Manchester City defender Gael Clichy has hailed the importance of Carlos Tevez at the club.
The Argentina international had a controversial 2011-12 as he went AWOL after refusing to come off the bench in a Champions League defeat to Bayern Munich.
However, with the South American forward restored to the Premier League champions’ squad, Clichy has stated that Tevez is a crucial player for Roberto Mancini’s men.
“He has been our best player so far this season,” the France international told The Sun.
“He’s scored goals, worked really hard. He’s just a great player.
“What happened in Munich, and after, is nothing to do with me. It was between him and the boss.
“It’s all sorted now. Carlos in top form would be a great player for any team. Let’s hope he can carry on scoring.
“The passion he has for the game, the way he presses defenders, lifts the team — we need a player like this so well done Carlos.
“We want players who bring something extra and he does that. He can make a big difference for us this season,” the full-back concluded.
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City take on German side Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday night.
Whether it’s because of the array of outspoken managers, the passion and loyalty of the fans or simply the quality of football on display, the Premier League is quite simply the best in the world. However, while the elite clubs attract the very best players from every corner of the globe, the national team continues to suffer. With this mind, does the Premier League have to sacrifice its quest for global superiority in order for things to improve on the international stage?
England’s journey at the recent European Championships ended in the alarmingly familiar cliché of ‘so close, yet so far’. In the aftermath of yet another failure in a penalty shootout, triumphant Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon delivered a painfully truthful assessment of English football.
“Having a competitive league doesn’t necessarily mean having competitive players,’ he said. For a number of years now, the English league has had the best football and is the best league in terms of quality.
“The money that’s in the game means they can go and buy anyone from all over Europe or the world. This can happen in Spain and Italy as well as England but the league in England is no longer very faithful to what the national side needs.
“With this footballing globalisation, it’s very difficult. You struggle to have players from your own country playing in the top league.” (Daily Mail)
In a survey that was conducted during the first weekend of football after the transfer window had closed, it was revealed that the Premier League had just 31% of home-grown talent in starting line-ups. This startling figure was a far cry from the 64% that graced La Liga, which highlights one of the many reasons why there is a widening chasm in class between the two countries. How can we expect our national team to shine when we don’t cater our domestic league for their own benefit?
Two years ago FIFA president Sepp Blatter flirted with the concept of the ‘6+5 rule’, which proposed that clubs should have a minimum of six home-grown players in their starting line-ups. The idea was eventually dismissed as it contravened EU labour laws and instead gave way to the ruling that each 25-man squad within the Premier League, had to include a minimum of eight home-grown individuals.
The same problem solved by a different solution right? Wrong, the new changes have arguably further hampered development. Take Manchester City for example, a team that boasts a wealth of international stars, they have merely tweaked their transfer policy to ensure they meet the requirements. Does anyone truly believe Jack Rodwell or Scott Sinclair’s career will be enhanced thanks to their arrival at Eastlands, especially considering the recent frustrations highlighted by the outgoing Adam Johnson? Mancini decision to sign Richard Wright surprised everyone, but he was merely filling his quota without further jeopardising his indispensible foreign stars.
Speaking of the reigning Premier League champions, Manchester City recently announced plans for the imposing ‘Etihad Campus’, which will be the most advanced and expensive academy in England when it opens in 2014. However, while this should have been another milestone in ensuring the improvement of domestic talent, Sporting Director Brian Marwood indicated otherwise:
“Our priority is to produce players who will get into City’s first team. From a selfish point of view, that may mean to the detriment of the England team,’ said Marwood.
“And while it would be great (to help England) because I came through the system and it helped me, we also have to be realistic.
“If we are trying to produce real top quality to play for City, if they happen to come from another country and we’ve developed them, we shouldn’t be ashamed to embrace it.” (Daily Mail)
Is this a selfish and somewhat arrogant mentality of a club that is in an optimum position to develop future generations or merely the honest opinion that players from Europe possess a greater natural ability?
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The FA have just unveiled their own multi-million pound campus for the development of English football so perhaps City are fully justified in focusing on their own success. And yet we seem blinded by the misconception that if we possess the best facilities, we will naturally produce the best players. Wayne Rooney, perhaps the countries most gifted player to have emerged within the last decade, harnessed his skills on the streets of Merseyside and not on “330 acres of beautifully landscaped parkland”.
Perhaps it’s time for English football to be slightly more narcissistic as it looks towards the future. It would be crude for me to suggest that we cap the number of transfers from outside the British Isles but maybe there could be a significant financial reward for teams who develop and play home-grown players. This would cause a drastic change in the direction and philosophy of many teams while it could even help create a more healthy and competitive league.
