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From Oakland to Oakwell: Billy Beane’s Barnsley Buy-Out

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BARNSLEY FOOTBALL CLUB have announced the completion of a takeover deal by a consortium led by Chinese billionaire investor Chien Lee and “Moneyball” pioneer Billy Beane.

The group also includes investors Paul Conway, Grace Hung and Neerav Parekh and already owns a controlling stake in French Ligue 1 club Nice who made the Champions League qualification stages last term.

Yet it is the arrival of Billy Beane in Barnsley that has set pulses racing in South Yorkshire.

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Martin Ødegaard: The new Messi-ah? Or a very naughty boy?

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It’s the stuff of boyhood dreams.

Whilst mere mortals pretend to be their idols on PlayStation or Xbox, Norwegian wonder-kid Martin Ødegaard has joined them for real.

At sixteen years of age and already a full international, the teenage prodigy had his choice of Europe’s top clubs before agreeing a £40,000 per week deal to join Ronaldo, Rodriguez, Ramos, Bale and Benzema at European champions Real Madrid.

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Clubs play fair on Living Wage

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In 1890, Luton Town Football Club became the first team in the south of England to pay its players, heralding the dawn of professionalism and the end of the age of the Victorian footballing gentleman amateurs.

124 years later, following last season’s promotion from the Conference; the Hatters have become the first Football League club to agree to pay its entire workforce the Living Wage.

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Top 20 footballers on Twitter

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Forget the WAG, Bentley or Ballon D’or, the must have accessory for today’s footballer is a Twitter account with more followers than the Pope or the Dalai Llama.

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Roll up for the Premier League sack race

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Tony Pulis’ departure from Crystal Palace just 2 days before the start of the new season, began football’s annual managerial merry-go-round; illustrating the precarious nature of a football manager’s position in England’s professional leagues. Continue reading Roll up for the Premier League sack race →

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Tiki-Taka: Explained

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Tiki-Taka is a set of tactics and style of play which aims to make the best use of space on a football pitch though precise, patient passing and the fluid movement of players between positions.

The aim is to monopolise position and possession of the ball, thus limiting chances for the opposition and creating regular chances for players to score.

When played well, it can lead to some of the most beautifully exhilarating scenes in sport, yet when plans go awry; it can also bring some of the most frustrating.
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It’s just like watching Brazil: Diego Costa and the expat players returning home

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The World Cup begins on Thursday evening in São Paulo with hosts and 5 times champions, Brazil, taking on a Croatian side with 2 members of their squad returning to the land of their birth.

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