced by a farewell video posted by Gonzalo Higuain before the Argentine swiftly deleted it.

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  Decline beckons as Chelsea reject Costa for Lukaku

  Diego Costa was clearly upset by Antonio Conte’s reportedly blunt text message. The message told the Spanish forward he was surplus to requirements at the Premier League champions. Their public conflict earlier in the season had supposedly been resolved, but Conte has ruthlessly decided his top goal scorer from his superb first season in England is replaceable.

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  Falling Giant: The Griezmann Tale

  Antoine Griezmann joined an illustrious list of names last week. He did not win the Ballon D’or, lift a treble or become the most expensive player in the world. He turned down Manchester United. Joining Cesc Fabregas, Sergio Ramos, Thiago Alcantara and several others who have all been supposedly lined up for moves to Old Trafford only for it to be nothing more than speculation.

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  Gareth Bale belongs in Premier League revolution

  The second most expensive player in the history of football is fully fit for this weekend’s Champions League final. Whether Gareth Bale starts or not, however, is unknown. On 24th May 2014, Gareth Bale ended his first season with Real Madrid by scoring the goal to finally deliver La Decima to the desperate Los Blancos.

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  MOURINHO MISTAKES LEAVE UNITED TEETERING

  Haunting Quotes “I don’t want to win the Europa League. It would be a big disappointment for me. I don’t want my players to feel the Europa League is our competition.” These were the words of Jose Mourinho as he began his second spell as Chelsea manager in 2013.

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  LIVERPOOL ARE ON THE BRINK OF CRISIS AGAIN

  2017 Slump Since the turn of the year, Liverpool have collected one less point than Everton (despite having played a game more) and conceded 10 more than Manchester United. Jurgen Klopp’s famed heavy metal football was in full flow in the first few months of the season.

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