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  Rangers' financial troubles give Celtic a chance to be smug | Football | The Observer

  Revelations of the extent of Rangers ' financial troubles will have come as a surprise only to victims of an incurable gullibility. To anyone capable of taking a detached view of the reckless spending – as opposed to falling for the bluster – of the owner and former chairman, Sir David Murray, ...

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  Perez may wield the axe once more if Real Madrid lose to Milan

  If there is one thing Florentino Pérez craves more than anything else for Real Madrid , it is attention. This week, he got it. But it was not exactly what the club president had in mind. Wednesday night's 4-0 Copa del Rey hammering by Alcorcón, a Second Division B club whose entire budget ...

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  A fifth consecutive defeat for Liverpool today would destroy their title chances and place the club's owners and Rafa Benítez under pressure | Paul Hayward | Football | The Observer

  Back in his days as Aberdeen manager, Alex Ferguson motored south to Anfield to spy on Bob Paisley's Liverpool . There, he ran into the retired Bill Shankly, who growled: "So you're down to have a look at our great team?" Aberdeen lost 1-0 and 4-0 to Paisley's reds in the ensuing European ...

  Al Wood added 2 weeks ago

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  Just because Maradona's paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get him | Marcela Mora y Araujo | Football | guardian.co.uk

  "You lot take it up the arse," were Diego Maradona 's words to the press immediately after his team secured a place at next year's World Cup finals. It was almost adding injury to the insult when he scanned the room and added, "if the ladies will pardon the expression". Looking increasingly ...

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  Diego Maradona's Argentina in danger of suffering an unthinkable end | Jamie Jackson | Football | guardian.co.uk

  Catastrophe, disaster, unthinkable. Three words employed by Ossie Ardiles to describe what all of Argentina feels about the prospect of their beloved Diego Maradona failing to lead the country to next summer's World Cup. It is, however, a definite prospect. "The next two games will decide the ...

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