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The Premier League Globetrotters

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World made of moneyThere are some things in football that have a sense of inevitability around them. Man United fans will disappear from all social networks when their team are struggling, Joey Barton will use those same social networks to criticise players who are better than him and Harry Redknapp will sign Niko Kranjčar. But one thing that seems to have become equally inevitable is that, every few years, talk of playing a Premier League game in strange foreign lands will resurface.

 

Why Manchester City Can’t Play In Europe

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Manuel PellegriniI’m going to address this right at the beginning, there may not be a conclusion at the end of this article. I don’t think I know the answer to the problem that I’m addressing. But I take heart from the fact that nobody seems to have the answer. In this article, I address why Manchester City can’t seem to play in the Champions League.

 

Is this the most versatile team in football?

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Versatile Egg CookbookAs reports suggest that Calum Chambers may be in line to 'solve' Arsenal's midfield human resource crisis, a conversation with 90 Minutes Online's Darren Douglas got me thinking about football's utility men. The Bird's Eye Potato Waffles of their trade, these are the chaps who'll 'do a job' anywhere.

 

Neil Lennon: Unemployed & Underestimated

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Neil Lennon waveWhen Neil Lennon left his post as Celtic manager at the end of last season, he must have been reasonably confident that his desire to manage an English club would have been fulfilled sooner rather than later. However, the Irishman remains out of work, and for all he initially stated that a sabbatical from the game would do him no harm if it came to that, by all accounts he is currently itching to get back on the training ground.

 

Football Retirement Homes

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Pires at FC Goa (courtesy of India Express)

What is it that attracts famous footballers to strange foreign lands? This week Robert Pires became the latest player to take part in this ever growing trend, setting off for India’s IPL. The 40 year old former French international retired three years ago but has been tempted out of his rest by the idea of playing outside of Europe for the first time in his already illustrious career. But why?

 

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