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Can Arsenal Break Into Top 4 This Season Important Factors for it. After nearly 10 years of negativity,there is a new aura of optimism around the Emirates stadium.With the departure of Arsene Wenger after 22 years and the appointment of new manager Unai Emery,Arsenal fans can finally expect some exciting football this season. Emery was quick to strengthen his squad with the signing of  Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus, free), Bernd Leno (Bayer Leverkusen, undisclosed), Sokratis Papostoupolos (Borussia Dortmund, undisclosed) Lucas Torreira (Sampdoria, undisclosed), covering all areas on the field he needed to strengthen. Arsenal suffered a lot the previous season due to their lack luster defence.The fall of Petr Cech from grace accompained with numerous defensive errors by the back four have forced Arsenal for another consecutive season in Europa league. Bernd Leno will provide safe hand between the sticks while  Lichtsteinern and  Sokratis Papostoupol...

Chelsea lose on Alexsandr Golovin Monaco  have announced the signing of  CSKA Moscow  midfielder  Aleksandr Golovin  despite interest from the Premier League. Golovin, 22, played an essential role in the World Cup as Russia reached the quarter-finals, beating 2010-winnners Spain along the way. Naturally his exploits in the quadrennial tournament alerted some of the continent’s elite clubs, and Chelsea were believed to be frontrunners to secure the services of the Siberian footballer. However, the Kaltan-born midfielder has now ended his six-year association in the Russian capital and will move to the French Riviera on a five-year contract, keeping him at the Stade Louis II until June 2023. Golovin has signed for an undisclosed fee, though reports suggest the figure is in the region of £20m. Vadim Vasilyev – AS Monaco Vice President and Chief Executive Officer – told the club’s  official website  that his performances in the Wo...

Harry Maguire - Tactical Profile Will he solve United's Defensive problems? Its no secret now that Manchester United want England world cup star and Leicester city defender Harry Maguire to boost their lack luster defence which probably costed them atleast the FA cup. Jose Mourinho is determined to make Maguire his fourth signing of the summer after midfielder Fred, right back Diogo Dalot and goalkeeper Lee Grant and has told the club’s executive vice-chairman, Ed Woodward, he wants a deal completed before the close of the transfer window on August 9. But Leicester, who travel to Old Trafford for the opening match of the new Premier League season a day after the window closes, are thought to be reluctant to sell Maguire and are still hoping to persuade the 25-year-old to sign a lucrative new contract. The 2016 Premier League champions are loathe to lose another big player following Riyad Mahrez’s £60 million move to Manchester City just over a...

Is Xherdan Shaqiri To Liverpool A Good Signing? Can Shaqiri further strengthen Livepool's attack? When you nail as many transfers as Liverpool have done in the last few years, anything that appears less than obviously stellar raises eyebrows. If Liverpool are so smart and analytically minded, then what do they see in a just relegated Xherdan Shaqiri? The first thing to note is that this is quite obviously a percentage play depth signing. The price of around £13.75 million is cheap by comparison to most in today’s market and for that you’re getting a vastly experienced international player who is amazingly still just 26 years old. The obvious critique towards Shaqiri is his shot selection: Shaqiri scored 8 goals and assisted another 7 last season.5 out of his 8 goals came from outside the box. It looks good at first,but Shaqiri attempted 44 shots for those 4 goals,as one of those goals came from direct free kick. Let us look at the stat map of Shaqiri ...

Mesut Ozil retires from International football The midfielder claims to have been the subject of "racism and disrespect" following his high-profile and controversial meeting with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan L et us First have a look at what Ozil stated as a reason for his retirement on twitter  "The treatment I have received from the DFB and many others makes me no longer want to wear the German national team shirt," he said as part of a lengthy statement. "I feel unwanted and think that what I have achieved since my international debut in 2009 has been forgotten. He added: "It is with a heavy heart and after much consideration that because of recent events, I will no longer be playing for Germany at international level whilst I have this feeling of racism and disrespect. I used to wear the German shirt with such pride and excitement, but now I don't. "This decision has benn extremely difficult to make because I have alw...

Wilfried Ndidi - Tactical Profile Leicester have found their new N'golo Kante Many questions were asked of then Premier League champions Leicester City as they allowed one of the stars of their historic title-winning season in Ngolo Kante to move to Chelsea for  £ 32 m.  Although The Foxes managed to keep hold of other crucial players like Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez, the Leicester midfield began to show signs of weakness as the foxes endured a mixed season as they finished 12th in the defense of their title. Although it is seemingly impossible to replace a player of Kante’s calibre, Wilfred Ndidi was brought in during the January transfer window of 2017 – signing from Belgian side Genk for  £17m  and helped steady the Leicester ship as they quickly eased any fears of a relegation battle. But Ndidi has shown his true colours in the 17/18 premier league season.Just within one and a half year Ndidi has grown an important part of the leicester team with man...

Alassane Plea signs for Borussia Monchengladbach Gladbach are looking to qualify for Europe this season Borussia Monchengladbach have recently signed OGC Nice striker Alassane Plea for 23 million euros(a club record fee) ,who has penned down a 5 year deal.Plea was chased by epl teams like Tottenham,Leicester city and West Ham.But it has come as a surprise as he is now at Gladbach Plea palyed 34 matches for Nice in Ligue1 scoring 16 goals and setting up 5. He came in his best form at the end of the season where he scored 10 goals and assisted another 2 in 10 games and winnin 3 MOTMs.It also included a 4 goal haul against Guingamp's 2-5 rout. Though a great player,Plea has never played outside his home  country France due to his  fitness issues.But now 25,he is reaching his prime age and seems to have got better of the injuries last season. A former Lyon academy graduate, he’s very slowly blossomed into a good striker that can both play as an inside forward on the le...

N'golo Kante holding world cup trophy N'golo Kante-A brief History Kante's Early life and his struggles N'golo kante,now a household name in France and English football gained many plaudits for his outstanding performances in FIFA WORLD CUP 2018 for France and has now cemented his palce as one of the best defenisve midfielders ever known to play this beautiful game. Though his future is bright,his past was not an enjoyable one. FAMILY HISTORY N’Golo Kante was born on March 29, 1991 Paris, France by relatively unknown parents known as Late Mr and Mrs Kante. His parents were migrants who migrated to France from Mali (West Africa) in 1980 to seek greener pasture in Europe. Due to their resilience nature, they thrived in doing the most complicated job that came their way. N’Golo Kante was their first child. Kante grew up in a small flat in Rueil Malmaison, a  small and densely populated sub-urban area close to Paris. This was an area known to h...