WHY MADRID HAD TO SELL OZIL.

I needed 5 days to calm down and write this article because at the time of the sale. I was furious at both Real Madrid & Mesut ozil. Now I see reasons with the club. Some may call this article biased & and a backlash towards Ozil but in truth majority of it is fact, while to a smaller extent its a backlash towards Ozil. Please be very free to criticise any point written here. In this article I'll be looking at how the transfer affects both...

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MADRID'S EXCELLENT SUMMER TRANSFER WINDOW

Florentino Perez started his summer dealings right before the season even ended by agreeing with Jose Mourinho to terminate the special one's contract. The Portuguese had issues with many of the big players at the Bernabeu and many were very happy to see his back. The fact that Real madrid only lost €67m this transfer window despite spending big money on players can be seen to be a big gain knowing that shortly that they'll cover up that...

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BLOGGERS PREDICTIONS FOR THE 2013/2014 LA LIGA SEASON

Here our bloggers get together & predict the upcoming season in SpainChampions@Emma_V2: Barcelona@ChikeOnodugo: Real Madrid@Obokhaiose: Barcelona@Ajuyah_tuale: Real madridChampions league@Emma_V2: Real madrid, Valencia, Athletico Madrid@ChikeOnodugo: Barcelona, Athletico Madrid@Obokhaiose: Real madrid,Athletico Madrid, Valencia@Ajuyah_tuale: Barcelona,Athletico Madrid, ValenciaEuropa league@Emma_V2: Malaga, Sevilla, Real betis@ChikeOnodugo@obokhaiose: Sociedad,Betis, Athletic Bilbao@Ajuyah_tuale: Real sociedad, Real betis, Atheltic BilbaoRelegated...

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PREDICTIONS FOR THE 2013/2014 LA LIGA SEASON

The league action is about to start again and this promises to be one of the most intriguing in recent years. The league has lost some big talent over the course of the summer due to the financial situation but those clubs have bought smartly & astutely to keep the League as the best it is. New coaches are also in charge for many clubs so its going to be a great battle for honours & meeting with objectives. Enough has been said let's begin...

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BLOGGERS PREDICTIONS FOR THE 2013/2014 EPL SEASON

Our bloggers @Emma_V2 @uzoma_official @ChikeOnodugo @obokhaiose and @Ajuyah_tuale look into the season and make their predictions.Champions@Emma_V2 : Manchester City@Uzoma_official : Chelsea@ChikeOnodugo: Manchester City@obokhaiose : Chelsea@Ajuyah_tuale: ChelseaChampions League@Emma_V2: Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal@Uzoma_official:Manchester City, Manchester united, Tottenham@ChikeOnodugo: Chelsea, Manchester united, Arsenal@obokhaiose: Manchster City, Manchester united, Arsenal@Ajuyah_tuale: Machester city,Manchester united,TottenhamEuropa...

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PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEW SEASON IN 2013/2014 EPL SEASON

After a summer of holidays, controversy, unsolved problems, new players,new coaches,new friends back,new kits and for some new owners. The fun is about to end with some old faces not returning to the action either on the pitch or on the bench. For some,it is the beginning of an era. This season is massively important to the players,as this is a season leading to a world cup,where you have to put good performances to be able to represent your country...

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ARSENAL 2013/2014: IS THERE STILL HOPE ??

Hey, first off, I’m really happy to join the soccerbants team to represent Arsenal, hope you guys enjoy reading my work. Now, to the topic at hand, with the clock winding down on the current summer transfer window and with Yaya Sanogo being the only senior signing at the Emirates, it’s safe to say that it is panic season again at the Emirates as there have been no incoming quality players this far into the window. At this moment, every Gooner...

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NEW ADDITIONS TO THE TEAM

soccerbants is meant to be an all round European soccer blog,but has rather turned into a one team/one league blog. For that reason we happily inform our readers that @uzoma_official @chikeonodugo @Emma_V2 @obokhaiose (all twitter handles), have agreed to join our wonderful blog and write on man utd, Chelsea, Arsenal amd Barcelona repectively. These four guys have been chosen because of their genuine passion and knowledge of the game, and with them we hope to achieve our aim of being the best soccer blog around and eventually become a website....

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IS GARETH BALE WORTH £100 MILLION ???

After a very successful season personally for Gareth Bale, he was always going to be subject to numerous transfers rumours. He had hinted on several occasions he would stay at least for another year with Spurs,but after hearing Zidane Zidane say "its now or never" to join Madrid, he has now set his sights on the Bernabeu. The deal looks set to happen, there is no doubt in his talent, but for a player who is a mirror image of Cristiano Ronaldo and...

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WHY BALE JOINING MADRID, IS THE BEST THING FOR HIS CAREER

Gareth Bale to Madrid was always something that was bound to happen. Florentino Perez said "he was born to play for Madrid". He has that special something that makes him a Galatico. The deal was expected to happen next summer,after helping Tottenham attempt qualification for the UCL. He made statements which seemed so. But all that has changed within the last fortnight. The people from Madrid both, the media and those associated with the club have...

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HOW ANCELLOTI'S MADRID COULD AND SHOULD LINE UP

Carlo Ancelloti has finally been appointed as Real madrid,as if we didn't know that was going to happen since the end of May.On the 1st of July he'll take charge of his 1st training session at Real,although not everyone will be present as some of the players are at the confederations cup.However,Ancelloti by now will know that this Madrid squad is built around a 4-2-3-1,and knowing that he is a man who doesn't just change things to please him,i'm pretty sure he'll stick with it at least for the first season and maybe change it later,although he'll...

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CARLO ANCELLOTI :THE NEW BOSS

I begin this article by saying that as a Real supporter,i would probably have preferred Andre Villas Boas or Michael Laudrup for there successes at there previous and current clubs,but some people will say,they don't have that much champions league experience,but,then again i would have fancied them for the long term.Now back to the man Carlo Ancelloti,the new manager of madrid was finally announced after a month of speculation and seduction.It had...

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THE FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP:THE VERDICT

Well with the group analysis done and dusted,i guess its time i give my personal verdict on the whole tournament.I begin in Group A,the group consists of hosts Brazil,Italy,Mexico and Japan.This group has been called the group of death.The teams are not too far from each other in standard.The first match of the tournament and the group between Brazil and Japan,is going to be a tough one which Brazil will just win,with a score like 3-1.If this was...

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THE FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP:GROUP BY GROUP ANALYSIS

GROUP BNIGERIA     The Super Eagles of Nigeria are the reigning AFCON champions and are making their second appearance at the tournament after finishing fourth in 1995.Nigerian football had seen its standard drop a little bit especially after failure to qualify for the 2012 AFCON.They did qualify for the 2013 tournament and won it,and are therefore fortunate to play in the tournament,because if it wasn't for CAF's decision to...

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THE FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP:TEAM BY TEAM ANALYSIS

GROUP BURUGUAY              Uruguay come into this tournament after very successful and convincing World Cup and Copa America tournaments.They along with Spain and Italy are aiming to win the tournament to join Argentina and France as the teams that have won all FIFA tournaments.The Celeste,have had an indifferent world cup qualifying process.They have played 12,lost,drawn and won 4 times...

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THE FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP:TEAM BY TEAM ANALYSIS

GROUP BTAHITI     Honestly,before i saw the groupings for this Confederations cup,i had never heard of a nation called Tahiti.Intially i thought it was Haiti wrongly spelt ,but then i realised Haiti technically belonged to North America and they already had Mexico.So i had to do a lot of research on them to find out about them and what to write about them.This is the hardest article i have to write in this Confed Cup series.It...

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