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“3 UP FRONT: Van der Vaart, Transfer Window Yawns and England Pressure” was originally published at Soccerlens.com – Football News.

England vs Bulgaria
Euro 2012 Qualifiers
Wembley Stadium
Friday, 3rd September 2010
20:00 (BST)

Although not many people are too eager to go watch the match at Wembley but we can be sure that this game, along with many to come, will see Fabio Capello build a team that will be a strong contender at Euro 2012.

Theo Walcott was left out in the World Cup by Capello and to prove him wrong, Walcott started his Premier League action on a high and netted four goals in 187 minutes he played.

For Capello, Walcott’s lightening pace was overwhelmed by the lack of a footballing brain as many pundits have mentioned that he runs out of ideas as quickly as he is running. Maybe his brain is having a hard time keeping up with his feet.

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The Arsenal man, nonetheless, has played himself back in Capello’s team and has made it to the squad against Bulgaira.

The other wingers available to Capello are Manchester City’s trio Adam Johnson, James Milner and Shaun Wright-Phillips and Aston Villa’s Ashley Young. And looking at the 2010/2011 season of the English Premier League so far, none of them stand a whisker of a chance against Walcott.

Only SWP has spent lesser time on the pitch than Walcott but only Milner has managed to score… once. Walcott has clearly been the most agressive in front of goal with just one shot on goal lesser than the cummulative shots on goal of the rest.

Stats show that while Walcott has been busy attempting to score goals himself, Young and Milner have been creating chances for others. Then again, Walcott has delivered the second most successful crosses after Young.

Here is what Theo Walcott had to say about his England future:

Bulgaria, on the other hand, have worries in the defense sector. In the FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Bulgaira conceded 31% of their goals in the first 15 minutes of their games – a joint-high with Iceland.

England, however, was more potent later on in their games on their road to South Africa but they still managed four goals in the opening 15 minutes of their games, a total only three other sides could better. Also, three of those four goals came at home for the Englishmen.

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“England vs Bulgaria – A case for Theo Walcott” was originally published at Soccerlens.com – Football News.

There are a myriad of ways you could describe AC Milan’s much-travelled show-pony Zlatan Ibrahimovic (lolloping gobshite, work-shy flake, disruptive semi-megalomaniac, self-important tossweed) but ‘likeable’ or even ‘affable’ probably wouldn’t be the kind of characteristics that would be on the tip of your tongue if you were asked to outwardly assess his personality.

His talent is obviously mercurial, but frustratingly fleeting – and it is precisely these sparse glimpses of greatness that keep the big-name suitors queuing up for his services despite his innately repellent nature.

After beginning his career in his native Sweden with Malmo, Ibrahimovic has only ever plyed his trade with giants of the European game. Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona and now AC Milan have all been graced with his considerable presence over the years (racking up a cumulative transfer fee of nearly €100 million in the process), and nearly every move between clubs (with the exception of Inter) has come about in acrimonious circumstances.

Whether it be a conspiracy over whether or not he intentionally injured a teammate whilst on international duty (Ajax), threatening legal action in order to emancipate himself from his contract (Juventus) or just good old-fashioned ill-feeling, when Ibrahimovic marches through a club’s exit door it’s usually under a rather bottom-heavy cloud – and his recent ejection from the Camp Nou is no exception.

After a single, fairly underwhelming season with the Spanish champions, Ibrahimovic has made the return trip (on an initial season-long loan deal) back to the Giuseppe Meazza stadium – only this time the sullen Swede will be donning the Rossonerri shirt in return for his princely pay packet, rather than the Nerazzurri number he last sported just 14 short months previous.

As is now tradition, Ibrahimovic has levelled a fairly vicious (and petty) parting shot at his former Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola, by accusing a man that has won multiple domestic and European titles during his relatively short managerial career of being a ’small-time’ coach;

“In my book, a great coach solves his problems. A small-time coach runs from them. There was only one person [at Barcelona] who wanted to get rid of me.”

Oh, how we’d all love to read Zlatan’s book.

The ego-driven verbal incontinence continued with the striker forthrightly absolving himself of any of the blame for his lacklustre showing at Barca, blaming Guardiola’s apparent neglect as the reason for his failings at the Camp Nou;

“I have never had problems with any coach before during my career. But suddenly I had a thousand problems and I had no communication with ‘the Philosopher’. No communication whatsoever. I don’t know what his problem was.

