When Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan sign for a club, it is not surprising to see someone like Eric Bailly go under the radar. And yet, after the game against Leicester and Bournemouth, Eric Bailly has emerged as a huge attraction for fans. It would probably be erroneous to call Bailly a small 

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Praveen’s latest “The Arsenal Annals” column. Arsenal succumbed to a humiliating 4-3 home defeat to Liverpool in their Premier League opener. Although their season is far from over — at least for now — heading into the second league game in the wake of a victory would have catastrophically boosted their confidence. Having said that, 

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Chelsea have been associated with heavy spending ever since Abramovich took over the club in 2003. Such massive outlays helped propel the Blues to the pinnacle of European club football and are now considered among the continent’s elite sides. Can you name each and every Chelsea signing from their 2014/15 campaign?   Created by Sporcle 

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With Game of Thrones now a month off our screens, I am sure many of you are getting withdrawal symptoms just as I am. Thankfully, we have the start of the new football season to fill the gap. But it got me thinking, in a bizarre Game of Thrones football crossover, who would play who? 

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The debut installment of a column about everything Man United titled “The Manchester Musings” by our very own Vishakh Chandrasekhar. Three- the number of managers since Sir Alex Ferguson. Three- also the number of goals Manchester United scored at Bournemouth to kickstart the new 2016/2017 Premier League season. Coincidence? Probably. United fans have been looking 

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Despite being relegated with Aston Villa last season, Idrissa Gana Gueye was signed on a four-year deal by new Everton manager Ronald Koeman in the summer. Although the Senegal international huffed and puffed in the heart of a sorry Villa midfield last term, the 26-year-old failed to help the Villains stay in the Premier League. 

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It’s probably fair to say that Jese Rodriguez’s move from Real Madrid to PSG caught a few people by surprise. The 23 year old has been on the fringes of the first team for a while now at the Santiago Bernabeu, so it’s not a great shock that he has finally moved on but the 

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After the absolute roller-coaster that has been the season of 15/16, the first week of Premier League is quickly approaching and it already looks very promising. The vice-champions Arsenal are going to face Klopp‘s determined squad, and we can only hope the match will be half as stunning as the Gunners’ last year’s debut horror. 

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Ahead of their much-anticipated clash — the Premier League’s biggest opening weekend match-up, can you name the players who have represented both Arsenal and Liverpool?     Created by Sporcle Check out their website for more fascinating quizzes Follow them on Twitter @sporcle Like O-Posts on Facebook You can also follow O-Posts on Twitter @OPosts

West Ham United fans who enjoy soccer betting online have reason to be optimistic. Not only did the Hammers have their best finish since returning to the Premier League in 2012-13, but a few new arrivals could propel the team into improving their 7th place from last season. The 2016-17 batch of transfers is headlined 

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Tottenham come into the new campaign following their best ever Premier League finish. The disappointment of missing out on the title to Leicester should now have vanished and they should be able to look forward to building on what are some very solid foundations. Mauricio Pochettino doesn’t need to make any radical tweaks to his 

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The second installment of “The Championship Corner” column by Adam Gray. Arriving with a big profile, Jaap Stam remained humble and reticent over Reading’s chances in his first managerial opportunity. “Of course, when you play football yourself you can think you want to become a manager but it does not make you a good manager”, 

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As the dust settles on a summer of utter disappointment for English football fans, we’ve got two choices; we can either list the things we think Sam Allardyce needs to do as England manager, or we can look ahead to what promises to be a fascinating Premier League season. Let’s go for the latter (and 

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Compared to the summers of disruption Ronald Koeman endured at Southampton, his first transfer window in charge of Everton has been relatively tranquil. Luke Shaw, Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert, Dejan Lovren and Callum Chambers were all sold in his first few months on the south coast, spawning that memorable empty training ground tweet, while Morgan 

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