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From the Arsenal club sources, we come to know that Striker Robin van Persie wants the number 10 shirt after the current holder William Gallas’s contract expired. William Gallas moved from Chelsea to Arsenal in 2006 and had the no.10 shirt for more than 4 seasons at the Emirates Stadium.

England is currently bidding to host the 2018 Football World Cup Finals. With Europe thought to be favoured for the 2018 World Cup, David Beckham has recently handed over England’s 2018 bid book to FIFA President Sepp Blatter at a conference in Zurich.

Being a football supporter in the 1970’s was a totally different entity than supporting your favourite football team today. The experience of the match day was totally different, most football grounds had large terraced areas, in addition to the seated stands, with the majority of the games spectators were able to pay the entrance fee at the turnstiles on the day off the match, as opposed to the all ticket affairs and sell out matches of all seated stadiums of the English premiership today.

Real Madrid striker Raul has quit the team, and his next move could be to the English Premier League. There has been speculation that Raul might be contemplating a 2-year contract with German squad, Schalke, but the player has refuted this.

This article is about the controversy of instant replay in the sport of soccer after the controversial World Cup 2010. The article discusses the arguments both for and against adding instant replay to soccer.

This article previews Liverpool’s upcoming campaign while diagnosing the activity in the transfer market. Liverpool failed to reach Champion’s League football last year, but after successful transfers appear to be in top form heading for 2010-2011.

When I was young I remember seeing pre season as a chance to watch my team shape up against the greatest side’s featuring the greatest players in the land. Supporting a lower league team (now sadly a non-league team) the opportunities to watch this calibre of player were few and far between, perhaps the odd run in a cup competition would lead to a draw against a top flight powerhouse, however there was more chance of spotting top players in the annual run of pre season games.

With the World Cup now having been and gone we could have expected an influx of summer performers to the Premier League clubs as has happened following recent World Cups and European Championships. This summer though, movement has been slow.

Many of us are left with a bitter taste in the aftermath of a jaded world cup campaign, we were promised so much but nothing was delivered. Our taste bitters even further at the fact that each of the players and our manager have come home wrapped comfortably in their oversized paycheques and premiership status.

England’s World Cup flops have this week been removed from the infamous “Capello Index”, an on-line tool that uses statistical analysis to rate players performances against each other. The tool was designed by Capello who has manager Roma, Juventus and Real Madrid with the help of an Italian gambling expert called Chicco Merighi.

It may have come as a surprise to some that Joe Cole, the hottest English property of this summer’s transfer window opted to join Liverpool, becoming new manager Roy Hodgson’s first signing. Cole was being courted by both Arsenal and Spurs, both of whom could offer him the gift of Champions League football whilst allowing him to stay at his London home. However Cole announced this week that Mersyside is to be the next stage in a career that has so far spanned West ham United and Chelsea, as well as 56 England Caps.

George Best (1963-1974) Simply one of the best football players ever, not just at Manchester United, but Worldwide. On his passing in 2005 he went a legend among football fans. Coming from Northern Ireland George Best picked up the European Cup and European Footballer of the Year in 1968.