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Barcelona have a lot of money to spend. Who will they buy? Composite: Rex/Shutterstock, AFP, Getty Images

Who Should Barcelona Sign to Replace Neymar?

by Ben McAleer | Aug 6, 2017 | Sports

The first transfer to break the £100m barrier cost nearly £200m. The easiest way for Barcelona to appease their supporters will be by investing that money in a high-profile successor. Here are seven players they could sign – and one who they already have signed – to...

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Chelsea’s Eden Hazard celebrate’s his team winning of the Premier League. (Getty Images)

Hazard – not Kanté – was Best Premier League Player this Season

by Martin Laurence | May 26, 2017 | Sports

London – Eden Hazard – not N’Golo Kanté – was the best performer this season, closely followed by Alexis Sánchez, Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku and Roberto Firmino. Arsenal: Alexis Sánchez, 7.74 The second highest rated player in the entire league, Alexis Sánchez...

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Nemanja Matic beats Tottenham’s Hugo Lloris with a spectacular shot to secure an FA Cup semi-final win as Chelsea found a way to prevail. Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images

Chelsea’s Premier League Triumph: The Key Moments That Led to the Title

by Dominic Fifield | May 15, 2017 | Sports

From Antonio Conte’s tone-setting first public words to the dismantling of Everton we outline the most important moments in shaping Chelsea’s triumph. Antonio Conte is unveiled as manager The eighth permanent managerial appointment of Roman Abramovich’s ownership of...

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Eden Hazard. (AFP)

Why Eden Hazard Eclipses the N’Golo Kanté Cult and is Player of the Year

by Barney Ronay | Mar 27, 2017 | Sports

London – There are some things in sport that you’re just not allowed to say, lines that must not be crossed. For a long time it was more or less impossible to say in public that you thought Paul Scholes was simply a very good footballer, as opposed to a...

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Chelsea’s Eden Hazard celebrates after scoring a goal against Schalke 04 during their Champions League soccer match in Gelsenkirchen October 22, 2013. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender

Eden Hazard: ‘If I Ever Leave Chelsea, It Will be after Winning The League’

by Dominic Fifield | Nov 25, 2016 | Sports

Eden Hazard has grown used to the stream of instruction barked from the touchline. He puts his head down, stays in the zone as best he can, and might occasionally flit over to the opposite flank in search of respite. But there is never any real escaping Antonio...