Category: Swansea City
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Barcelona Begins To Look Like The Real Deal Again
For 90 minutes at the weekend, all of us went back in time a couple of years, to a period when one football team so eclipsed all others that they were being considered not just the best side on the planet at that moment but one of…
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A Sport That Ignores What It Doesn’t Like
I love football, but there’s something about the game that’s pretty hard to deny. Football, above and beyond any other sport, is incredibly good at ignoring problems. Its leaders are incredibly good at wishing they’d go away. I’m writing a lengthy piece for this site on the continuing trials Scottish football is enduring as the…
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EPL Matchday 10: One Bore Draw And Many Harry Returns
Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea took another battering, on and off the pitch, over the last few days as this weekend’s Premier League matches saw them defeated, again, this time to West Ham. They followed that up with a penalty kicks defeat at Stoke, in the League Cup, although like most of the other top clubs that’s…
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EPL Matchday 7 Roundup: Sanchez Hits Hat-Trick In A Big Weekend
Kane and Rooney finally scored. Sanchez hit a hat-trick and Newcastle blew it … again. It was a big weekend for in the EPL, with wins for Manchester United, Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Stoke, Southampton and, of course, Liverpool and Spurs. In the latter match, Harry Kane ended weeks of fevered speculation about whether or not…
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EPL 15/16 Matchday 6: Swansea 0-0 Everton
A Bore Draw this one wasn’t, although that’s what people looking back on the score line will remember about it in years to come. In fact, these two teams contested a hard fought and exciting match, one where there were good chances from both side and a lot of impressive displays. Ross Barkley continues to…
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Swansea City agree £5m fee for Braga striker
View image | gettyimages.com Swansea City have agreed a £5 million deal with Braga to sign Eder, according to Sky Sports. The 27 year old striker scored ten goals last season, and will bolster the attackingoptions for Swansea, which is much needed after Nelson Olivieria finished his loan, the potential sale of former fans favourite…
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Swansea City closing in on ‘New Pirlo’ Cigarini
View image | gettyimages.com Swansea City are plotting a move for Atalanta’s Luca Cigarini, according to the Mirror. Reports last month claimed that newly promoted Premier League side Watford had made a move for the former Italy Under 21 international. But, it is now being reported that Swansea City have emerged as favourites to sign…
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Swansea City join race for Spurs winger Townsend
View image | gettyimages.com Swansea City have joined Aston Villa with interest in Tottenham Hotspur winger Andros Townsend. Villa boss Tim Sherwood is keen to reignite himself with the England international at Villa Park and is ready to submit an offer. Townsend has openly admitted this season that his time at White Hart Lane is…
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Chelsea’s £15m Remy valuation causing problems
View image | gettyimages.com Chelsea’s £15m valuation of French striker Loic Remy is said to be causing the likes of Swansea City problems, Football Express News understands. The French striker is set to leave Stamford Bridge this summer after Jose Mourinho made calls to freshen up his strike force. The former Marseille goalscorer has been…
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Chelsea striker given permission to discuss West Ham move
View image | gettyimages.com Chelsea have given Loic Remy permission to talk to West Ham about a summer move, Football Express News understands. The French striker is set to leave Stamford Bridge this summer after Jose Mourinho made calls to freshen up his strike force. The former Marseille goalscorer has been linked with a…
