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£50m is a lot of money for a free-kick specialist. Photograph: McManus/BPI/Rex/Shutterstock

Everton Should Think Twice Before Signing Gylfi Sigurdsson for £50m

by Martin Laurence | Aug 1, 2017 | Sports

London- This transfer window is taking the phrase “silly season” to a whole new level, with record signings being unveiled throughout the Premier League. Thirteen of the 20 clubs in the league broke their transfer records last summer but Everton broke the mould. Their...

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Patrick Vieira’s playing style stunned his new team-mates when he joined Arsenal from Milan aged 19. Photograph: David Davies/PA

Premier League at 25: The Best Signing – Patrick Vieira to Arsenal

by Amy Lawrence | Jul 31, 2017 | Sports

London- Sometimes, end-of-era curtain calls happen without the necessary fanfare. So it was, at the 2005 FA Cup final, one of the great individual rivalries in English football took centre stage for its final scene. But nobody knew it at the time. Nobody foresaw that...

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Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho celebrates with the crowd after scoring a goal during the English League Cup final against Manchester City at Wembley Stadium in London in February 2016. (AFP)

Premier League Pre-Season Tours: a Feast for Fans in Far-Flung Destinations

by Amy Lawrence | Jul 19, 2017 | Sports

London – It is not only superfans of the elite who are catered for in the modern era of the pre-season international extravaganza. Mansfield Town are warming up for the new League Two campaign in Malta, and the club offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to...

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Antonio Rüdiger commits a lot of fouls and may not be an upgrade on Kurt Zouma and Andreas Christensen. Photograph: Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC/Getty Images

Do Chelsea Really Need New £34m Signing Antonio Rüdiger?

by Martin Laurence | Jul 14, 2017 | Sports

London- Since arriving in London, Antonio Conte has had one definitive wish: to sign a centre-back schooled in his homeland. In Antonio Rüdiger, to an extent, he has finally got that man. Yet, Conte would have preferred Leonardo Bonucci and there is a lingering sense...

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Sol Campbell is learning ‘a little bit of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and French’ to open options abroad. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Sol Campbell: ‘I’m Prepared to Go to a Non-league Club and Just Get a Win Bonus’

by Sachin Nakrani | Jul 14, 2017 | Sports

London- During his playing days Sol Campbell went about his business, on and off the pitch, with ice-cold assurance, so it is gripping, on a warm afternoon in west London, to hear him speak with burning desperation about his desire to become a manager. The former...