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Player Focus: Wesley Sneijder

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Player Focus: Wesley Sneijder I'm going with my head high, I'm going to a great team, there's no doubt about that. I've been very happy here but now I have to look ahead and focus on my new team. What happened with me is something very strange. They have treated me very badly but I prefer not to talk about it.”Those words,...

Player Focus: Milan Badelj

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Player Focus: Milan Badelj When the transfer window closed on September 1st, many HSV supporters were celebrating, full of joy about the club’s most recent acquisitions. After having captured the former German number one goalkeeper René Adler on a free transfer from Bayer Leverkusen earlier in the summer, the &ld...

Player Focus: WhoScored's Top Rated Young Centre-Backs

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Player Focus: WhoScored's Top Rated Young Centre-Backs A third of the way into the season, it is fair to say that a number of hot prospects have either emerged or continued to develop this season, and we at WhoScored are always keen to give credit where credit's due.Perhaps the most high pressure role to fill at a young age is at centre-back, and in thi...

Player Focus: Franck Ribéry

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Player Focus: Franck Ribéry FC Bayern Munich; not solely reliant on their first eleven anymore, the German giants still lean on their outstanding star.Having conceded the title for two consecutive years for the first time since the 94/95 and 95/96 seasons, Bayern analysed their problems this summer and strengthened the squad i...

Player Focus: Fernando Torres

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Player Focus: Fernando Torres Roberto Mancini revealed yesterday that he almost signed Fernando Torres for £50m from Liverpool in January 2011. What a lucky escape. Back then he was one of the most feared strikers in football, scorer of Spain's only goal in the final of Euro 2008 and everyone, including Manchester Cit...

Player Focus: Special Delivery - Europe's Top Crossers

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Player Focus: Special Delivery - Europe's Top Crossers Here we take a quick look at the players to shine this season when it comes to crossing, focusing on both frequency of deliveries into the box and the accuracy with which they are played.To do so we placed a filter of at least 7 league appearances (just above half of the potential games a player cou...

Player Focus: The Best Of Sebastian Giovinco Is Yet To Come

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Player Focus: The Best Of Sebastian Giovinco Is Yet To Come “What a waste!” screamed the front page of Sunday’s Tuttosport, the Turin based sports daily bemoaning the fact an utterly dominant Juventus – the league’s leading scorers – had failed to find a single goal against Lazio the previous evening. La Gazzetta dello Spo...

Player Focus: The Evolution of Marouane Fellaini

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Player Focus: The Evolution of Marouane Fellaini The transformation of a player whose integration into the Premier League did not go unnoticed for a number of reasons has been one of the real success stories of the season so far. Rarely associated with attacking prowess in his early days at Everton - though he was clearly a real threat in the oppo...

Player Focus: October Team of the Month

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Player Focus: October Team of the Month October has come and gone, but some performances from a number of the world's top players will stay fresh in the memory as we take a look at the best players over the past month.Here we look at the best available XI in a 4-4-2 formation comprised of players from across Europe's top 5 leagues startin...

Player Focus: Japan's Attacking Talents in the Bundesliga

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Player Focus: Japan's Attacking Talents in the Bundesliga It's fair to say that the influence of Asian players is growing in the European game nowadays, with the Bundesliga the forerunner for showcasing talents from The Far East. Even after the departure of Shinji Kagawa to the Premier League, a strong contingent of attacking players from The Orient remain...