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Player Focus: Potential Premier League Arrivals

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Player Focus: Potential Premier League Arrivals As deadline day draws nearer for managers across Europe's top 5 leagues speculation regarding certain players inevitably grows among the press. While rumours are often fabricated, here we look at a few individuals tipped with moves to the Premier League where interest seems concrete.Up to now it's f...

Player Focus: Error Prone Outfielders

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Player Focus: Error Prone Outfielders The astonishing misfortune of Jonathan Walters last weekend will take some forgetting, especially for the player, and it's made us curious of the error prone players across Europe.We're looking at the defensive end of the spectrum here, with own goals, penalties conceded and general defensive errors...

Player Focus: Europe's Top Goal Contributors

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Player Focus: Europe's Top Goal Contributors Like Arsenal last season, teams are often chastised for being overly reliant on a single player, with critics arguing that without that player they would struggle and potentially even fail. Without Robin van Persie this term, Arsenal are undoubtedly worse off and they paid for any dependence on the ...

Player Focus: Under the Radar Strikers

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Player Focus: Under the Radar Strikers The top 5 leagues are inundated with some of the world's finest forwards and often the big names overshadow those doing a fantastic job for their club sides that go comparatively unnoticed.Here we highlight 10 strikers that have been going about their business quietly while the likes of Messi, Ibrah...

Player Focus: Steven Gerrard

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Player Focus: Steven Gerrard Steven Gerrard has always been one to strive to be the very best. Some may argue that he could have been even better had he taken the chance to leave his underachieving boyhood club and gone on to the riches of Chelsea, and that may well be the case, but with Frank Lampard set to be discarded at the...

Player Focus: Michu

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Player Focus: Michu Deep inside the Emirates Stadium last week, Arsene Wenger was talking about his scouting network ahead of Arsenal’s trip to Swansea in the FA Cup. He was aware of Michu during his spell at Rayo Vallecano, but admitted that the Spaniard was not on Arsenal’s radar at the end of last season...

Player Focus: Europe's Best Battling Defensive Midfielders

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Player Focus: Europe's Best Battling Defensive Midfielders The transfer window is now upon us and in a series of features scouting some of the top players in Europe thus far this season, we start with 10 of the best battling midfielders around.For those looking to add steel in central areas to their teams, you need look no further than the leaderboard here,...

Player Focus: Adriano

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Player Focus: Adriano In the aftermath of Pep Guardiola's departure at the end of last season having failed to win the Spanish title for the first time in his four-year managerial reign, there were plenty who believed the only way was down for Barca; that this incredible side had peaked and that Real Madrid now had their...

Player Focus: Diego’s Rise in Form

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Player Focus: Diego’s Rise in Form After lengthy talks and negotiations over a permanent transfer away from the club during the summer, it became clear that the relationship between Wolfsburg manager Felix Magath and Brazilian playmaker Diego would be put to the test once again. No other club was willing to pay the former Juventus pl...

Player Focus: Premier Possession Winners

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Player Focus: Premier Possession Winners Every fan has a favourite player for their team, and quite often goalscorers get the lion's share of the praise. Managers will also have their favoured players, and their choice will rarely correlate with that of the fans, because managers will pay more attention to the finer details, with those pla...