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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 5 - Liverpool and Man City

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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 5 - Liverpool and Man City The Luis Suárez saga has taken up much of Liverpool's summer and it continues to drag on as the season approaches, in the process detracting attention from the shrewd business already done by the club. Brendan Rodgers looks like he will be without last season's top scorer for more than the 6 games h...

Team Focus: A New Era and Identity at Valencia

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Team Focus: A New Era and Identity at Valencia As has been the story for several summers now, the headlines in Valencia have been dominated by a departure. David Villa, David Silva, Juan Mata, Jordi Alba all left the club and the latest go the way of those four players was Roberto Soldado, to Tottenham.To each loss, Valencia have responded rathe...

Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 4 - Fulham and Hull

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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 4 - Fulham and Hull Martin Jol has clearly been keen to strengthen this summer after a very disappointing tail end of the season was somewhat disguised by an impressive 3-0 victory over Swansea on the final day. His side relied heavily on Dimitar Berbatov at times and when the elegant front man wasn't firing they often...

Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 3 - Crystal Palace and Everton

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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 3 - Crystal Palace and Everton The loss of Wilfried Zaha will be a blow to Crystal Palace upon their return to the Premier League. The young England international signed for Manchester United in January, but spent the remainder of the season with the Eagles and played a vital role in their route to the play-off final win over Wat...

Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 2 - Cardiff City and Chelsea

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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 2 - Cardiff City and Chelsea Cardiff City return to the top flight this season after a hiatus of more than half a century, having finished the last campaign as winners of the Championship by some distance. Manager Malky Mackay will be fully aware of the fact that last season's achievements will be meaningless once August 17th r...

Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 1 - Arsenal and Aston Villa

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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 1 - Arsenal and Aston Villa Having pledged to spend big, by their standards at least, the break from football has been somewhat underwhelming for Arsenal's fans this summer. While they continue to pursue their interest in Luis Suárez, targets such as Jovetic (Man City) and Higuaín (Napoli) have moved elsewhere. Up front is cer...

Team Focus: Why Fulham Are Signing Adel Taarabt

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Team Focus: Why Fulham Are Signing Adel Taarabt Back in 2011, then Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp likened QPR'sAdel Taarabt to footballing greats Paolo Di Canio and Zinedine Zidane. High praise for a player that Redknapp sold to Queens Park Rangers in 2010 as a result of being unable to incorporate the Morocco international into his Spu...

Team Focus: Lack of Investment Not Disastrous for Arsenal

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Team Focus: Lack of Investment Not Disastrous for Arsenal A summer without a transfer saga involving a player leaving Arsenal isn't really a summer as we have come to know it. The outflux of first-teamers to Manchester City began the trend before Cesc Fábregas's drawn out transfer to Barcelona and Robin van Persie's move north last summer. And yet t...

Team Focus: Keeping Robert Snodgrass Will Be Norwich's Best Summer Signing

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Team Focus: Keeping Robert Snodgrass Will Be Norwich's Best Summer Signing Ahead of every Premier League campaign, the main aim for teams that have either been promoted from the Championship or those that have survived the threat of dropping into England’s second tier is to reach the 40-point mark. For most, anything above that is a bonus. Upon their return to the to...

Team Focus: Bent Has the Better of Newcastle's French Fancies

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Team Focus: Bent Has the Better of Newcastle's French Fancies Newcastle's plummet towards the oblivion of potential relegation was a stark reminder that few teams are too good to go down. The same phrase was often used when the Magpies were unable to avoid the drop in the 2008/09 season, and last season's failings brought a side that had finished 5th the follo...