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Since Jose Mourinho was appointed manager, Chelsea’s success has been achieved by playing a 4-3-3 formation.  Both Carlo Ancelotti and Felippe Scolari flirted with a 4-4-2 with Frank Lampard as the figurehead of a diamond-shaped midfield.  The formation left Chelsea playing very narrow, and stifled Frank Lampard as a playmaker and top goal scoring attacking [...]

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Former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez revealed today that while he was in charge at Anfield the club had spoken about selling Fernando Torres for £70million, so the £50 million accepted from Chelsea in the January transfer window appears to have been a massive bargain.
However the Torres of today is not in the free scoring form [...]

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So, just like an eBay auction the January Transfer Window closes with a rush and a push. As always there were some winners and some losers, some mind games and a fair bit of panic buying for different reasons.
The January Transfer Window was opened early doors when Manchester City paid something in the region of [...]

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With the end of the January Transfer Window looming, I believe Liverpool’s intention on signing Luiz Suarez from Ajax was to strengthen their squad and to play alongside Fernando Torres.  But their last minute transfer bid to Newcastle United for Andy Carroll was a reactionary move to replace Fernando Torres.
The Luiz Suarez deal has been [...]

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Following a long drawn out chase for Ajax forward Luiz Suarez, Liverpool’s bid of a reported £23million for the player has been accepted and he will just need to agree personal terms and pass a medical before joining the squad at Anfield.
The arrival of Suarez and an offer from Chelsea have however unsettled the player [...]

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