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    (No change) An Offer He Couldn’t Refuse?
    4.89/5 | 9 Votes | 44 Pints in total!

    Arsenal’s goalkeeping situation is getting more and more desperate, and the pressure is mounting on Arsène Wenger to sign a replacement…

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    (No change) Player Ratings As Chelsea Sink The Albion
    4.83/5 | 6 Votes | 29 Pints in total!

    Newly promoted West Brom were swept away by a torrent of goals on a rainy day at Stamford Bridge. An inspirational…

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    (No change) The Fall And Rise And Rise of Leeds United
    4.8/5 | 10 Votes | 48 Pints in total!

    If you think your team has had a tough time over the past few seasons spare a thought for the many…

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    (No change) Underdog Bites Back
    4.64/5 | 11 Votes | 51 Pints in total!

    Could this be the season perpetual underdogs Manchester City usurp Manchester United as the best team in Manchester? After a number…

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    (No change) He’s Gone To Madrid
    4.43/5 | 7 Votes | 31 Pints in total!

    Manchester United and Chelsea target Mesut Özil has signed for Real Madrid. Özil, who joins from Werder Bremen for around €15million,…

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    (No change) Neymar Hiccup
    4.4/5 | 5 Votes | 22 Pints in total!

    Reports in Brazil are suggesting that Chelsea are closing in on the signing of Brazilian wonder-kid Neymar da Silva. Brazilian newspaper Folha has stated that Neymar is pretty much already a…

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    (No change) A Simple Poll Gallas – Yes Or No?
    4.33/5 | 9 Votes | 39 Pints in total!

    Like it or loathe it, this is a story that seems to just not want to go away. This…

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    (No change) Gallas Is Just The Tip Of, ‘Le Iceberg’…
    4.33/5 | 9 Votes | 39 Pints in total!

    Tottenham have signed former Arsenal centre back William Gallas, who is now a free agent following his release from their North…

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    (No change) Liverpool To Snatch £8M Midfielder From Under Toon & Gunners’ Noses
    4.31/5 | 13 Votes | 56 Pints in total!

    According to website France Football, Hatem Ben Arfa  was in England to negotiate a new contract with Liverpool on Tuesday…

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    (No change) This Weekend’s Premiership Dream Team
    4.29/5 | 7 Votes | 30 Pints in total!

    Although we still have a heavily contested league meeting between Manchester City and Liverpool to take place on Monday evening, this weekend's Premier League games have seen their fair share of…

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    (No change) From Inside The Lane… Hot Head Keane Dumped & £14M Star To Be Unveiled…
    4.22/5 | 36 Votes | 152 Pints in total!

    Gallas as we all know, is done. Love it or hate it, it signifies a statement of intent to get…

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    (No change) Fab’s Fuelling The Fire
    4.22/5 | 9 Votes | 38 Pints in total!

    With only two weeks to go to the start of the Premier League campaign, the future of Arsenal's Cesc Fabragas is…

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    (No change) He’s Ready To Sign For Spurs, Champions League Or No Champions League…
    4.2/5 | 10 Votes | 42 Pints in total!

    Perhaps it's the over-whelming lack of activity elsewhere, perhaps it's misplaced affection for William Gallas rearing its head in another form. But there is an increasing belief amongst those who…

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    (Up) Chelsea & City Told Offers Less Than €40M ‘Impossible To Consider’
    4.2/5 | 5 Votes | 21 Pints in total!

    Luis Filipe Vieira, President of Portuguese Liga team S.L. Benfica, has sent out the most resounding message of his club's ambitions to date, by slapping a €40m (£32.9m) price tag…

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    (Down) Rooney Lets His Hair Down
    4.2/5 | 5 Votes | 21 Pints in total!

    It’s a good job Rooney finds the sound of electric appliances like vacuum cleaners soothing because I have a feeling he’ll…

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    (No change) Michael Owen, Deluded Or …Very Deluded?
    4.14/5 | 7 Votes | 29 Pints in total!

