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Saturday Night Links: Comeback edition

Arsène Wenger thinks the new rules on Premiership teams (25 players registered, 8 of which must be homegrown) will be “disastrous.” To quote the man himself, “I am not a big fan of it because it puts, first of all, … Continue reading

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Saturday Night Links: anonymous edition

Ireland has given up its quixotic quest to become the 33rd team in the 2010 World Cup. Well, I’m glad that’s settled. I was getting worried that the Irish FA might embarrass itself. Arsène Wenger says he’ll spend money in … Continue reading

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Arsène Wenger as moral compass

Arsène Wenger today announced that he is disappointed with the way the French team qualified for the World Cup. He said: “For the sense of justice it is quite embarrassing to see. I think even France is embarrassed. We didn’t … Continue reading

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Today’s WTF moment: Wenger to Real Madrid

Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger was asked to comment on managing Real Madrid on the weekend. He said: “With Florentino Pérez in charge, the project he has put forward would be ­interesting for any coach but I would prefer not to … Continue reading

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Beautiful football… or not

I’ve been reading a lot lately about beautiful football and how Barcelona and Arsenal supposedly play that way. Now, Barça I can understand. They do the tic-tac-toe build up with ultra-talented midfielders and very capable strikers. They have Messi to … Continue reading

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