I couldn’t take it. I had no choice but to find a new place of work and I was lucky to go to a club like Milan. I am 28-years-old and cannot afford to lose a year sitting on the bench and watching the weather.”

Cynics may suggest that Guardiola probably hasn’t had an awful lot of free time to spend frittering away on idle chatter with Ibra of late, given the inordinate number of man-hours he’s put into buttering up Javier Mascherano and Cesc Fabregas over the past six months – but that’s another debate for a different day.

“Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s Parting Shot Leaves A Bitter Aftertaste” was originally published at Soccerlens.com – Football News.

As beautiful as the UEFA Champions League is one thing suddenly hit me when viewing the group stage draw in Monaco last Thursday – and that was the realisation of just how contradictive the title and format of the competition really is.

It is club football’s  premier competition where the continent’s most scintillating players and charismatic coaches pit their wits against one another to experience the aura and drama of a Tuesday/Wednesday night from all four corners of Europe. When that glorious anthem bellows around sold out stadiums in subzero temperatures in Russia or during a dreary ran filled night at Old Trafford, you know you are about to witness something special. The competition possesses a theatrical presence like no other competition in the world.

As fantastic as it is to see the likes of Real Madrid, Milan and Arsenal season after season showcasing their varied styles of play, it seems somewhat unfair how they are prioritised more so than champions of various countries across Europe.

For example the top seeded teams in last week’s draw contained Manchester United, Arsenal, Lyon and Milan – none of whom are champions of their respective leagues – but  had still been seeded ahead of the likes of FC Twente, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Partizan Belgrade – who are indeed champions of theirs. This may seem obvious due to the enormity of the aforementioned clubs due to their history and prestige but none of them currently possess the title of ‘champions’ unlike the latter. As the title of the competition suggests – Champions League – shouldn’t the league champions have priority over the heavyweight teams in Europe regardless of what country they’re from?

The Champions League is such a huge phenomenon now since its expansion eighteen years ago it has more or less became the ‘symbolic’ competition of the sport – ahead of the FIFA World Cup.  Staggering really at just how much it has evolved since the introduction of multiple clubs from different nations instead of just the league champions.

This is all well and good but shouldn’t all league champions who are participating in Europe be given a fair crack at participating in the tournament rather than having to take part in umpteen qualifying rounds before they can even taste the tournament in its ‘proper’ format?

Would a CFR Cluj vs Barcelona tie attract an audience on the scale of Barca taking on Milan? Of course not but in the interest of fairness Cluj should be gaining a primary slot in the tournament as they have achieved their champion status.

Revenue plays a massive part in UEFA’s thinking and rightfully so. Like any business they need to squeeze every last drop they can out of their big hitters. For UEFA a round of sixteen involving dominant, prestigious and fashionable clubs would be a success because of the mass audiences they would attract due to large fan bases. The likes of Partizan (Serbia), Zilina (Slovakia) Basel (Switzerland) and Bursaspor (Turkey) being lesser known clubs would not draw mass attention. Regardless of that fact they shouldn’t be overlooked by UEFA and should be treated with the same kind of grace like those in England, Italy, Spain and Germany.

It is such a pity for these clubs and their fans. As the competition’s name suggests they should have more right to be there than a team who has finished second,third or fourth.

The Champions League is a thing of beauty. The ambience it possesses and the spine tickling sensation it sounds down every player, coach and fan when its music plays is like no other entity in sport – but when you look at the bigger picture and its contradiction, clubs in Europe are missing out dearly.

It is pretty ironic really how a clubs status as ‘league champions’ isn’t even enough for them to gain entry into the (proper) competition.

“The Champions League is a beautiful oxymoron” was originally published at Soccerlens.com – Football News.

When does Barcelona NOT strike fear into clubs worldwide? They do it so well on the pitch and this summer, they did it through their use of the transfer market. The signing of David Villa to spearhead such an already petrifying forward line is something that has to have La Liga teams and Champions League rivals quaking in their boots!

However, it’s not all about the goals scored, but keeping goals out is also important to a manager and with the signing of Javier Mascherano, Pep Guardiola’s backline just got a little bit tougher to crack. But with Busquets already a regular starter, how does Mascherano fit into the Barcelona system?