    Manchester United striker Michael Owen has today claimed that he will be a top Premier League striker for another 5 years.…

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    (No change) Mr Lee’s Predictons – Man Utd vs Newcastle Utd
    4.08/5 | 13 Votes | 53 Pints in total!

    Man Utd v Newcastle - 16 Aug 20:00 Even at the grand old age of sixty-eight and with eleven Premiership titles…

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    (No change) Schwarzer
    4/5 | 15 Votes | 60 Pints in total!

    What is going on with all the Middlesbrough and ex-Middlesbrough keepers who are suddenly deemed worthy of playing for (or sitting…

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    (No change) Theo Walcott’s Sister …Is A Body Builder
    4/5 | 11 Votes | 44 Pints in total!

    Welcome then to  a new series of feature articles we're running here at The Tavern on Premier League player's friends,…

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    (No change) Arsenal’s Double Swoop To Sweep Up Defensive Dilemma
    4/5 | 11 Votes | 44 Pints in total!

    French defender Sebastien Squillaci is to undergo a medical at Arsenal today ahead of a proposed £5 million move from Spanish side…

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    (No change) Sandro On The Premises [Piccy Wiccy]
    4/5 | 9 Votes | 36 Pints in total!

    Some said he was lost in transit. Some said the greatest trick he ever pulled was convincing Daniel Levy he…

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    (No change) What The Hell Are Sky Sports Up To?
    4/5 | 6 Votes | 24 Pints in total!

    Sky Sports News caused outrage amongst Liverpool fans after altering images on banners in the Annfield crowd for a pre-match…

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    (No change) Hall Of Shame Special – Total Transfer Flops
    3.85/5 | 13 Votes | 50 Pints in total!

    10. Marco Materazzi (Everton) Serie A winner, Champions League winner, World Cup winner, Everton yard-dog. Materazzi signed for Everton from…

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    (No change) Liverpool vs Arsenal Player Ratings
    3.83/5 | 6 Votes | 23 Pints in total!

    Well, there you have it. The first game between members of the Faction Formerly Known as the Big Four (FFKBF) ended with a 1-1 draw. By no means a classic,…

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    (No change) Is Harry Hotspur King Of The Smokescreens? He’s Denying THAT Deal But IS In For…
    3.77/5 | 22 Votes | 83 Pints in total!

    Harry Redknapp is a force of nature. As Skybet drop the price on Fabiano to 1/4, he makes this announcement to the press,

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    (No change) Liverpool, Spurs And Birmingham Line Up To Bag Colombian
    3.6/5 | 5 Votes | 18 Pints in total!

    Birmingham City, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool are all in the mix to sign Colombian striker Teofilo Gutierrez before the transfer window…

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    (Up) The Chelsea Revolution Needs Reinforcements
    3.6/5 | 5 Votes | 18 Pints in total!

    Despite uncertainties over whether Carlo Ancelotti has any intentions of bringing in new players in the last week…

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    (Up) £24M Man Has City, Chelsea And Even Arsenal Salivating…
    3.54/5 | 24 Votes | 85 Pints in total!

    Speculation is hotting up around a move for Bordeaux midfielder Yoann Gourcuff, after it was believed that Manchester City scouts were in…

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    (Up) Financial Fair Play Regulations, THFC, Enic & Transfers Explained In Full
    3.5/5 | 6 Votes | 21 Pints in total!

    This is an extremely well written, informative and relevant piece. It comes from Glory Glory and specifically a poster who goes by the user-name of Intrepid. The lethargic nature…

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    (Up) Arteta …
    3.5/5 | 6 Votes | 21 Pints in total!

    Mikel Arteta finally quelled any talk of him moving to Arsenal, Manchester City or Barcelona by today signing a five year contract ahead of Everton's final pre-season friendly game, a…

 

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