Amy Lawrence
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/ 2 February 2007

Arsenal’s ‘Beast’ carries his burden with ease

”Sometimes I’m amazed with European clubs — they spend fortunes on ordinary players just because they’re Brazilian.” This wry observation, from Tostao, a World Cup winner and one of today’s most-respected commentators on Brazilian football, might well apply to many talent-hungry European nations, but England is not one of them.

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/ 26 January 2007

Madness of the Anglo transfer duty

The ability to win gracefully ought to be less troublesome a skill than losing with dignity. Recently, however, we witnessed an act of spectacular smugness from the Birmingham City chairperson, David Gold. The morning after his team’s outstanding demolition of Newcastle United in the FA Cup he thumped himself on the back so hard it was a surprise he didn’t knock himself over.