Barcelona’s traditional system is 4-3-3 with Busquets anchoring, allowing Xavi and Iniesta to do their thing further up the field. In their first La Liga game of the season, prior to Mascherano’s arrival, I noted the fact that Iniesta was pushed out on the left wing and Seydou Keita was positioned next to Xavi in central midfield.

If Guardiola is going to keep his traditional system, then I suspect that for the next game and from then on, Keita will be dropped to the bench and Mascherano will slot into the vacant spot next to Xavi. So, the midfield trio would be Busquets, Xavi and Mascherano.

Don’t you get the feeling that the bulk of the creativity would be left to Xavi? Yes, Xavi is indeed the heart and soul of Barcelona’s attacks, but when Iniesta was next to him, he had help. Both players were always looking for that killer pass through to the forward line. Now that Iniesta is further up the pitch, one may wonder if this would put extra pressure on Xavi to deliver. Mascherano, as good a player as he is, is more of an enforcer than a play-maker. The same applies to Busquets, more or less. I think there’s another way to fit Mascherano in without putting undue pressure on any one player.

What if Pep Guardiola used a 4-2-3-1 setup? With that formation, Xavi would be moved further up the pitch and would play just behind David Villa. In that position known as “the hole”, Xavi would be the perfect link between the anchormen (Busquets and Mascherano) and David Villa up top. Iniesta would be on the left-hand side and of course, Lionel Messi would be on the right. Xavi, Messi and Iniesta would share the creative responsibility with Villa being the beneficiary of their efforts. That system would make Barcelona an even stronger force and their defence, protected by Busquets and Mascherano, would be considered the “Rock of Gibraltar”.

Will Guardiola give it a try? Maybe. In fact, Guardiola used the 4-2-3-1 system a few times last season and they played very well with it. Whatever Guardiola decides to do, I’m sure he’ll manage to get the best out of his latest signing, Javier Mascherano, and his elite Barcelona team as a unit.

“How Can Mascherano Best Fit Into Barcelona’s System?” was originally published at Soccerlens.com – Football News.

It’s amazing how many people seem to know a “reliable source” on deadline day. It’s also surprising just how many people seem to camp outside their club’s home stadium, just to try to get a glimpse of their latest star. In-truth most of these reliable sources, or sightings of players, that build up the excitement amongst fans, are a figment of one fans imagination. Indeed, Wesley Sneijder was spotted in Grimsby at one point yesterday.

In the end the biggest deal completed on deadline day was that of Asamoah Gyan. Sunderland splashed out on a record transfer, of £13 million, for a player who is most famous for a missed penalty at the World Cup. To be fair to Gyan that statement is a little harsh on him. He was the talisman for Ghana, and most of Africa, throughout their World Cup campaign and the striker has had a good career at Rennes. For Sunderland fans the thought of a strike-force that consists of Darren Bent and Asamoah Gyan is exciting, even more so due to the fact they finally have another player who threatens to trouble the opposition goal-keeper. Sunderland’s reliance on Bent’s goal-scoring has been particularly evident this season, with the departure of Kenwyne Jones; Bruce needed another striker. In Gyan he has one of the stars of the World Cup, he has a partner for Bent and he has another goal-threat.

Gyan is now Sunderland’s record transfer.

Birmingham City were also very busy. Much was promised when the new owners took over, with Carson Yeung pledging to provide Alex McLeish with £80 million to spend on new talent. Until now McLeish hasn’t brought players of a team with that sort of money to spend; does the transfer of Matt Derbyshire really send-shockwaves across Birmingham? Bringing Alexander Hleb to St. Andrews did though. But this transfer may be trumped by a lesser-profiled Chilean winger named Jean Beausejour. Beausejour arrived from Club America for an undisclosed fee and the tricky winger has pace and strength that will mean he should adapt to the speed and vigour of the Premier League quickly.

When one Premier League team can afford to loan players that would be considered ‘hot prospects’ at their club to another where they will immediately go into the first team it goes to show the gulf in class between those teams chasing the Champions League and the clubs fighting off relegation. Having said this Wigan will be relatively happy with their two loan recruitments. Tom Cleverley and Franco Di Santo will add some much needed youthful exuberance to a team struggling to be exuberant about anything at the minute. Cleverley may even be able to force himself into contention for an England place with a good season at this level and Capello will have his eyes on the young Manchester United midfielder’s progress.

