If you hear Arsenal Football Club mentioned, I’d hazard a guess that the next thing you’d think would be Arsene Wenger. The Frenchman, now 68 years old, has become synonymous with both Arsenal and the Premier League but announced last week that this will be his last year at the helm. In a season where…
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Footballers’ aversion to paying tax
Alexis Sanchez has been given a 16-month suspended prison sentence for tax evasion. The fraud took place during his time in Barcelona, when the Chilean footballer reportedly avoided paying up to 1 million euros (£886,000) in taxes. In order to avoid jail, the player has reached an agreement with the Spanish Attorney General, whereby he…
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Disaster for Arsenal
As a huge Arsenal fan, this is not a fun piece to write. Arsenal look like they are again in free fall and this time, it could be even worse than normal. We recently got eliminated at the first time of asking in the FA Cup by Nottingham Forest, and frankly, we deserved it. Stick…
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Wenger under pressure after 5-1 first-leg Champions League hammering in Munich
Following a humiliating 5-1 defeat to Bayern Munich in the last-16 of the Champions League, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has faced mounting pressure to step down at the end of the season. It seems certain that this will be the sixth consecutive season that Arsenal have crashed out of the competition in the first knockout…
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Manchester City on top as 16/17 title race hots up
Manchester City lead the Premier League table on goal difference after nine games, though they are tied on points with Arsenal and Liverpool. Manchester City have been favourites for the title ever since their convincing victory in the Manchester derby. Pep Guardiola is fast stealing the crown as ‘the special one’ of English football and…
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Is Le Professeur changing the curriculum?
It’s probably fair to say that Arsene Wenger is a man set in his ways. He knows what he likes and he likes what he knows. For the last nine years, Arsenal have finished third or fourth in the Premier League and have not progressed further than the semi-finals in the Champions League. Excluding their…
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Is Costa costing football?
Few teams seem to remain so consistently under the spotlight as Chelsea. Be it their form, their manager or their off the pitch antics, it seems impossible to ignore them. The latest in Chelsea’s outlier of a season is the questionable behaviour of their anti- hero, Diego Costa during the Arsenal vs Chelsea clash last…
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City and Arsenal gear up for Champions League knock-outs
It’s that time again folks. The superpowers of the European footballing world are gearing up after their two-month long slumber: we’re into the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League. It’s a far cry from the last gasps of the group stages, all the way back in the distant days of December when European games…
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City and Arsenal gear up for Champions League knock-outs
It’s that time again folks. The superpowers of the European footballing world are gearing up after their two-month long slumber: we’re into the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League. It’s a far cry from the last gasps of the group stages, all the way back in the distant days of December when European games…
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