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Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku. (AFP)

Where are the Young Goalscorers Available to Buy?

by Paul Wilson | Jul 25, 2017 | Sports

London – According to just about every manager interviewed on the subject, not to mention the accumulated wisdom of more than 100 years of professional football, the hardest task in the game is putting the ball into the back of the net. It often looks...

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Eddie Howe’s Bournemouth finished ninth last season which was progress for English managers compared to the 2015-16 season when the top 10 coaches were all foreign. Photograph: James Marsh/BPI/Rex/Shutterstock

Will the Wait for an English Manager to Win the Premier League Ever End?

by Paul Wilson | Jul 23, 2017 | Sports

London- The Premier League has been going for 25 years and it is still no closer to being won by a team with an English manager. Actually that might not be completely true. Eddie Howe’s Bournemouth finished ninth last season and in the arid landscape of English...

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From left: Michael Keane, Sandro Ramírez, Jordan Pickford, Nathangelo Markelo, Henry Onyekuru and Davy Klaassen. Composite: Getty Images

Everton Hoping Early Deals Can Help Them Bridge Gap to the Top Four

by Paul Wilson | Jul 12, 2017 | Sports

London- There is no doubt which Premier League club have made the quickest start in the race to do business in the summer transfer window. One might not go as far as Robbie Fowler, who believes Everton’s resolve and targeted investment are making the rest of the...

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Everton’s Romelu Lukaku shows his outstanding strength in holding off the Chelsea centre-back Gary Cahill. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

Romelu Lukaku: £75m is Never a Bargain but Everton Striker is Worth It

by Paul Wilson | Jul 11, 2017 | Sports

London- Romelu Lukaku has been an obvious transfer target ever since he turned down the lucrative contract Everton offered him in March, doggies in shop windows have been less conspicuously for sale, yet when reports began to emerge that Manchester United were...

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Arsenal presented Alexandre Lacazette, their new signing for a club record £52.7m, earlier this week. Photograph: Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images

No Sign of Austerity in Premier League’s Never-ending Transfer Spree

by Paul Wilson | Jul 10, 2017 | Sports

London- Liverpool and Everton were first, Arsenal have just joined them, and Huddersfield Town managed it twice in the same week. The transfer window still has the best part of two months to run and the real horse-trading is yet to start, but this looks like it could...