Tom Cleverley has gone on loan to Wigan.

Elsewhere Blackpool’s hero, DJ Campbell, has returned and will go straight into the first team to give the relegation favourites another attacking threat. Paul Konchesky made the move to Liverpool, to team up with old manager Roy Hodgeson, who wasn’t going to buy anyone from Fulham after he left… But finally would any transfer round-up be completed without a mention of Robinho? He’s moved to AC Milan for a reported £22 million after having a turgid time in Manchester.

Ultimately though the biggest news of this transfer window may be that Arsene Wenger still seems reluctant to sign a goalkeeper. Whilst North London rivals, Tottenham, added Stipe Pletikosa to their goalkeeping department that already contains Heurelho Gomes and Carlo Cudicini, Arsenal fans will have to wait, at least, until January after Wenger couldn’t, for whatever reason, sign Mark Schwarzer and didn’t even make an attempt to sign Shay Given. And you can’t help but feel that whilst Arsenal have Manuel Almunia or Lukas Fabianski in goal they won’t win the Premier League title.

“Premier League Transfer Deadline: From Sneijder to Gyan” was originally published at Soccerlens.com – Football News.

Premier League rules state that each club must submit a squad, maximum 25 players, containing eight home-grown players (players trained in England or Wales for 36 months before the age of 21), with an additional unlimited number of players aged 21 or under on 1 January that year.

There has been plenty of debate on the merits of the home-grown players rule – it gets some things right (English players will get more playing time and the 25-man limit prevents player hoarding) and it gets some things wrong (encourages signing up foreign players at a younger age). It’s a compromise between what the FA wanted and what the Premier League were willing to give, and it’s important to remember that the clubs voted in favor of it, presumably to avoid taking stricter action in ensuring that English players dominate the Premier League.

Personally I feel that if the FA and the English Premier League genuinely want to help the national team perform better, they need to copy the likes of Spain, Brazil, Germany, Argentina and Netherlands in developing their players. Either ensure their future at top clubs in the Premier League or send them abroad where they will need to adapt to a new culture, grow as individuals and play in a more technical environment than, say, lower-level Premier League football or Championship football. At the end of the day, English players are happy to play in smaller clubs in England than they would be at bigger clubs abroad, and that’s the main issue.

If the new rules had mandated that those eight home-grown players should have been eight players eligible to play for England, that would have changed the complexion of the Premier League completely and would have genuinely ensured that more English players get a chance at the top level. Right or wrong, that would have had the desired effect, not a loophole that encourages Premier League clubs to simply start signing players before the age of 18. Gael Kakuta, Federico Macheda and many others will be considered ‘home-grown’, although in effect they are never going to play for England, and the England national team will never benefit from their presence in the English top-flight.

In any case, Premier League clubs will be playing by these rules from now on, so let’s take a look at the clubs and who they have in their 25-man squads. Home grown players are in bold:

Arsenal Squad

1 Almunia, Manuel
2 Arshavin, Andrey
3 Bendtner, Nicklas
4 Chamakh, Marouane
5 Clichy, Gaël
6 Denilson
7 Diaby, Abou
8 Djourou, Johan
9 Eboué, Emmanuel
10 Fabianski, Lukasz
11 Fábregas, Cesc
12 Koscielny, Laurent
13 Mannone, Vito
14 Nasri, Samir
15 Rosicky, Tomas
16 Sagna, Bacary
17 Song, Alex
18 Van Persie, Robin
19 Vermaelen, Thomas
20 Squillaci, Sébastien

Under 21 players (selected)
Gibbs, Kieran
Ramsey, Aaron
Traoré, Armand
Vela Carlos
Walcott, Theo
Wilshere, Jack

Aston Villa Squad

1 Agbonlahor, Gabriel
2 Beye, Habib
3 Carew, John
4 Collins, James
5 Cúellar, Carlos
6 Davies, Curtis
7 Downing, Stewart
8 Dunne, Richard
9 Friedel, Brad
10 Guzan, Brad
11 Heskey, Emile
12 Hogg, Jonathan
13 Lichaj, Eric
14 Ireland, Stephen
15 Osbourne, Isaiah
16 Petrov, Stilian
17 Reo-Coker, Nigel
18 Salifou, Moustapha
19 Sidwell, Steven
20 Warnock, Stephen
21 Young, Ashley
22 Young, Luke

