Monday, August 10, 2009
Best EPL game from last season?
I defy you to name one better.
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Fabregas to Barcelona: Team interest confirmed
With Benitez trying to shut the door to Mascherano on them, it appears Barcelona's continuing to stoke the fires regarding Cesc Fabregas:
Txiki Begiristain admits Barcelona want to bring Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas back to the Nou Camp, but will not pay over the odds. Barca have long been linked with their former youth player, and sporting director Begiristain identified him as one of the few players capable of improving a team that won a domestic and European treble last season. "It depends on how much we want to spend," he said in Marca. "If we spend a lot of money, it is possible (to bid for Fabregas). We do not know how much it will be yet. We have not asked Arsenal. "If the amount is too high, we will not try."First of all, I wish I was named Txiki Begiristain. Second of all, shouldn't Wenger laugh in their faces? Isn't Fabregas the lynchpin to Arsenal's strategy on the pitch? Plus, the dude's like 23, the team captain, and getting better; there's no way you could watch him walk away. Then again, who does he pattern his game after? Who was his childhood hero? None other than Pep Guardiola.
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Five things that must happen for Arsenal to win the title
Even the most optimistic Arsenal fan will admit that a lot of things will have to go just right for the team to compete for the Premiership this year. Oddsmakers have them a distant fourth favorite to win the title, closer to Manchester City than the rest of the Big Three. This is for good reason; last season, the club’s ambitions had turned to merely securing a fourth place spot by mid-November. It took a healthy collapse by Aston Villa down the stretch and the addition of Andrei Arshavin at the end of the winter transfer window to get that position.
It would be foolish, however, to count out the Gunners completely. There is plenty of youth and potential on the side, particularly on the offensive end; no team in the league can match Arsenal’s depth of attacking players. In the first part of my Arsenal season preview, I examine the five things that must happen for Arsenal to win the Premier League:
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