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When a player is the subject of a 30 million transfer fee in the market, the subject is expected to deliver. Though the occasional glimpse of genius has been seen at Dimitar Berbatov’s Old Trafford career, the phrases in the opening line have been associated with the Bulgarian to date.
Alex Ferguson chased his man [...]

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Fergie had just done what was once considered unthinkable and sold David Beckham to Real Madrid for £25 Million.
How would United replace him? Could they replace him?
When a rather gangly looking teenager bought from Sporting Lisbon for half of what we sold Beckham for was introduced as a sub against Bolton in 2003, he set [...]

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Where would we all be without the UK Press? An even better question is what am I doing adding even more print to the already exhausted saga of the world record transfer of the greatest narcissist in the history of football?
Ronaldo must be positively unbearable, flouncing around in LA with the world media spotlight on [...]

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Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has ended speculation over his future at Anfield by signing a new deal that will keep him at the club until 2014.
The 48-year-old put pen to paper after protracted negotiations which put a doubt over his tenure at the club.
But Benitez said: “My heart is with Liverpool, so I’m delighted to [...]

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Since purchasing the club five years ago, Roman Abramovich has declined all requests for interview, a reticence that has resulted in the club’s fans being left in the dark over the managerial upheaval that began with Claudio Ranieri’s ousting in 2004. With interim boss Guus Hiddink intent on returning to Russia at the end of [...]

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Football is one of the greatest things in the world but it’s not perfect. It used to be perfect. Before money and television and the Bosman ruling and Baby Bentleys and roastings and tattoos and takeovers and no standing and agents and prawn sandwiches and rotation.
English newspaper The Times takes a stab at the “50 [...]

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The most exciting part of the UEFA Champions League is underway, The Knockout Stages. We’re getting closer to crowning a European champion and if Italian teams continue to play the way they did on Tuesday in the 1st leg of the Round of 16 then the UEFA Champions League trophy will not settle in [...]

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According to reports from Italy, the deal to send Ricardo Quaresma on loan to Chelsea has been completed, although neither club have released an official statement yet and as such this transfer must be termed unconfirmed.
SKY Italia and Tuttomercatoweb have reported that the Portuguese winger will join the Blues for the remainder of the season [...]

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