Under 21 players (selected)
Albrighton, Marc
Collins, James
Delfouneso, Nathan
Delph, Fabian

Birmingham City Squad

1 Taylor, Maik
2 Carr, Stephen
3 Murphy, David
4 Bowyer, Lee
5 Johnson, Roger
6 Ridgewell, Liam
7 Larsson, Sebastian
8 Gardner, Craig
9 Phillips, Kevin
10 Jerome, Cameron
11 O’Connor, Garry
12 Ferguson, Barry
13 Doyle, Colin
14 Derbyshire, Matt
15 Dann, Scott
16 McFadden, James
17 Míchel
18 Fahey, Keith
19 Zigic, Nikola
20 Parnaby, Stuart
21 Hleb, Alexander
22 Beausejour, Jean
23 Foster, Ben
24 Jiranek, Martin
25 O’Shea, James

Under 21 players (selected)
Delfouneso, Emmitt
Mutch, Jordon
Vallès, Enric

Blackburn Rovers Squad

1 Robinson, Paul
2 Olsson, Martin
3 Samba, Christopher
4 Givet, Gaël
5 Nelsen, Ryan
6 Emerton, Brett
7 Dunn, David
8 Kalinic, Nikola
9 Diouf, El Hadji
10 Grella, Vince
11 Pedersen, Morten Gamst
12 Bunn, Mark
13 Nzonzi, Steven
14 Andrews, Keith
15 Salgado, Michel
16 Brown, Jason
17 Fielding, Francis
18 Chimbonda, Pascal
19 Diouf, Mame Biram
20 Mwaruwari, Benjani
21 Roberts, Jason

Under 21 players (selected)
Gunning, Gavin
Hoilett, David
Jones, Phil
Linganzi, Amine
Santa Cruz, Julio
Todd, John

Blackpool Squad

1 Adam, Charlie
2 John-Baptiste, Alex
3 Basham, Chris
4 Crainey, Stephen
5 Martin, Malaury
6 Coid, Daniel
7 Demontagnac, Ishmel
8 Eardley, Neal
9 Edwards, Robert
10 Euell, Jason
11 Evatt, Ian
12 Gilks, Matthew
13 Grandin, Elliot
14 Harewood, Marlon
15 Keinan, Dekel
16 Ormerod, Brett
17 Southern, Keith
18 Sylvestre, Ludovic
19 Taylor-Fletcher, Gary
20 Varney, Luke
21 Vaughan, David
22 Campbell, DJ
23 Carney, David
24 Kingson, Richard

Under 21 players (selected)
Almond, Louis
Cathcart, Craig
Halstead, Mark
Husband, Stephen

Bolton Wanderers Squad

1 Blake, Robert
2 Bogdan, Adam
3 Cahill, Gary
4 Cohen, Tamir
5 Davies, Kevin
6 Davies, Mark
7 Davis, Sean
8 Elmander, Johan
9 Gardner, Ricardo
10 Holden, Stuart
11 Jaaskelainen, Jussi
12 Klasnic, Ivan
13 Knight, Zat
14 Lee, Chung-yong
15 Muamba, Fabrice
16 O’Brien, Andy
17 O’Brien, Joey
18 Petrov, Martin
19 Ricketts, Sam
20 Robinson, Paul
21 Samuel, Jlloyd
22 Steinsson, Gretar
23 Taylor, Matthew
24 Al-Habsi, Ali

Under 21 players (selected)
Alonso, Marcos
Lynch, Jay
Moreno, Rodrigo
Obadeyi, Temitope
Ward, Daniel

Chelsea Squad

1 Cech, Petr
2 Ivanovic, Branislav
3 Cole, Ashley
4 Essien, Michael
5 Ramires
6 Lampard, Frank
7 Benayoun, Yossi
8 Drogba, Didier
9 Mikel, John Obi
10 Malouda, Florent
11 Bosingwa, Jose
12 Zhirkov, Yuri
13 Ferreira, Paulo
14 Kalou, Salomon
15 Turnbull, Ross
16 Terry, John
17 Alex
18 Anelka, Nicolas
19 Hilário, Henrique