English football is well aware of its previous mistakes, there’s an entire population and critical media that won’t let it forget. However, rather than simply trying to emulate the finished article of the likes of Spain, we should learn from their methods at grassroots level and work our way up.
Chelsea will look to bounce back from their first Premier League defeat of the season when they travel to the Liberty Stadium to take on Swansea on Saturday.
Both teams enjoyed Capital One Cup victories in midweek, with Chelsea running out 5-4 winners over Mancheseter United, and Swansea recording a superb 3-1 victory over Liverpool at Anfield.
Swansea will be in confident mood, and will look to last seasons fixture for inspiration. The Swans were seconds away from recording a famous victory over the men from Stamford Bridge, until a last minute Neil Taylor own goal meant the game finished 1-1.
Michael Laudrup is sweating over the fitness of Chico Flores who picked up a dead leg in the win at Anfield.
Gary Cahill, David Luiz and Juan Mata are all set to be assessed having played the whole 120 minutes against Manchester United on Wednesday.
Fernando Torres and Branislav Ivanovic are available having both served a one match ban for the red cards they picked up in that controversial defeat last Sunday.
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West Brom continued their strong start to the season with victory over Wigan at the DW Stadium.
The Baggies have began well under new boss Steve Clarke and their first away success under of the season keeps them fifth in the table.
Peter Odemwingie was a surprise exclusion from the visitors starting lineup, despite scoring both goals in the win over Southampton on Monday, with Romelu Lukaku preferred up front.
It proved to be a shrewd move as they easily beat the Latics who continued their jekyll and hyde form, failing to build on last weeks excellent performance at Tottenham.
And Roberto Martinez will be unhappy with the manner in which they fell behind in the 31st minute against the run of play. Chris Brunt delivered a pinpoint cross into the penalty area and James Morrison ghosted in to plant a header past Ali Al-Habsi.
More sloppy defending followed two minutes before the break as the away side doubled their advantage, Billy Jones seeing his effort heavily deflecting of Gary Caldwell after he charged into the box.
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But there was hope for the hosts as Arouna Kone converted Jean Beausejour’s superb low cross from six-yards to halve the deficit on the stroke of half time.
However there wasn’t to be an equaliser for Wigan as Boaz Myhill, making his first start of the season, was rarely troubled in the West Brom goal, and it was infact Al Habsi at the opposite end was busier of the two keepers making an outstanding save to thwart Lukaku from 12-yards.
So Marouane Fellaini has finally revealed his future, he’s staying at Everton…That is if they gain Champions League football this season.
Apart from how this announcement may harm morale at the club there is of course the question of how Fellaini’s declaration may affect the future of Everton football club.
There’s no doubt about it that Fellaini has been one of the best players in the Premier League this season. His height and strength is his obvious attributes however he is also capable of getting the ball down and playing passing football.
He is very versatile, with David Moyes in the past preferring to use him as a shield for the back four. This season he has been pushed further forward and the Toffee’s have reaped the rewards because of it.
Despite all the benefits though, he is not irreplaceable. Moyes and Everton have had to deal with the loss of their star player on many occasions before. One sale everyone will remember is Wayne Rooney and despite his departure Everton managed to finish fourth in the following season.
Other big names include Mikel Arteta and Joleon Lescott but these departures still haven’t stopped Everton from consistently overachieving.
And right now I think Everton are well prepared to deal with a departure as they have one of their strongest squads in recent memory.
If Fellaini does request a transfer I am confident that club will get a good return on the £15 million pounds that it took to bring him to Goodison from Standard Liege four years ago.
Moyes drives a hard bargain and with rich clubs like Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and even Real Madrid being linked with a move, some pundits are predicting that we could get as much as double what we paid for him.
An example of selling not necessarily being a bad thing would be the sale of Jack Rodwell in the summer. By selling him the club freed up funds to help refresh the squad and Moyes used them well bringing in Kevin Mirallas. I would even go as far as saying that the sale of Rodwell is one of the reasons for Everton’s good start to the season.
I was watching Sky Sports’ Soccer Saturday at the weekend and Paul Merson said that if Fellaini is allowed to leave he can’t see the point of being an Everton fan. Basically what he meant was that if you sell your best players, it’s signifies a lack of ambition at the club.
Now apart from the fact that it’s Paul Merson saying these things, I have to disagree with this statement.
