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September 2014

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September 30
- Why Prandelli's work-in-progress Galatasaray are there for Arsenal's taking
- In the mag: The making of Di Maria! Jovetic, Hazard exclusives! Pique One-on-One!
- Meet the Lions hoping to help Sporting maul Chelsea - just watch out for the defence
September 29
- Man United reject Nani making the most of his 'second life' at Sporting
- La Liga Lessons: Barça’s One Direction, Ronaldo’s reminder
- From despair to delight: why Man City and Roma are more similar than they think
September 28
- Linked to the Premier League and aiming for Man City - meet Roma's Mattia Destro
- Facts: Which big-name arrival has more assists in two games than in his last three seasons?
- Premier Analysis: Baggies get their bounce on – but Burnley look doomed
September 27
- Brazil-born trio to the fore in Blues cruise: how Stats Zone saw Chelsea 3-0 Aston Villa
September 26
- Luke Shaw makes £30 million sandwich for Van Gaal
- What Premier League stars can learn from Stewart Downing in a midfield diamond
- Do derbies still matter?
- Pearson's Leicester are a '90s throwback – but he couldn't be more different to O'Neill, say Foxes legends
- The inverted Vardy: Ten players who got to the very top and worked their way down
- Derby day flashes in the pan: the stars who picked their (rare) moment carefully
- Napoli's second-season slump sending Rafa into an early rage
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Stoke vs Newcastle
- The FourFourTwo Preview: West Brom vs Burnley
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Arsenal vs Tottenham
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Sunderland vs Swansea
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Southampton vs QPR
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Man United vs West Ham
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Hull vs Man City
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Crystal Palace vs Leicester
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Chelsea vs Aston Villa
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Liverpool vs Everton
- Big Weekend Preview: CR7 (almost) on for a ton, while Barcelona line up the salads
- Ozil, Ronaldo and football's distrust of introverts
September 25
- Magath applying cheese to broken heart
September 23
- How Luis Enrique is unlocking Neymar’s true quality – but faces a Suarez-shaped problem
- Everything you need to know about Arsenal's Hector Bellerin
- Meet the miraculous Bundesliga table-toppers with no money and an ex-con star
September 22
- La Liga Lessons: Real break records, Sevilla surprise, Basques bumble
September 21
- Debrief: Milner, Mangala shine as Super Frank spoils Mourinho smash-and-grab
- Ferocious Foxes maul Van Gaal's suicidal lambs: how Stats Zone saw Leicester 5-3 Man United
- How Chelsea are gaming the system better than anyone – and why they'll keep winning
- Leicester will provide the toughest test yet of Man United's new shape
- Yannick Bolasie: Neil Warnock rapping? He'd be like, "what the hell is this!?"
September 20
- Saturday analysis: Arsenal show no mercy, Liverpool show no guile
- Super Ultra Hyper Mega Cup doesn’t exist, Pardew forced to admit
September 19
- Clough on: Curbing Keane, over-rated Sheringham and babbling Brooklyn Beckham
- Milan vs Juventus: a tale of two cities – and feuding managers
- Why it's pointless for Newcastle to sack Alan Pardew
- 'He couldn't move as quickly as he can talk now': Van Gaal's former team-mates speak
- Big Weekend Preview: Barça’s new look and a big shift from James
- Rivaldo vs Valencia, 2001: Great Goals Retold
- Zinedine Zidane: Great Goals Retold
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Man City vs Chelsea
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Everton vs Crystal Palace
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Tottenham vs West Brom
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Leicester vs Man United
- The FourFourTwo Preview: West Ham vs Liverpool
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Swansea vs Southampton
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Newcastle vs Hull
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Burnley vs Sunderland
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Aston Villa vs Arsenal
- The FourFourTwo Preview: QPR vs Stoke
- Gabbidon scrubs diagram of compatibilist predestination off Cardiff’s whiteboard
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Great Goals Retold
- How 'Swiss army knife' Costa became a man for all occasions
September 18
- Introducing Everton's 'plastic' Europa League foes who idolise Felix Magath
- Meet Spurs' Serbian opponents in crisis - but with an academy to envy
September 17
- Fight Club: Zlatan's bonkers time at Ajax (featuring scissors and leg-breakers)
- Real Madrid’s ascendance, Athletic’s reappearance
- Man City aim to exploit Pep's problems and avoid third Bayern embarrassment
- Group E preview: Crystal Palace in disguise, UEFA's new rule and struggling Cole
September 16
- From spare-time sixth-tier coach to hard-pressing Bundesliga-topper: The rise and rise of Roger Schmidt
- Is Raheem Sterling now the best teenager in Europe?
