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A Wild Finish For The Transfer Deadline

It was an active end to the transfer period with England especially busy with Chelsea picking up two players in Liverpool’s Fernando Torres (£50m) and Benfica’s David Luiz (£21m+Nemanja Matic). The other big transfer of the final day was Liverpool

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World Cup 2010: Top Forwards

This is the third part of my preview of the top players at the World Cup. In this part, I will look at the top forwards. There were a lot of good forwards that were excluded including the Champions League

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Manchester United 2, Liverpool 1: Red Devils Go Top, Liverpool in Real Trouble

This game was tightly contested, but United got the result they needed to return to the top of the table. United will be pleased with the result and they limited Liverpool’s chances, but perhaps would have wanted to create more

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Manchester United-Liverpool Preview

As one of the biggest games of the season for me, I felt this game deserved a separate preview all by itself. This game has big implications for both teams as Manchester United are in the title race while Liverpool

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World Class Players And Gameweek 31 I Know The Score

One of the words that is thrown about far too much in soccer is “world class.” I think it is almost hard to find a player who has not been described as world class. Announcers use this term almost every

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Lionel Messi wins FIFA World Player Of The Year

Lionel Messi completed his sweep of the awards this year by being named the FIFA World Player Of The Year. He beat out Cristiano Ronaldo, Xavi, Andres Iniesta, and Kaka for the award. The Argentinian scored the a goal in

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