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You have to be realistic and look at the financial situation at the club. As a fan I’d rather we were financially secure with a healthy transfer budget than struggling
Even if we get only £20-25 million for Fellaini, I still won’t be too disappointed and have faith that Moyes can unearth another gem. Whenever Moyes has some money to play with, more often than not he signs the right player. Therefore depending on how much of the transfer income Moyes is allowed to spend, the sale of Fellaini could in fact allow the club to reach the next level.
Arsene Wenger is reportedly looking at making an audacious bid to bring out of favour Manchester United winger Nani to Arsenal in January, the Daily Mail reports.
The 26-year-old Portugal international has fallen down the pecking order at Old Trafford after a bust up with United chief Sir Alex Ferguson and failing to secure a contract extension.
He is currently out of action with a hamstring injury but hasn’t played for the Red Devils since being substituted after a disappointing performance in the 3-1 Champions League victory at Braga in early November.
It has been a largely frustrating career for Nani at Old Trafford but he displayed the quality he possesses in an excellent 2010-2011 season where he scored nine goals and provided 18 assists in the league, helping United on their way to the title.
Wenger is keen to bolster his squad as his inconsistent side continue to fight on all fronts for glory this season. With the increasingly likely departure of Theo Walcott in January, Wenger could view Nani as an ideal replacement.
The winger is contracted to United until 2014 but it seems his relationship with Ferguson is becoming increasingly strained and that Nani has privately conceded his future lies elsewhere.
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Zenit St Petersburg and Paris St Germain among others have been said to be interested in him but it is believed that he would prefer to stay in England, which will give Wenger hope if he is to pursue his interest in the player.
Defeat is written on the faces of the Real Madrid players, it’s in their body language and in their lack of fight to see out winning positions. Jose Mourinho has battled and fought his way to glory wherever he’s been, however largely his methods haven’t been well received. The Portuguese has also written off Real’s chances at the title, as they currently sit 13-points behind Barcelona.
Is his head in England? Not necessarily, but it’s certainly not in Spain. He wants it to be done his way and he’ll fight whoever stands in his way. He’s drawn swords against Alberto Toril, the Castilla coach, and his expression told most of the story the last time he was pictured next to Florentino Perez.
Which one comes first? Mourinho forcing his way out or Mourinho being forced out? Is this a master plan or is he sailing with the tide, a tide that wants nothing more than for him to be removed?
Perez may look to bring in a number of new faces for the squad during the summer, but it’s so much easier to just replace the manager if the team aren’t winning. But it’s never his fault, of course. Mourinho will pass the buck down to any number of his players and lay the blame squarely at their feet. More often than not he’ll start with the senior Spanish players and their closest allies.
Is that why we saw such a slump in Mesut Ozil’s production up until the past few weeks? Sergio Ramos, who belongs in that circle of Spanish seniors, is close with Ozil and deemed his action to be an act of friendship. Wearing the German’s shirt under his own, Ramos may be forgiven for simply looking to dedicate his next goal to his comrade. In the eyes of Mourinho, it was an act of rebellion.
This isn’t the all-conquering Real Madrid that swept through the second half of last season with near ease. There were problems then, but they were somehow pushed to the side. Overcoming Barcelona and putting Pep Guardiola’s team to the sword would take greater precedence than internal squabbles.
The media hate it but they sort of love it, too. They’ve apparently been given license to go to work on Mourinho and help facilitate his removal. The English press, on the other hand, can’t get enough of the manager. He’s box office. So who’s wrong? The Italians didn’t fancy him either, and yet so many of Inter Milan’s players spoke incredibly highly of their once leader.
Would Mourinho be a success again in England? Unquestionably, but at what price? Barcelona opted against appointing Mourinho prior to handing Guardiola the job, and there’s plenty of reason to understand why. Where’s the evidence? Look at the current storm hanging over the Bernabeu. I’ve said it before, Mourinho has been handed the keys to the stadium but it will never be enough.
Most major clubs would fall over themselves to sign Mourinho when (not if) he leaves Real. There’s the siege mentality and then there’s a number of laughable and even irritating actions. The decision to stand up against the supporters at 9:20pm in an almost empty Bernabeu ahead of the Madrid derby was laughed off by his players. What’s to take seriously from that?
Other fans and specifically those of one club will look down on the idea of playing a ‘destroyer’ in the middle of the pitch to stop the tide. Pepe isn’t the most likeable character in football, but he’s one of Mourinho’s.
