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Player Focus: Franck Ribéry

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Player Focus: Franck Ribéry FC Bayern Munich; not solely reliant on their first eleven anymore, the German giants still lean on their outstanding star.Having conceded the title for two consecutive years for the first time since the 94/95 and 95/96 seasons, Bayern analysed their problems this summer and strengthened the squad i...

Player Focus: Fernando Torres

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Player Focus: Fernando Torres Roberto Mancini revealed yesterday that he almost signed Fernando Torres for £50m from Liverpool in January 2011. What a lucky escape. Back then he was one of the most feared strikers in football, scorer of Spain's only goal in the final of Euro 2008 and everyone, including Manchester Cit...

Player Focus: Special Delivery - Europe's Top Crossers

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Player Focus: Special Delivery - Europe's Top Crossers Here we take a quick look at the players to shine this season when it comes to crossing, focusing on both frequency of deliveries into the box and the accuracy with which they are played.To do so we placed a filter of at least 7 league appearances (just above half of the potential games a player cou...

Player Focus: The Best Of Sebastian Giovinco Is Yet To Come

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Player Focus: The Best Of Sebastian Giovinco Is Yet To Come “What a waste!” screamed the front page of Sunday’s Tuttosport, the Turin based sports daily bemoaning the fact an utterly dominant Juventus – the league’s leading scorers – had failed to find a single goal against Lazio the previous evening. La Gazzetta dello Spo...

Player Focus: The Evolution of Marouane Fellaini

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Player Focus: The Evolution of Marouane Fellaini The transformation of a player whose integration into the Premier League did not go unnoticed for a number of reasons has been one of the real success stories of the season so far. Rarely associated with attacking prowess in his early days at Everton - though he was clearly a real threat in the oppo...

Player Focus: October Team of the Month

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Player Focus: October Team of the Month October has come and gone, but some performances from a number of the world's top players will stay fresh in the memory as we take a look at the best players over the past month.Here we look at the best available XI in a 4-4-2 formation comprised of players from across Europe's top 5 leagues startin...

Player Focus: Japan's Attacking Talents in the Bundesliga

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Player Focus: Japan's Attacking Talents in the Bundesliga It's fair to say that the influence of Asian players is growing in the European game nowadays, with the Bundesliga the forerunner for showcasing talents from The Far East. Even after the departure of Shinji Kagawa to the Premier League, a strong contingent of attacking players from The Orient remain...

Player Focus: Does Ashley Cole Deserve His Place in the England Side?

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Player Focus: Does Ashley Cole Deserve His Place in the England Side? Never too far from controversy off the field, the on field displays of Ashley Cole this season may have helped to save his place in the England side after a mindless blast at The FA this week. The left-back was quick to grovel having lambasted England's football governing body after they had dismiss...

Player Focus: Hot Prospect Scout

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Player Focus: Hot Prospect Scout With another international break upon us we have taken the time to look at a number of youngsters to have impressed across Europe's top 5 leagues. The form of said players could potentially force themselves into the thinking of their respective national team managers in the future, even if they didn...

Player Focus: Angelo Ogbonna (Torino)

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Player Focus: Angelo Ogbonna (Torino) Angelo Ogbonna is currently one of the most in-demand defenders in Italian football with interest from Manchester United, Juventus, Arsenal, Everton, Bayern Munich and Milan being reported on a daily basis. However, very few outside of the peninsula will have heard his name, with even fewer having a...