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‘The Boy Has Got Skills’ – West Ham’s Dylan Tombides

Date: 15th April 2013 at 6:30 pm | Written by
‘The Boy Has Got Skills’ – West Ham’s Dylan TombidesIf you were to ask a child who they looked up to, or who their inspiration in life was, the chances are most of them would reply with a footballer. Your replies will generally be down to where Manchester United or Chelsea are in the league and will generally be whoever is the top scorer …

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‘The Boy Has Got Skills’ – Tottenham’s Kenneth McEvoy

Date: 14th April 2013 at 10:00 am | Written by
‘The Boy Has Got Skills’ – Tottenham’s Kenneth McEvoy“Two Gareth Bale’s.” “There’s only two Gareth Bale’s” “Two Gareth Bale’s” “There’s only two Gareth Bale’s” I’m pretty sure it won’t be too long before that witty bunch down at the lane start cracking out that clever little masterpiece during a game. In fact for all I know they may have beaten me to it, …

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‘The Boy Has Got Skills’ – Manchester United’s Frederic Veseli

Date: 12th April 2013 at 4:35 pm | Written by
‘The Boy Has Got Skills’ – Manchester United’s Frederic VeseliFrederic Veseli joined Manchester United after being released by neighbours Manchester City. The Swiss under-20 star arrived at United with a big reputation and a lot of potential. The youngster has all the attributes to make a world class centre half. He reads the game well, has good positional sense, strong in the air and …

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‘The Boy Has Got Skills’ – Liverpool’s Jerome Sinclair

Date: 11th April 2013 at 6:36 pm | Written by
‘The Boy Has Got Skills’ – Liverpool’s Jerome SinclairWhen you make your senior debut at the age of 16 years and 6 days for a club with as much stature as Liverpool, you know you’ve been doing something right in training. And this is exactly the position young forward Jerome Sinclair found himself in back in September 2012, as manager Brendan Rodgers brought …

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‘The Boy Has Got Skills’ – Arsenal’s Chuba Akpom

Date: 11th April 2013 at 6:15 pm | Written by
‘The Boy Has Got Skills’ – Arsenal’s Chuba AkpomThe 17-year-old English player Chuba Akpom is one of the brightest young talents to emerge into the world of football this year and  many who have seen him play this season agree that the starlet is years ahead of his time in terms of ability. He has not only broke into Arsenal’s U21 and reserve squad …

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‘The Boy has Got Skills’ – Liverpool’s Samed Yesil

Date: 9th April 2013 at 6:35 pm | Written by
‘The Boy has Got Skills’ – Liverpool’s Samed YesilUnless you’re a hardcore Liverpool fan you probably won’t have noticed Samed Yesil. That is unless of course you managed to tune into U17 World Cup back in 2011. If you did manage to watch the competition you will have noticed that the German took the tournament by storm. Notching an impressive six goals in …

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‘The boy has got skills’ – Tottenham’s Cristian Ceballos

Date: 8th April 2013 at 6:00 pm | Written by
‘The boy has got skills’ – Tottenham’s Cristian CeballosWhen told that your club is set to sign a highly rated young foreign footballer, it becomes somewhat of a tradition to type ‘said’ players name into a popular video based search engine. From there you sit back, wonder why the video creator found it necessary to set the video to a Katy Perry soundtrack, …

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A potential breakthrough in modern transfers?

Date: 15th October 2012 at 6:30 pm | Written by
A potential breakthrough in modern transfers?The cries of “he’s just too good for you” were once reserved solely for Adel Taarabt, but now these words are inspired by a young star at Crystal Palace, whose recent performances have seen him tear through Championship defences as the club surges up the table. Wilfried Zaha is the latest extraordinary talent to have …

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The Boy’s A Bit Special…Ignasi Miquel

Date: 15th September 2012 at 11:26 am | Written by
The Boy’s A Bit Special…Ignasi MiquelThe gaping hole in Arsenal’s trophy cabinet since 2005 has been the cause of much concern for the Gunners supporters who, along with the press, continue to talk of an ongoing crisis. Fans of sides lower down the leagues can only smile wryly when a ‘crisis’ means only qualifying for the Champions League year in, …

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The Boy’s a bit special…Angelo Henriquez

Date: 5th September 2012 at 3:06 pm | Written by
The Boy’s a bit special…Angelo HenriquezYou could be mistaken for thinking there was only one significant piece of transfer activity that happened at Old Trafford this summer. The signing of Robin Van Persie from Arsenal stole all the limelight and even poor Shinji Kagawa had little time to bask in the spotlight as United’s most high profile arrival this summer. …

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