Under 21 players (selected)
Bertrand, Ryan
Borini, Fabio
Cork, Jack
Hutchinson, Sam
Kakuta, Gaël
Lalkovic, Milan
McEachran, Josh
Mellis, Jacob
Mitrovic, Marko
Philliskirk, Daniel
Rajkovic, Slobodan
Sebek, Jan
Sturridge, Daniel
Taylor, Rhys
Van Aanholt, Patrick
Bruma, Jeffrey
Woods, Michael

Everton Squad

1 Hibbert, Tony
2 Baines, Leighton
3 Jagielka, Phil
4 Neville, Phil
5 Osman, Leon
6 Beckford, Jermaine
7 Cahill, Tim
8 Anichebe, Victor
9 Vaughan, James
10 Arteta, Mikel
11 Turner, Iain
12 Pienaar, Steven
13 Howard, Tim
14 Coleman, Seamus
15 Yakubu, Ayegbeni
16 Fellaini, Marouane
17 Mucha, Jan
18 Saha, Louis
19 Heitinga, John
20 Bilyaletdinov, Diniyar
21 Distin, Sylvian

Under 21 players (selected)
Agard, Kieran
Akpan, Hope
Baxter, Jose
Duffy, Shane
Fitzgibbon, James
Garbutt, Luke
Gueye, Magaye
Mustafi, Shkodran
Silva, João
Rodwell, Jack
Wallace, James

Fulham Squad

1 Schwarzer, Mark
2 Stockdale, David
3 Pantsil, John
4 Stoor, Frederick
5 Kelly, Stephen
6 Gera, Zoltan
7 Dempsey, Clint
8 Riise, Bjorn Helge
9 Hughes, Aaron
10 Baird, Christopher
11 Halliche, Rafik
12 Etuhu, Dickson
13 Dikgacoi, Kagisho
14 Johnson, Andy
15 Kamara, Diomansy
16 Dembéle, Moussa
17 Hangeland, Brede
18 Murphy, Danny
19 Greening, Jonathan
20 Zamora, Bobby
21 Elm, David
22 Johnson, Edward
23 Salcido, Carlos
24 Davies, Simon
25 Duff, Damien

Under 21 players (selected)
Briggs, Matthew
Dalla Valle, Lauri
Kacaniklic, Alexander
Marsh-Brown, Keanu
Touré, Cheick

Liverpool Squad

1 Jones, Brad
2 Johnson, Glen
3 Agger, Daniel
4 Aurélio, Fábio
5 Gerrard, Steven
6 Torres, Fernando
7 Cole, Joe
8 Jovanovic, Milan
9 Kyrgiakos, Sotirios
10 Rodríguez, Maxi
11 Kuyt, Dirk
12 Leiva, Lucas
13 Carragher, Jamie
14 Reina, José
15 Spearing, Jay
16 Darby, Stephen
17 Skrtel, Martin
18 Poulsen, Christian
19 Babel, Ryan
20 Konchesky, Paul
21 Meireles, Raul

Under 21 players (selected)
Amoo, David
Ayala, Daniel
Eccleston, Nathan
Gulacsi, Peter
Hansen, Martin
Ince, Thomas
Kelly, Martin
Mavinga, Chris
Ngog, David
Pacheco, Daniel
Shelvey, Jonjo
Wilson, Danny

Manchester City Squad

1 Hart, Joe
2 Given, Shay
3 Taylor, Stuart
4 Logan, Shaleum
5 Richards, Micah
6 Zabaleta, Pablo
7 Kompany, Vincent
8 Boateng, Jérôme
9 Lescott, Joleon
10 Touré, Kolo
11 Bridge, Wayne
12 Kolarov, Aleksandar
13 Johnson, Adam
14 Barry, Gareth
15 Touré, Yaya
16 Vieira, Patrick
17 De Jong, Nigel
18 Milner, James
19 Johnson, Michael
20 Silva, David
21 Wright-Phillips, Shaun
22 Tevez, Carlos
23 Adebayor, Emmanuel
24 Santa Cruz, Roque
25 Jô

Under 21 players (selected)
Ball, David
Balotelli, Mario
Boyata, Dedryck
Ibrahim, Abdisalam
Nimely, Alex
Trippier, Kieran
Weiss, Vladimir

