A Star in the Making

There have been many great Brazilian full back pairings: Djalma Santos and Nilton Santos in the 1958 and 1962 teams, the Leandro-Junior pairing in the 1980’s and the Roberto Carlos-Cafu combination recently. There is another pairing that could one day rival these former greats: Manchester United’s Brazilian twins of Fabio and Rafael Da Silva. Described by The Times as Brazil’s answer …

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Liverpool have beaten out a host of Premiership clubs to sign teenage sensation Raheem Sterling from QPR, signing the 15 year old on a £300,000 contract yesterday.

Dubbed as the “next Theo Walcott”, the wonderkid has signed a contract until 2014 andwill join Liverpool’s academy, with further instalments being …

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For Tottenham fans that cannot quite place the name ‘Harry Kane’, it is the name belonging to that chap from the Spurs academy that never seems to stop scoring. The Walthamstow-born striker does not turn 17 until July, but that has not stopped him becoming a regular fixture in the Tottenham under-18s Barclays FA Academy …

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Rafa Benitez is one for making strange decisions. Upon naming a fairly unknown Martin Kelly in his starting line-up for this seasons Champions League game against Lyon, you could have be fooled into thinking this was one of them. However, in and around Anfield, the 19-year old defender has been quietly building up a very big reputation.

The defender, who stands …

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Players who come through the ranks at Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal are, more often than not, going to have first-rate technique, and Queens Park Rangers’ Matthew Connolly is no exception. Last month, with the R’s chasing an equaliser away at Blackpool, the 22-year-old volleyed home a 25-yard strike that …

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Crystal Palace saw one of their star talents sold by the administrators last month in Victor Moses. The tricky winger, who can also play upfront, was being linked with some of the biggest clubs in Europe including Arsenal, Real Madrid and Barcelona. While those Spanish moves didn’t materialise he linked up with the next best thing from Catalonia – Roberto Martinez at

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When you are a ’smaller’ club you face many a problem. Securing your position in the league could be one, finances another but most managers will tell you they dread when a ‘big’ club comes knocking for one of their players. It has happened before and usually the club is powerless to stop it and it looks like this could be the case with Tom Cairney.

Whilst Liam Cooper and Mark …

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In recent years the English Premier League has been home to many young Spanish players looking to make their way in the world of football. Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas is the most successful Spanish youngster to date and the Gunners Captain has already made a major impression on the Premier League. His Arsenal teammate

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Not only a premiership star, but also a world star in the making, Juan Mata has got it all. The only hope for us is that a Premier League club snap him up so we can watch him every week.

Since his arrival at Valencia, Juan Manuel Matija Mata García has had Valencia fans in awe and Real Madrid fans questioning their own club …

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Newcastle United’s youth system is not famed for the quality of players it produces; but in the last couple of years there have been promising developments. Andy Carroll and Nile Ranger have made the step up to the first team and both look as they have the potential to be good players. A youngster named Haris Vučkić was …

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