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Senegal’s Sadio Mané, Egypt’s Mohamed Elneny, Ivory Coast’s Lamine Koné, Algeria’s Riyad Mahrez and Ivory Coast’s Max Gradel will all be starring for their national sides at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations rather than playing in the Premier League. Composite: AFP; Getty Images; Rex/Shutterstock; Action Images via Reuters,

The Premier League’s likely winners and losers from 2017 Africa Cup of Nations

by Paul Doyle | Jan 7, 2017 | Sports

Now is the time for top clubs to prove that to be forewarned really is to be forearmed. Everyone knew that the Africa Cup of Nations was on the agenda for early 2017 and now, with 23 Premier League players among those heading off to Gabon to compete for their...

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During his time as manager of QPR Harry Redknapp claimed not to enjoy the mayhem of the transfer window. Photograph: Adam Davy/PA

Love it or Hate it, the January Transfer Window Provides Unique Excitement

by Barry Glendenning | Jan 5, 2017 | Sports

And so it begins … again. A rolling, meandering soap opera that never really stops started in earnest on Sunday as the new year heralded the opening of the January transfer window. An often tedious month-long orgy of will-they won’t-they drama, whisper and...

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Clockwise from top left:
Mönchengladbach’s Mahmoud Dahoud, Southampton’s Virgil van Dijk, Ajax striker Kasper Dolberg, Red Bull Salzburg’s Dayot Upamecano and Benfica defender Victor Lindelof. Composite: BPS/Rex; IPS/Rex; VI-Images; Tass; Rex/Shutterstock

Ten January Window Transfer Targets – from Lindelof to Upamecano

by Ed Aarons | Dec 30, 2016 | Sports

Victor Lindelof, Benfica Benfica still owe the tiny Swedish club Vasteras €250,000 from purchasing the defender back in 2012 but the Portuguese side could be cashing in to the tune of more than 200 times that figure next month. Lindelof began his career in Portugal as...