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Kolo Toure

Talk Of Manchester City Making A Top Five Is Premature

by Paul Bestall on August 10, 2009 · 71 comments

If I was an Arsenal fan, I’d be fed up already listening to people saying that Manchester City were obviously going to usurp them as one of the “Big Four” sides. It’s amazing what spending money does to peoples judgement when it comes to football and Manchester City have certainly caught more than their fair [...]

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What Will Arsenal Do With the £39m from Manchester City?

by tyduffy on July 28, 2009 · 72 comments

Manchester City are spending their way into the Premier League top four. Paradoxically, the club most amenable to their ambition is Arsenal, whom they wish to supplant. The Gunners sold City striker Emmanuel Adebayor for £25m. Less than two weeks later, they are prepared to sell them defender Kolo Toure for another [...]

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Not a Happy Guus While Rafa’s Going No Where,

by Johnathan Starling on February 26, 2009 · 3 comments

I’m happy Guus is not as thrilled about Chelsea’s 1-0 win as I am.
A bit of a side bar before I get into the news tonight. Chelsea are extremely lucky they are a goal to the good heading into their Champions League second leg. For starters, I don’t believe Didier Drogba’s goal should have counted. [...]

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Football Transfer Twaddle: Defoe, Arteta, Toure and Pennant

by tyduffy on January 1, 2009 · 1 comment

After accepting a sordid envelope with £20m for “Lass” Diarra, Portsmouth rejected shrewd dealer Harry Redknapp’s £30m overture for Jermain Defoe, Glen Johnson and Peter Crouch.  Pompey then lessened Defoe’s value markedly, by announcing they would sell him for a fair price.
“It looks like Jermain wants to go,” Portsmouth executive chairman Peter Storrie said.  “If [...]

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