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6 best English players in La Liga history
With arguably the two biggest clubs in the world, Barcelona and Real Madrid vying for supremancy, it’s no wonder many foreign stars have been keen to play in Spain. Although you can find tens of thousands of English people scattered throughout Spain, you will be hard-pressed to find too many English footballers playing in La Liga.
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Who is Man Utd target Facundo Medina?
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer may not be the most celebrated of tactical minds but the Manchester United manager deserves a huge amount of respect for how he has improved their defensive fortunes recently. Since the embarrassing 6-1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur in October, United have managed to keep the likes of Manchester City, Liverpool and a resurgent Everton from scoring during their rise to the top of the Premier League table.
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5 players who could make the Euro 2020 England squad
Euro 2020 is just 20 weeks away, the last stretch for players to stake their claim as to why they deserve a spot in England’s 23-man squad. Of course, injuries allowing, the likes of Harry Kane, Raheem Sterling and Jadon Sancho are givens in Gareth Southgate’s team.
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Are Man City hitting form at the perfect time?
The race for this season’s Premier League title has more contenders than most years and, with the leader changing with much regularity, it is going to take a brave person to predict the potential winner come May.
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Model club Leicester in title hunt again
They were nasty, aggressive and awkward, but they had to be because they were 5000/1 and nobody gave them hope. Leicester City started off the most politically seismic year in recent memory by giving the English football establishment a bloody nose and winning the title.
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Lampard out of excuses as Chelsea pressure mounts
Frank Lampard, scorer of 211 goals for Chelsea, finds himself in unprecedented waters at the west London club. For perhaps the first time in his two-decade long association with Chelsea – first as a player, now as a manager – Lampard finds himself under the schoolmaster-like gaze of Roman Abramovich.
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Is Ilkay Gundogan Manchester City’s unsung hero?
If Manchester City go on to win the Premier League title this season, Kevin de Bruyne will likely be hailed as the player to drive them there. The Belgian is, after all, the most influential player at the Etihad Stadium.
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NFL Conference Championships preview
This Sunday the road to the Super Bowl continues when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers face off against the Green Bay Packers for the NFC Championship and the Buffalo Bills take on the Kansas City Chiefs for the AFC Championship.
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Who are the best Premier League midfielders ever?
Kevin De Bruyne brought up a century of assists for Manchester City in Sunday’s 4-0 rout of Crystal Palace, with Pep Guardiola’s side building momentum in a tight Premier League. De Bruyne has stepped things up in recent weeks as City rack up the wins to move closer to rivals Manchester United and Liverpool in what seems to be a three-horse title race.
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Wayne Rooney retirement warrants more attention
The news trickled through the airwaves and onto the Twittersphere but it really should have exploded. In fairness, there was a good reason why Friday’s announcement of the retirement of Wayne Rooney from football was so understated; it was the subtext to a bigger, more important development.
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What were the best goals Wayne Rooney scored?
Confirmation that Wayne Rooney is taking charge of Championship strugglers Derby County on a permanent basis also confirmed the 35-year-old’s retirement as a player. While some claim Rooney should have achieved more given his talent, hanging up his boots as both Manchester United and England’s record goalscorer is not bad going at all.
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