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Bentley is the natural successor to Beckham

So Fabio Capello named his maiden squad last week, and as usual all the attention was centred on one man.
Not the likes of Curtis Davies or Gabriel Agbonlahor, who received their maiden England call-ups (but surely not their last). Not even the likes of Ashley Young or Jermaine Jenas, who are two of the in-form […]

Rejected by Mourinho, McCarthy has now what Chelsea are so desperately lacking

Benni McCarthy has never attracted more than a 6m euros transfer fee, but with three years left on his contract with Blackburn and goals coming with spectacular ease for the South African, it would surely take a 15m euro bid to pry him away from Ewood Park as Europe’s biggest and best continue to monitor […]

The Weekender

Story of the Weekend
Liverpool and Arsenal lead the table after victories against Derby and Portsmouth respectively, the Reds hammering Billy Davies’ Rams side 6-0 with Fernando Torres and Xabi Alonso scoring twice apiece as Liverpool indicated for the first time in a long, long time that they will sustain a challenge for the league. Arsenal […]

The Weekender

Story of the Weekend
It was a return to form for the omnipresent Premier League quartet; the top four all securing narrow victories to ensure the league table has some resemblance with reality, though Manchester United remain in mid-table. Their lack of firepower up front was again apparent in a tight 1-0 win against Tottenham, though […]

The Weekender

Story of the Weekend
No one would have dreamt it, but Wigan went top of the Premier League, albeit temporarily, after Saturday’s seven matches following a 3-0 hammering of Roy Keane’s previously impressive Sunderland. There was an unjustified wave of sympathy for big-spenders Tottenham after successive defeats, and so the world breathed a sigh of relief […]