And that’s what you get, the success will come but you lose something in the process. This is not the Real Madrid way. The football hasn’t always been to their liking. Why invest around £200 million on four players alone if you’re going to have a divided dressing room, one which has Mourinho’s allies sitting on opposite sides to those who champion the values and traditions of the club?
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Mourinho may return to England in 2013, he may look to another project in France. But at this stage the ties between himself and the La Liga champions—his La Liga champions—have been broken.
Manchester United finally completed a deal to bring Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha to Old Trafford in the summer after he signed a five-and-a-half-year-contract which will come into effect at the start of next season after he finishes off the current campaign in south London, but the timing of the switch itself strikes me as odd – is manager Sir Alex Ferguson simply legacy shopping now?
The 20-year-old England international, born in Abidjan in the Ivory Coast, has been linked with practically every top club in the Premier League over the course of the past year or so. That’s what the newspaper rumour mill does, it identifies one player and then starts off its own ‘saga’, with Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal all involved at one point or another. It’s both tiresome and dull but it distorts the truth too as it misleads whether there was ever any genuine concrete interest in the player, which as far as I can see, apart from United’s bid this January, there wasn’t.
Zaha was named the Football League Young Player of the Year last season and this prompted United to ‘enter the race’ and seal a deal that will see them pay approximately £10m up front and a further £5m with add-ons. Ferguson sounded somewhat reserved on the signing, most likely because the fans won’t get to see him up close right away, telling reporters: “We like to sign players with potential. We develop players and that’s been proven many times. Hopefully the boy enjoys it here.”
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Given that Arsene Wenger stated that Arsenal were looking at Zaha but denied ever making a bid, while Liverpool are firmly after Tom Ince and neither Chelsea or Manchester City showed a sniff in months, you have to question why Ferguson felt the need to tie up a deal right now – is it because if they run the danger of Palace getting promoted, his price doubles? That would seem to be the only logical explanation, and this way they get the best of both worlds.
The form of the club’s wingers this term, though, will have worried Ferguson no end and it seems as if Nani’s time at Old Trafford may finally be coming to an end. The 26-year-old has made just seven league appearances, only four of them from the start so far, featuring in just 12 games across all competitions. It seems as if the 71-year-old boss has grown weary of the Portuguese’s inconsistencies, ranging from the brilliant to the abject with consummate ease.
It would seem a shame if Nani is discarded to the scrapheap because when fit and on form, he offers an end product both in terms of goals and assists that neither Antonio Valencia or Ashley Young can match, but it’s got to that stage in the season where a catch-22 situation has developed – Nani needs games to get match fit to be of any use, but an extended run is out of the question at the moment given that the club are chasing silverware at both home and abroad, and now is not the time to tinker. He’s lost the manager’s faith and it could be a simple one in, one out deal in the summer.
It’s not as if Valencia has inspired any confidence either, and the 27-year-old Ecuadorian seems to be enjoying a crisis of form and his worst spell out wide since joining the club. Unsure of when to take on and beat his man or come inside and look for the pass, Valencia has been well below par, looking every bit the one-dimensional attacker his critics say he is, with Young on the other flank only being saved by his versatility.
First with Chris Smalling, then Phil Jones and now Wilfried Zaha, Manchester United appear to be taking the old Old Firm’s approach to transfers now, namely buying up young players of real potential so that their rivals cannot get near them. At the moment, there is no real need for him, but that could swiftly change in the future come May, with Ferguson set to reshuffle his pack and freshen up an ageing squad in several key areas.
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The purchase of Robin van Persie in the summer was a rare indulgence on his behalf, but the Zaha deal shows that the Scot still has an eye on the future and the smooth handing over of the baton to his successor and while it might look strange to move for Zaha now given the lack of competition for his signature, in the long-term, it could save them millions.
Despite the poignancy of the occasion, it’s felt all too easy to make a catalogue of sweeping generalisations in the wake of Tottenham Hotspur’s 2-1 victory over Arsenal during the weekend.
Andre Villas-Boas’ side could have seen their four-point gap disintegrate to just the one with defeat at White Hart Lane on Sunday, but for them to extend that lead over their neighbours to seven with a victory on derby day, it was always going to be difficult to strip the emotion away from the event.
Does this mean that Spurs have now slain their fierce neighbours and tipped the eternal balance of power in their favour? Not just yet and while they may well be the best team in North London this season – or perhaps the entire capital, should they finish above Rafa Benitez’s Chelsea – we will need to see the trick pulled off a little more sustainably before we start making such durable assumptions.
