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/ 4203 days agoChelsea sign Juan Cuadrado from Fiorentina for £26.8 million
Chelsea has officially finalized the signing of Fiorentina and Colombia winger Juan Cuadrado for a fee of £26.8million, making him the top transfer signing of the January Transfer Deadline Day. The deal for Cuadrado took longer than expected due to the complicated moves of Andre Schurrle to Wolfsburg and Mohamed Salah to Fiorentina. Cuadrado arrived […]

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/ 4203 days agoWest Ham want FIFA's case against Diafra Sakho dropped
West Ham have called for FIFA's "unfounded" disciplinary case against them and Diafra Sakho for a "potential violation" of regulations over the striker playing for his club during Senegal's African Nations Cup campaign to be thrown out. The world governing body on Monday confirmed proceedings had been opened following a complaint by the Senegal national […]

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/ 4203 days agoDani Alves future still in limbo as agent admits interest from clubs
Barcelona right-back Dani Alves is out of contract with the Catalan side at the end of the season. The Brazilian full-back was free to negotiate with other clubs at the start of the January window, but has thus far elected to stay at the Camp Nou. Following yesterday's 3-2 victory over Villarreal, Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu was […]

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/ 4203 days agoFIFA confirm three opponents to Sepp Blatter's presidency
FIFA have confirmed the three candidates who will oppose Sepp Blatter's presidency are Portugal legend Luis Figo, Dutch FA chief Michael Van Praag and Asian Football Confederation vice-president Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein of Jordan. Former France international David Ginola and ex-FIFA deputy general secretary Jerome Champagne have been ruled out of the running process. Both individuals were […]

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/ 4203 days agoGary Neville shares thoughts on Manchester United's January business [VIDEO]
Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville shared his thoughts on Manchester United's January business earlier today during the network's Deadline Day coverage. The former United captain expressed that midfielder Anderson – who is finalizing a move to Internacional in Brazil – will be "disappointed" when he looks back on his career in England. "He has had […]

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/ 4203 days agoBurglars attempt to break into Angel di Maria’s home
Shortly after Manchester United's 3-1 victory over Leicester City on Saturday, armed burglars attempted to break into the home of Angel di Maria while the winger and his family were eating dinner. The raiders were reportedly armed with scaffolding poles and allegedly tried to break through the patio doors of the Argentina international's home in Cheshire. […]

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/ 4203 days agoAtletico Madrid's Arda Turan will leave at the end of the season
Atletico Madrid midfielder Arda Turan will leave the Spanish champions at the end of the season, according to the player's agent. With the Turkey international turning 28 last week, Turan's representative Ahmet Bulut believes now is the time for his client to move on and receive a bumper payday. Bulut says he will only consider […]

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/ 4203 days agoTransfer Deadline Day: All of the transfer news and completed deals
It's transfer deadline day in Europe today. Instead of scouring through all of the newspapers and websites, you can get all of the up-the-minute breaking news here throughout the day. The transfer deadline is 6pm ET in England and France tonight. In Germany, the deadline is Noon ET. Italy's deadline is 5pm ET, while the transfer […]

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/ 4204 days agoAston Villa are a club without any direction and must sack Paul Lambert
Aston Villa were pulverized 5-0 at the Emirates stadium on Sunday to extend their scoreless run to six league games – a new club record – since that 1-1 draw at home to Manchester United in December. Goals from Olivier Giroud, Mesut Ozil, Theo Walcott and Santi Carzola made sure of the win before Hector […]

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/ 4204 days agoGhana beat Guinea to confirm 5th consecutive AFCON semi
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about how my homeland wouldn’t win AFCON 2015 due to captain Asamoah Gyan and other key players being missed and manager Avram Grant switching the team formation to a 3-5-2. Since then, they beat Algeria 1-0 in the last minute thanks to a goal from Gyan and scored two […]

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/ 4204 days agoArsenal annihilate a poor Aston Villa outfit to maintain strong Champions League pursuit
Arsenal annihilated Aston Villa 5-0 at the Emirates. Even without their best player in Alexis Sanchez, the Gunners had no issues defeating their struggling opponents. The first real chance at goal occurred in the fourth minute when box-to-box midfielder Aaron Ramsey made a nice run into the 18-yard-box but his shot went wide. Unlike most […]

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/ 4204 days agoAtleti consider reporting PSG to FIFA for contacting Diego Simeone
Atletico Madrid are considering reporting Paris Saint-Germain to FIFA for contacting manager Diego Simeone regarding a possible switch to the French club. Simeone has been in charge of Atletico for just over three years, and during that time he has engineered one of the most amazing renaissances in European football. Under his leadership, Los Colchoneros have won […]

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/ 4204 days agoTottenham's Harry Kane eager to surpass his tally of 20 goals
Harry Kane has no intention of easing up as he continues to plunder the goals for Tottenham. The hotly-rated 21-year-old took his tally for his increasingly impressive campaign to 20 with a double in Saturday's 3-0 Barclays Premier League win at West Brom. It ended a run of four games without a goal and Kane […]

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/ 4204 days agoKevin Strootman ruled out for rest of the season, dashing Manchester United's hopes of signing
AS Roma coach Rudi Garia has confirmed that midfielder Kevin Strootman will miss the remainder of the season following his second knee surgery in under a year. It was learned last week that the Dutch international would go under the knife, with club officials quickly attempting to ease concerns over the severity of the problem. […]

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/ 4205 days agoWill Arsenal regret not signing a defensive midfielder?
The January transfer window will close Monday, and while Arsenal have added a central defender and a prospect for the future, they've still neglected signing a great defensive midfielder which could make them improve vastly. According to Rory Smith's ESPN FC article from last September, "Arsene Wenger's scouting team met in the aftermath of the FA […]