Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger are the longest serving managers in the English game and are as settled as could be but that’s not enough to stop the media from constantly speculating about their departures. Since Ferguson’s declaration that he would retire back in 2000 the media have consistently bandied around names to take over from Ferguson despite his decision to stay on. …

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Paul Scholes is a Manchester United legend, one of the greatest players to have played in the Premier League; but at 35 it may be time for him to call it a day. His recent performance against Fulham was atrocious; he was off the pace and was unable to make any impression in the final third of the …

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Faustino Aprilla is a cult hero amongst many Newcastle United fans; the Columbian spent less than 3 years at the club but in that time he won many admirers with his flamboyant style of play. But where is he now?

Asprilla arrived at Newcastle in the 95/96 season and is blamed by many for Newcastle failure to win the league title that season. His inconsistent performances …

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Sharpe in his United days

As Ryan Giggs is inundated with praise for his performances in the twilight of his career, a former Man United left winger will look back and wonder if he could have found himself in a similar position, if luck had been on his side.

Lee Sharpe was an immensly …

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You have to feel confident about the abilities of a player picked out by a youth academy boss who brought through the likes of Andres Iniesta, Xavi, Cesc Fabregas, and that’s just naming midfielders. Iker Segura took all those players on whilst at Barcelona and now he’s snapping up top talent for Liverpool just as it was hoped …

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It was somewhat of an inauspicious start to Gilles Sunu’s Arsenal career after he signed a scholarship with the London club in 2007. After impressing scout Gilles Grimandi in the youth academy at Chateauroux, he was purchased for quite a hefty sum (believed to be in the region of £1million) to start the 2007/08 campaign with …

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Fulham right-back John Paintsil could be sidelined for the rest of the season by a knee injury sustained in the 2-1 defeat by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

The Cottagers are waiting on the verdict on a scan to the 28-year-old Ghana international's injury, but manager

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When he was recently asked about how the game of football could be improved, Arsene Wenger suggested that throw-ins should be done away with and that kick-ins should be brought in. While certainly innovative, does this idea have any merits?

The logic behind Wenger’s suggestion is that in no other situation are outfield players allowed to handle the ball. In his eyes, it would …

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Don’t you just love the papers sometimes? It was not too long ago that Rafa Benitez was being criticised for fielding a different side for the 100th consecutive game. The media have pounced in the past on the rotation policy for being the reason for Benitez’s failure to win the title in his time at Anfield, citing occasions such as the away draw at Portsmouth two …

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As the decade where the results business took full ascendancy in football, it was fitting that one of the final Premier League games of the ‘noughties’ should be played out by two sides who embody that spirit completely.

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