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/ 5406 days agoHow a NFL Lockout Could Give EPL Soccer A Boost In the USA
We here in the States are occasionally subjected to one pundit or another proclaiming “This is the year soccer’s popularity explodes in America” or “This is the year soccer in the U.S. finally makes it!” Putting aside the problem of defining “making it” these types of stories generally surround a major event (World Cup, Champions […]
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/ 6042 days agoAre foreign imports stunting English growth?
The shock transfer ban recently imposed on Chelsea for their “inducing” of young French player Gael Kakuta has again raised the argument of English clubs scouting for and developing too many foreign players within their youth systems. Why? It’s a simple numbers game. Football is a global sport, so it would make very little […]
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/ 6051 days agoMutu's Multi-Million Dollar Question
Sacked former Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu is on the verge of bankruptcy and retirement from football after the well-documented verdict of the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The disgraced darling of Romanian football, currently plying his trade at Serie A club Fiorentina, has been ordered to pay $23.7 million (£14.7 million) to the West […]