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Why Arteta will not be moving to Arsenal.

May 19, 2010
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The Premier League’s ecosystem took a big hit yesterday with news that Cesc Fabregas will be leaving Arsenal and heading back to Barcelona. The first I heard of this was when Oliver Kay gave his opinion on Twitter saying: “If, as G Balague implies, Barca feel Arsenal “owe” them after using legal loophole to sign Cesc in 2003, they’re misguided”The press will have us believe that Cesc running off into the arms of Pep Guardiola and his chums at Barca will mean that Arsene Wenger will turn to Mikel Arteta as a replacement. Don’t believe everything you read in the press. Most Gooners I have spoken to since the news...

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Everton:No Jags? No Mikky? No Yak? Less is more!

May 18, 2009
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“Here comes success, hoo-ray success!”So hollered Detroit’s grizzled Iggy Pop, the optimistic lyrics mirroring the minds of thousands of Everton fans who jubilantly bounced through the week on Champagne bubbles after our Cup win over United. We even managed to bag a point a Stamford Bridge, and things were looking very rosy. That is until Phil Jagielka’s injury stopped us all in our tracks.Jagielka has had a wonderful season at Everton, looking more assured with each game and forcing his way further into Capello’s thoughts and the England squad along the way. With our bare bones squad, a decimated strikeforce and a weakened midfield – it was comforting to...

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Everton put to the sword by Junior Gunners

December 30, 2007
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If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? I was left contemplating that after a nasty 1-4 home defeat to Arsenal with all the kick in the teeth trimmings. Does Eduardo’s handball exist (despite the confirming howls of disgust from the Goodison crowd) if the ref and his linesmen don’t see it? Is Arteta’s non-violent hand flail all the more real and reprehensible to ref Martin Atkinson because it happened two feet away?… The irony won’t be lost on Moyes that in the week that he presented the FA with a video dossier of offside inconsistencies against...

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Why Everton's Potential New Signing Could Bring A Spain Call-up For Arteta.

December 24, 2007
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Why Everton's Potential New Signing Could Bring A Spain Call-up For Arteta.

Over the past week Everton have been linked with Valencia’s David Albelda; the Spanish star, 29, formerly captain of Valencia, has fallen out with Ronald Koeman since the Dutchman took over at the club. Albelda is a defensive midfielder who was converted from a central defender, and took over the captaincy of Valencia after Gaizka Mendieta was sold. According to Spanish football guru Sid Lowe, such is the nosedive in Valencia’s La Liga form that players are queuing up to leave the club, and Albelda and goalkeeper Canizares have even stronger reasons than other players to want to leave. Both players are Spanish internationals and both realise that their...

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