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Transfer Rumors (28 Jan 2010): Man City enter Johnson race, Tottenham in talks for old boy Kaboul, Fulham back in for Roma striker, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 28 2010

England City Move For Johnson Manchester City have made a bid for Middlesbrough winger Adam Johnson. (Daily Mail) Analysis: As much success as City have had with producing and molding…

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Surely it’s a wind up?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 28 2010

The latest fashionable place to be seen as a football club is in court facing a winding up order. Virtually all of these relate to debts owned to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs – i.e unpaid tax.

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Transfer Rumors (27 Jan 2010): Man United beat Arsenal for Fulham’s Smalling, Robinho closes on Brazil return, Turkish trek for Tottenham , and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 28 2010

United Strike Smalling Deal Manchester United have beaten off Arsenal’s late attempts to land Fulham center back Chris Smalling in a deal that could be worth up to £12m. The…

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Difficult games for Arsenal coming up

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 27 2010

The games against Aston Villa, Man U, Chelsea and Liverpool will show how good this Arsenal team is. Will they come out of it as serious challengers for the League?

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Manchester United v Manchester City – Carling Cup Semifinal

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Oct 11 2021

Manchester United v Manchester City Carling Cup Semifinal 2nd Leg Old Trafford Wednesday 27 January 2010 Kickoff: 20:00 GMT There hasn’t been a day pass since the first leg when…

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Moses tipped to part to Wenger’s Red Sea

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 27 2010

With Crystal Palace the latest club to suffer the plight of administration it now looks likely that their prize asset Victor Moses will be sold to pay off debts, the…

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Serbia’s Endless List of Wonder-kids

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Mar 10 2022

For a long time, the scouting networks of most European giants have concentrated on the talent coming out of the youth academies in South America, in particular Brazil and Argentina,…

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5 reasons why Beckham must go to South Africa

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 26 2010

There is no topic for debate, no hard hitting decision for Fabio Capello to make and no need for England fans to be dismissive of his inevitable conclusion in the…

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Transfer Rumors (25 Jan 2010): Everton hunt AC Milan’s Huntelaar, Bayern Munich eye Toffee star Pienaar, Russia beckoning for Liverpool’s Benayoun?, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 26 2010

England Everton In ‘Hunt‘ For New Strikers Everton are in the market for some new firepower, and one name high on David Moyes’ wishlist is AC Milan’s Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, according…

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Canaries could be reminded of painful past

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 26 2010

Chris Sutton, Craig Bellamy and Dean Ashton. The list could go on. These are just a few of the players who have made their name at Norwich City before moving…

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Why Capello should pick Crouch to partner Rooney

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 25 2010

Peter Crouch’s form should land him a starting place in England’s squad. The quality Crouch displayed in the game against Blackburn before Christmas highlighted the two sides to his game…

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Open Letter to Landon Donovan

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 29 2012

Dear Landon, I was wrong about you.  Along with most European and American pundits, I underestimated your talent and character when you left Bayer Leverkusen after an unsuccessful stint abroad….

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England’s World Cup Chances: The Class of 2010 v The Golden Generation

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 18 2010

Whilst we are used to (endlessly irritated by?) the hype surrounding every build-up to an England World Cup campaign, it’s fair to say that in 2006 much of the hype…

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Back in the days when Kevin Keegan ruled the world

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 4 2022

Stuart Fuller, from the blog The Ball is Round goes back to the end of the 1970’s for an international at Wembley Stadium. I am a difficult person to buy…

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Sympathy for the devil not enough for Milan

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 25 2010

It was billed as a contest between strength and beauty, substance versus style and whenever that’s the case the public generally side with the latter. And that’s why you should…

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