- Meet the deadly Schalke winger who's already riled Chelsea fans before
- Dortmund's misfortune forces Klopp down new avenues – but could give Arsenal a headache
- Who is to blame for Real Madrid's mess this season?
- Irked Ozil the real loser in Wenger's new system – and it's unlikely to change anytime soon
- Group F preview: European supervillains, kitty cannon fodder and Kaka's new face
- Group G preview: Mourinho's nemeses, Chelsea's surplus stars and smarting Sporting
- Group H preview: Homegrown goods, the little dentist and a geography lesson
September 15
- Cult hero Kagawa doesn't disappoint on his Dortmund homecoming
- Group D preview: Arsenal already winners, Klopp's secret vice and no Didier Drogba
- Group C preview: Peter Pan, second-best bridesmaids and unpopular billionaires
- Group B preview: Liverpool hunt early exit, Ludogorets need supervision
- Group A preview: Simeone the strangler, March of the Penguins and Nietzsche
- Who are Ludogorets? Meet the Bulgarians with a chain-smoking penalty hero and less history than Stevie G
- La Liga Lessons: Atlético as Doctor Who, Iker’s new exile and La Liga 0-9 Serie A
- Facts: Which summer signing has already broken a Premier League record?
September 14
- Adrian: Allardyce is a great manager - but he only speaks 'holiday Spanish'!
- Debrief: Are Man United 'back'? Could Chelsea be everyone's new second team?
September 13
- Saturday analysis: Blues brothers take centre stage again as Costa stops the show
- Roy Race's 7 most defining matches of his career (according to him)
- Why players, not fans, must take the lead against homophobia
- Everything you need to know about... Davie Selke
September 12
- Arsenal and Manchester City must step up in football's new "Biggest Week"
- Atleti's aerial prowess still a concern for Real Madrid ahead of derby
- Bale designs own flag and constitution, report upset team-mates
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Hull vs West Ham
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Man United vs QPR
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Liverpool vs Aston Villa
- The FourFourTwo Preview: West Brom vs Everton
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Sunderland vs Tottenham
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Stoke vs Leicester
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Southampton vs Newcastle
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Crystal Palace vs Burnley
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Chelsea vs Swansea
- The FourFourTwo Preview: Arsenal vs Man City
- Big Weekend Preview: Real Madrid’s mayday and Barça show true colours
September 11
- Simeone boots up Atletico 2.0 to ensure Rojiblancos don't get caught at standstill
- Why Zizou is suffering an early coaching crisis
- Andorrans object to playing Wales in Euro 2016 qualifier
September 9
- Plight of Pedro Leon highlights how La Liga’s finest could face economic exile
September 8
- Ronaldo backtracks after Perez prod; Barca fib about Messi?
- Random byes, four-team finals and even easier qualifying: The early days of the Euros
- Does anyone care about England anymore?
- Meet the Swiss striker looking to make life difficult for Roy Hodgson and England
- Why Raheem Sterling is England's main man for qualifying
September 5
- What the Premier League's late signings will bring this season
- Welbeck proves Arsenal credentials by getting injured
September 3
- Jim White disassembled and put in storage
- Captain Fantastic? Think again, it's all in the head
- How Luis Enrique has already revitalised Messi at Barcelona
- Forming a solid team without Di Maria and Alonso could take Carlo Ancelotti some time
- Barcelona scouts facing 100 years of solitude (or just until January 2016)
- In the mag: Real Madrid vs Barcelona special! Champions League! Conspiracy theories!
September 2
- The transfer window power rankings: Prem teams' business rated and slated
September 1
- La Liga Lessons: Real Madrid forget to defend, Enrique makes statement at Barca
- Esteban Cambiasso: Great Goals Retold (vs Serbia & Montenegro, World Cup 2006)
- Facts: Who won a Prem away game after conceding first for the first time since Sep 1994?