Manchester United Squad

1 Van Der Sar, Edwin
2 Bebé
3 Neville, Gary
4 Evra, Patrice
5 Evans, Jonny
6 Ferdinand, Rio
7 Brown, Wes
8 Anderson
9 Berbatov, Dimitar
10 Rooney, Wayne
11 Giggs, Ryan
12 Park, Ji-Sung
13 Vidic, Nemanja
14 Carrick, Michael
15 Scholes, Paul
16 O’Shea, John
17 Fletcher, Darren
18 Valencia, Luis Antonio
19 Gibson, Darron
20 Kuszczak, Tomasz
21 De Laet, Ritchie
22 Hernández, Javier
23 Owen, Michael
24 Hargreaves, Owen

Under 21 players (selected)
Amos, Ben
Cleverley, Thomas
Drinkwater, Danny
Eikrem, Magnus
Evans, Corry
Gill, David
Keane, William
Macheda, Federico
Obertan, Gabriel
Da Silva, Rafael
Da Silva, Fábio
Pogba, Paul
Smalling, Chris
Welbeck, Danny

Newcastle United Squad

1 Campbell, Sol
2 Taylor, Steven
3 Ameobi, Shola
4 Barton, Joey
5 Guthrie, Danny
6 Lovenkrands, Peter
7 Enrique, José
8 Smith, Alan
9 Best, Leon
10 Coloccini, Fabricio
11 Gutiérrez, Jonás
12 Harper, Steve
13 Nolan, Kevin
14 Routledge, Wayne
15 Simpson, Daniel
16 Taylor, Ryan
17 Williamson, Mike
18 Xisco
19 Forster, Fraser
20 Krul, Tim
21 Perch, James
22 Tioté, Cheik
23 Ben Arfa, Hatem

Under 21 players (selected)
Cuvelier, Florent
Foster, Zack
Galloway, Jordan
Musungu, Andrew

Sunderland Squad

1 Angeleri, Marcos
2 Bardsley, Phil
3 Bent, Darren
4 Bramble, Titus
5 Campbell, Fraizer
6 Carson, Trevor
7 Cattermole, Lee
8 Da Silva, Paulo
9 Elmohamady, Ahmed
10 Ferdinand, Anton
11 Gordon, Craig
12 Healy, David
13 Malbranque, Steed
14 McCartney, George
15 Mensah, John
16 Mignolet, Simon
17 Onuoha, Nedum
18 Reid, Andy
19 Richardson, Kieran
20 Riveros, Cristian
21 Turner, Michael
22 Weir, Robert
23 Zenden, Boudewijn
24 Gyan, Asamoah

Under 21 players (selected)
Colback, Jack
Henderson, Jordan
Kay, Michael
Liddle, Michael
Meyler, David
Noble, Liam
Noble, Ryan
Reed, Adam
Waghorn, Martyn
Welbeck, Danny

Tottenham Hotspur Squad

1 Assou-Ekotto, Benoît
2 Bassong, Sébastian
3 Bentley, David
4 Corluka, Vedran
5 Crouch, Peter James
6 Cudicini, Carlo
7 Gomes, Heurelho
8 Dawson, Michael
9 Defoe, Jermain
10 Gallas, William
11 Huddlestone, Tom
12 Hutton, Alan
13 Jenas, Jermaine
14 Kaboul, Younes
15 Keane, Robbie
16 King, Ledley
17 Kranjcar, Niko
18 Lennon, Aaron
19 Modric, Luka
20 Naughton, Kyle
21 O’Hara, Jamie
22 Palacios, Wilson
23 Pavlyuchenko, Roman
24 Pletikosa, Stipe
25 Van Der Vaart, Rafael

Under 21 players (selected)
Bale, Gareth
Bostock, John
Butcher, Callum
Button, David
Sandro
Dos Santos, Giovani
Livermore, Jake
Obika, Jonathan
Parrett, Dean
Rose, Danny
Sheriff, Ramil
Townsend, Andros
Walker, Kyle

