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January Transfer Window: Where will Arshavin end up and who else will be on the move?

27 December 2008 | About Dave Farrar

Keen shoppers aren't the only people looking for sales in January, it's also the opening of the football January transfer window, Dave Farrar tells us. Which will lead to such questions as: how will Huntelaar and Diarra settle in at... Read more | Comment now

Cash has shifted the balance of power in European football but how long before it leads to success?

18 November 2008 | About Alsy

In the 80s and 90s we saw the world's best flock to Spain and Italy and later England but these days it's not unusual to see a former World Cup winner and World Player Of The Year play in Uzbekistan... Read more | Comment now

The role of the playmaker still lives

28 October 2008 | About Alsy

Xavi, Iniesta, Cambiasso, Pirlo and Fabregas are some of the finest exponents of the role of the playmaker in modern football but what attributes do they possess that got them the job in the first place, asks Alister Morgan.... Read more | Comment now