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Scout Report: Who should West Ham pursue to replace wantaway Payet?

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Scout Report: Who should West Ham pursue to replace wantaway Payet? While there was a sense of the inevitable about the news this morning, Slaven Bilic’s revelation that Dimitri Payet no longer wanted to play for West Ham was news that fans of the club would have dreaded. Despite not reaching the same superb standards of his debut campaign in East London, the ...

Formidable Benfica brush aside forward crisis

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Formidable Benfica brush aside forward crisis “There will be games in which we play better than here and, maybe, don’t take the three points.” Rui Vitória is a very distinct personality from his Benfica predecessor, Jorge Jesus, but sometimes shares his penchant for directness. Vitória didn’t mince his word...

Team Focus: Can Deportivo Beat the Drop?

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Team Focus: Can Deportivo Beat the Drop? For a while it had all but evaporated, but now hope seems to have re-emerged at Deportivo La Coruna. Is it false hope, or do the Galician side genuinely have a chance of retaining their La Liga status this season? At the weekend they offered the strongest indication yet that a corner has been turned...