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“A manager is only as good as his current players allow him to be. In the end, the blokes you talk to and kid a bit and prod a bit have to go out there and do it. That is why they must be given that feeling of personal responsibility and the knowledge that they really belong.”
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Arthur Rowe
WORDS: MATTHEW RICHARDS
Ligue 1 has long been known for unearthing some of the best emerging African players in the game. With the Africa Cup of Nations 2013 set to kick off this Saturday, we asked French football expert, Matthew Richards, to identify five young talents to look out for at the tournament in South Africa…
WORDS: EMANUELE GIULIANELLI
The Italian national anthem is also known as “Fratelli d’Italia”, or Brothers of Italy, and Serie A has seen its fair share of talented siblings down the years. For this calcio fanatic, five favourite fratelli stood out…
WORDS: BRYAN DAVIES
Wilfried Zaha’s England call-up has once again turned the spotlight on the thriving academy at Crystal Palace, a youth set-up that has given debuts to 57 graduates since the mid-1990s alone. Under Simon Jordan and now CPFC2010, the academy has been placed at the heart of the club and the local community, while recent years have seen another gear shift in the quality of players produced under Gary Issott’s immaculate stewardship. Here, Bryan Davies takes a look at four of the best academy stars of recent times, and one player who could have been the best of the lot…
INTERVIEW: GARRY HAYES
As a pioneer in the movement of American soccer players to Europe during the Nineties, John Harkes enjoyed a fine career in England, winning the League Cup with Sheffield Wednesday in 1991. He also played for Derby County, West Ham United, DC United, Nottingham Forest and New England Revolution, before retiring at Columbus Crew in 2002. Now one of the leading voices on US soccer, he gives TheInsideLeft the low down on his top six rookies from the 2012 MLS season so far. Spoiled for choice, it didn’t take us long to break the numerical restrictions of the My Five series, but we hope you’ll forgive us as we find out why Harkes believes these Stateside prospects have what it takes to shine…
WORDS: MATTHEW RICHARDS
The transfer story of the summer so far has to be Chelsea’s capture of Eden Hazard from Lille, the club where the Belgian creator became a French League and Cup Double-winner in 2011, as well as a household name across Europe. But Hazard certainly isn’t the first star to have made his name in Lille and, as supporters said farewell to another inspirational talent, we turned to one of their number to select his five stand-out departing heroes from the club known to its friends as LOSC…
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