West Bromwich Albion Squad

1 Barnes, Giles Gordon
2 Bednar, Roman
3 Brunt, Christopher
4 Carson, Scott Paul
5 Cech, Marek
6 Cox, Simon
7 Dorrans, Graham
8 Fortuné, Marc-Antoine
9 Ibanez Tebar, Pablo No
10 Jara, Gonzalo
11 Kiely, Dean
12 Méïté, Abdoulaye
13 Miller, Ishmael
14 Morrison, James
15 Mulumbu, Youssouf
16 Myhill, Glyn Oliver Yes
17 Odemwingie, Peter No
18 Olsson, Jonas No
19 Reid, Steven John Yes
20 Scharner, Paul
21 Shorey, Nicky
22 Tamas, Gabriel
23 Thomas, Jerome
24 Tchoyi, Somen
25 Zuiverloon, Gianni

Under 21 players (selected)
Allsop, Ryan
Dawson, Craig
Haber, Marcus
Mattock, Joseph
Wood, Chris

West Ham United Squad

1 Green, Robert
2 Gabbidon, Danny
3 Spector, Jonathan
4 Parker, Scott
5 Cole, Carlton
6 Dyer, Kieron
7 Noble, Mark
8 Upson, Matthew
9 Barrera , Pablo
10 Behrami, Valon
11 Ben Haim, Ta
12 Da Costa, Manuel
13 Faubert, Julien
14 Hitzlsperger, Thomas
15 Ilunga, Herita
16 Kovac, Radoslav
17 Mccarthy, Benny
18 Piquionne, Frédéric
19 Reid, Winston
20 Boa Morte, Luis
21 Obinna, Victor
22 Jacobsen, Lars
23 Boffin, Ruud
24 Hines, Zavon
25 Collison, Jack

Under 21 players (selected)
Eyjolfsson, Holmar
Fanimo, Matthias
McNaughton, Callum
Moncur, George
Nouble, Frank
Potts, Daniel
Sears, Freddie
Spence, Jordan
Stanislas, Junior
Stech, Marek
Tomkins, James

Wigan Athletic Squad

1 Kirkland, Chris
2 Pollitt, Mike
3 N’Zogbia, Charles
4 Boyce, Emmerson
5 Caldwell, Gary
6 Watson, Ben
7 Caldwell, Steven
8 Thomas, Hendry
9 Stam, Ronnie
10 Gómez, Jordi
11 Rodallega, Hugo
12 Diamé, Mohamed
13 Figueroa, Maynor
14 Gohouri, Steve
15 De Ridder, Daniel
16 Al-Habsi, Ali
17 Alcaraz, Antolín
18 McArthur, James
19 Boselli, Mauro

Under 21 players (selected)
Cleverley, Thomas
Di Santo, Franco
Girvan, Michael
Holt, Joe
McCarthy, James
McManaman, Callum
Moses, Victor
Mustoe, Jordan
Routledge, Jon
Rugg, Jordan

Wolverhampton Wanderers Squad

1 Hahnemann, Marcus
2 Van Damme, Jelle
3 Elokobi, George
4 Edwards, David
5 Stearman, Richard
6 Craddock, Jody
7 Henry, Karl
8 Ebanks-Blake, Sylvan
9 Fletcher, Steven
10 Ward, Stephen
11 Hunt, Stephen
12 Hennessey, Wayne
13 Jones, David
14 Halford, Greg
15 Berra, Christophe
16 Jarvis, Matthew
17 Bent, Marcus
18 Milljas, Nenad
19 Mancienne, Michael
20 Mouyokolo, Steven
21 Zubar, Ronald
22 Doyle, Kevin
23 Ikeme, Carl
24 Foley, Kevin
25 Guedioura, Adlène

Under 21 players (selected)
Carvalho-Landell, Andre
Ebanks-Landell, Ethan
Griffiths, Sam
Keane, Jordan
Mujangi, Bia
Vokes, Sam

“Premier League Squads” was originally published at Soccerlens.com – Football News.

Rubens.Campos posted a photo:

The afternoon the residents of Barcelona sit in those comfortable seats and expect concrete dusk, always appears a moon to light the paths.

Por la tarde los habitantes de Barcelona se sientan en las sillas cómodas esperan concretas y al atardecer, siempre aparece una luna a la luz de los senderos.

A tarde os moradores de Barcelona sentam-se nessas confortáveis poltronas de concreto e esperam anoitecer, sempre aparece uma lua para iluminar os caminhos.

*helado de nestea* posted a photo:

Spain

Grond531 posted a photo:

Lucha por el cielo

(Better on Black)