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Team Focus: Chelsea's Striker Search Starts But Doesn't End With Rooney

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Team Focus: Chelsea's Striker Search Starts But Doesn't End With Rooney Jose Mourinho, typically, wasn’t backwards about his forwards. When the returned Chelsea manager was asked on Tuesday whether he had a “plan B” if he fails in his public pursuit of Wayne Rooney, his reply was instantaneous.“And C.”Of course, the reason is also that Mour...

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: Who Should Chelsea Replace John Obi Mikel With?

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Team Focus: Who Should Chelsea Replace John Obi Mikel With? Whenever a new manager takes over the reins of a team, it’s inevitable that changes will be made. The same can be said of José Mourinho, who returned to Chelsea following stints with Inter Milan and Real Madrid. The Portuguese tactician has set to work early upon his reappointment, brin...

Player Focus: Chelsea's Apparent Rooney Offer Devalues Mata

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Player Focus: Chelsea's Apparent Rooney Offer Devalues Mata Wayne Rooney recently claimed to be confused and angry regarding comments made suggesting that he was seen as a back-up to Robin van Persie. Those emotions now seem to have filtered through fans of both United and Chelsea, who are seemingly at the front of the queue for the England international's s...

Player Focus: Is There Better Value for Money than Cavani?

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Player Focus: Is There Better Value for Money than Cavani? Edinson Cavani's brace against Italy in the third place play-off of the Confederations Cup served as a reminder of what the Uruguayan can do, having also netted in the semi-final showdown with Brazil.Since then it has been reported that Chelsea have had a bid in the region of £43m rejected for...

Team Focus: Chelsea's Deteriorating Performances Under Benitez

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Team Focus: Chelsea's Deteriorating Performances Under Benitez “Are you saying Boo or Boourns?” can be considered one of the more famous Simpsons quotes in the long-standing history of the programme. It, of course, refers to the booing of Mr Burns following the airing of his short film ‘A Burns for All Seasons’.The negative response to h...

Benfica vs Chelsea: Swapped Stars Compete in Key Battle

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Benfica vs Chelsea: Swapped Stars Compete in Key Battle When Chelsea and Benfica exited from the Champions League back in December the two were immediately installed at the upper end of the odds market to become Europa League champions. It should be no surprise then that arguably the two strongest teams to drop down from Europe's elite club competition w...

WhoScored Tipster: Sunday Betting - The Merseyside Derby and More

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WhoScored Tipster: Sunday Betting - The Merseyside Derby and More Come this time in the season a weekend is always going to feature important games, and this week's clashes are as key as any. Super Sunday in the Premier League is a tasty one, while Barcelona can all but secure the Primera Division title and Napoli can do much to end Inter's dwindling hopes of Euro...

WhoScored Tipster: Super Sunday Betting

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WhoScored Tipster: Super Sunday Betting Sunday's action could have huge consequences in the race for Champions League football in England, while Juventus could take a huge step towards securing the Serie A title at the end of the weekend. It is with these top matches that the WhoScored Tipster's attentions are focused for the best bets of...

Premier League Focus: The Race for Champions League Qualification

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Premier League Focus: The Race for Champions League Qualification While the Champions League reaches its final stages in dramatic fashion, Germany and Spain can sit back and relax with at least one team from each in the semi-final, and the distinct possibility of another progressing tonight. England, meanwhile, had only Arsenal and Manchester United make it throug...