By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 28 March 2011 . Neymar is 19 and hails from Pele’s old club Santos, and Lucas is 18 and plays for Sao Paulo, whose alumni include Kaka. Both shone against Scotland at the Emirates on Sunday and when – not if – they come to Europe, […]
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REVEALED: Arsenal and Athletic Bilbao at extremes on foreign player use
By Nick Harris 16 August 2010 Arsenal were the most extreme example of a “foreign staffed” football club in any of Europe’s five major leagues last season, with non-English players accounting for 93.3 per cent of minutes played by the Gunners. This was among the headline findings in the fifth annual Review of the European […]
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REVEALED: England ‘have ideal age profile’ to pip Spain to 2010 World Cup
By Nick Harris 8 June 2010 England will reach the World Cup final and beat Spain to lift the trophy, according to predictions based on the ages of the 32 squads and five other key “indicators” identified as being influential at previous events. The predictions have been made by the Professional Football Players’ Observatory (PFPO) […]
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United up against Bayern: older, shorter, almost twice as long-serving – and thus favourites to win
By Nick Harris 29 March 2010 When Manchester United take on Bayern Munich in the first leg of their quarter-final in the Champions League in Germany on Tuesday night, they’ll do so with a squad that’s slightly older, slightly shorter and almost twice as loyal when measured by how long their players have stayed with […]
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