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Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil. (AFP)

Why Curiosity was Never Going to Kill Arsenal’s Mesut Özil

by Barney Ronay | Oct 18, 2017 | Sports

London – You’d have to try pretty hard not to like Paul Merson as a TV pundit. Even if you insisted on making a public show of not liking him – rolling your eyes, clutching a scented handkerchief, pointing out, pedantically, that he often talks a load of rubbish...

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. (Getty Images)

Premier League Clubs Missed their Chance to Keep Christmas Eve Special

by Barry Glendenning | Oct 11, 2017 | Sports

London – The almost total lack of regard in which broadcasters hold football fans is no secret, so it should have come as no surprise to learn Sky Sports is proposing to reschedule Arsenal’s home match against Liverpool for Christmas Eve in what the Football...

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Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere. (Getty Images)

Jack Wilshere Keen to Stay at Arsenal after Return to First-Team Fold

by Amy Lawrence | Oct 10, 2017 | Sports

London – Jack Wilshere looks like a player determined to grasp every moment of football he is offered this season, and his mini renaissance since returning to fitness and the fold at Arsenal has made him want to commit to the club for the long term. Wilshere’s...

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Liverpool’s midfielder Philippe Coutinho runs with the ball during the English Premier League football match against Manchester City March 19, 2017. (AFP)

Coutinho, Van Dijk, Sanchez Need to Re-Find Feet after Being Stood up by Suitors

by Amy Lawrence | Sep 12, 2017 | Sports

A penny for someone’s thoughts seems a ludicrously old-fashioned saying in the era of the £1.4bn Premier League transfer window. But now the whole brouhaha is over it is hard not to wonder what is going on inside the heads of players whose hopes were dashed on...

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Frank de Boer has made a disastrous start at Crystal Palace but his players are struggling with an extreme transition after a relegation battle under Sam Allardyce. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters

Palace and Arsenal Epitomize Premier League’s Lack of Joined-Up Thinking

by Jacob Steinberg | Sep 9, 2017 | Sports

Now the honeymoon period has well and truly fizzled out, extinguished by so much sideways football that soon Louis van Gaal will be making a pilgrimage to Selhurst Park to see what all the fuss is about, it comes as no surprise to learn Crystal Palace appear to be...