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Team Focus: Will Sporting KC Miss Kei Kamara?

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Team Focus: Will Sporting KC Miss Kei Kamara? As pacesetters for the Eastern Conference title Sporting Kansas City had no intention of selling Kei Kamara.But just as has been proved across the spectrum of the summer transfer window – with moves for Gareth Bale, Mesut Ozil and Marouane Fellaini – everyone has a price. For Sporting KC...

Team Focus: Mazzarri's Plan Coming Together at Inter

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Team Focus: Mazzarri's Plan Coming Together at Inter Contemptuous of journalists at the best of times and never one to suffer fools gladly, Esteban Cambiasso shook his head on reading that Inter’s players were apparently telling each other they hadn’t worked this hard in pre-season since the days of Héctor Cúper.“Only [...

Team Focus: New Signings Bring New Style to Gladbach

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Team Focus: New Signings Bring New Style to Gladbach The summer of 2012/13 was certainly an eventful one for Borussia Mönchengladbach as Lucien Favre saw arguably his three best outfielders in Roman Neustädter, Dante and, most notably, Marco Reus head for the exit door. As a reaction the Swiss coach brought in eye-catching new recruits in th...

Team Focus: Encouraging Start to Benítez Era at Napoli

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Team Focus: Encouraging Start to Benítez Era at Napoli Resisting the temptations on offer in Naples’ restaurants is, by Rafa Benitez’s own admission, “torture.” “I have already received 100s of invitations to try the pasta and pizza [here], but I don’t know how [I’ll be able to accept them all],” he told L...

Team Focus: Arsenal Win Midfield Battle in North London Derby

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Team Focus: Arsenal Win Midfield Battle in North London Derby The story of Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur this season so far has been all about the respective central midfields. Tottenham have been powerful but not especially creative, while Arsenal had shown signs of an all too familiar flimsiness. On Sunday, when the sides met at the Emirates, though, there w...

Team Focus: Defence Key To Southampton's Successful Start

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Team Focus: Defence Key To Southampton's Successful Start As Southampton strengthen this summer, Mauricio Pochettino has been handed a substantial war-chest to utilise. Dejan Lovren, Victor Wanyama and Pablo Osvaldo have all arrived to solidify areas that needed bolstering, with Saints looking a much stronger outfit as a result.While the south coast club d...

Team Focus: Solid Midfield the Base for Improvement at Tottenham

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Team Focus: Solid Midfield the Base for Improvement at Tottenham There is a danger, amid the hoohah over Gareth Bale’s probable departure from Tottenham, that the excellent business they have done this summer is overlooked. On Sunday, as they produced a competent if not especially thrilling 1-0 victory over Swansea City, their startingline-up included four ...

Team Focus: Manchester United's Creative Problems Remain Despite Opening Win

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Team Focus: Manchester United's Creative Problems Remain Despite Opening Win Manchester United's lack of success in the transfer market this summer has been repeatedly and consistently attributed to the absence of Sir Alex Ferguson to draw in the big names, new manager David Moyes presumed to be less of an enticement to potential newcomers. Prior to the opening games of the ...

Team Focus: How Swansea City Can Improve On Their End Of Season Form

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Team Focus: How Swansea City Can Improve On Their End Of Season Form Back in February, Swansea City secured their first piece of major silverware in their 101-year history, comfortably overcoming Bradford City to land the Capital One Cup. Their fans, understandably ecstatic, expected big things following the result at Wembley and with European qualification secured, ...

Team Focus: Chelsea's Striker Search Starts But Doesn't End With Rooney

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Team Focus: Chelsea's Striker Search Starts But Doesn't End With Rooney Jose Mourinho, typically, wasn’t backwards about his forwards. When the returned Chelsea manager was asked on Tuesday whether he had a “plan B” if he fails in his public pursuit of Wayne Rooney, his reply was instantaneous.“And C.”Of course, the reason is also that Mour...