Yet for however much you choose to read into Sunday’s result, the poignancy of what was on show by the men in white, felt almost undeniable. And it wasn’t necessarily in regards to what they were doing with their feet, either.
The shredded nerve ends and bitten nails of some Tottenham fans may argue to the contrary, although as Villas-Boas’ men entered the final phases of the game with a slender one goal lead, the impending feeling of self-destruction felt almost palpable in its absence. In what has since become the Premier League’s highest ever scoring fixture, the North London derby has served as a shrine to the self-doubt and perennial flakiness that has dogged Spurs over the years.
But this time around, you got the impression that you were witnessing a bunch of players that weren’t in the mood for wilting anymore. And for all the tactical evolution, the Gareth Bale thunderbolts and cascade of pressing that we’ve seen Spurs display this season, it could be that galvanized mentality that makes more of a difference above anything else in N17 this season.
Because a large proportion of this squad have, as Spurs fans hardly need reminding, been scorched by failure more than enough times to suggest that a steely, winning mentality might never fully evolve amongst this current crop of players.
In the trio of Aaron Lennon, Michael Dawson and Jermain Defoe, three of Spurs’ most seasoned campaigners at the club, you find an experienced core that’s been rattled not just once, but twice, in their inability to get the job done in the league over Arsenal. Of course, all three of the aforementioned have proved their ability to qualify for the Champions League at the club, but in both 2006 as well as 2012, they failed to finish above the Gunners after leading them for the majority of the season.
But it was within last season’s now infamous implosion that you could attribute the bulk of any real lingering feelings of self-doubt within this Spurs squad. It was just over 12 months ago that Harry Redknapp’s side blew what seemed like an almost unassailable 10-point lead over their North London rivals. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but looking back upon their 5-2 mauling at the Emirates last February and for all their manager’s flirting with the England job and their chairman’s reluctance to spend in January, last season’s team simply couldn’t recover from the blow Wenger’s men inflicted upon them.
As brutal as it sounds, for all the barnstorming wing play and exquisite floods of attack, Spurs simply didn’t have the presence of mind to cope with the pressure or the belief needed to overcome adversity.
We will only find out if they’ve truly rectified that come their placing at the end of the season, although Sunday’s victory over Arsenal and to a similar extent, the 3-2 win over West Ham United, too, suggest that Tottenham may have finally found that vital mental ingredient that’s been missing for a small lifetime at White Hart Lane. And it could just be the key they need to finally supplant the Gunners in the league for the first time since 1995.
How much do you attribute this to Andre Villas-Boas, a change in personnel or simply a newfound maturity within what remains a very young squad?
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Certainly in the influx of new players in N17 such as Hugo Lloris, Mousa Dembele, Jan Vertonghen and Gylfi Sigurdsson, Spurs have attained not just young and gifted talent with a high resale value in fitting with the Daniel Levy model. Most importantly, they’ve acquired players with a genuine hunger and a desire to succeed.
But for all the comparisons between both Redknapp and Villas-Boas that have peppered the Portuguese’s first season with Spurs, a special mention must be given to the ex-Porto man’s own winning mentality. From day one, amongst talk of winning the Europa League and one day challenging for the league title, Villas-Boas made clear that Tottenham have to finish above Arsenal.
The slow adoration that’s built for Villas-Boas has often unnecessarily been adjoined by an incessant need to fire parting shots at the now QPR-boss. But perhaps supporters shouldn’t be too surprised with the difference in mentality from a team that used to ‘go out and give it a good go,’ to one that’s now told they can ‘still pose a threat’ to second-placed Manchester City.
Either way, Tottenham’s new found mentality might just prove to be the defining element of their 2012-13 season. The proof will as ever, be in the pudding. But after nearly a generation of self-doubt, this side may now have just turned the corner.
Stoke are said to be among the clubs showing an interest in Phil Neville but any move will hinge on staying in the Premier League, according the Daily Telegraph.
Neville will be on the look out for a new club in the summer after revealing he will not be extending his stay at Everton and reports have claimed Stoke are in the hunt.
The 36-year-old has revealed he wants to carry on playing in the Premier League and a switch to the Britannia Stadium would appear to be the perfect fit as long as Stoke fight off relegation.
Potters boss Tony Pulis will be looking to re-shape his squad in the summer even if they stay up and he will no doubt be interested in Neville, who still has a couple of seasons at the top left in him.
Neville will not be short of offers but for now Pulis will be fully focused on making sure Stoke get enough points to stay in the Premier League.
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