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Football journalists are having a field day during the World Cup. Hundreds of writers from the British media have flown out to South Africa to give you their analysis on every second of action from the tournament. Most of the coverage is very similar though, providing us with the same content but just packaged slightly different. If you’re looking for something completely different, a viewpoint on the 2010 World Cup that you won’t find anywhere else and someone who tells it like it is, then Westwood’s your man!

During the 2010 World Cup Radio 1Xtra DJ Tim Westwood will be writing exclusively for the News of the World. The big dawg promises to turn your World Cup experience up to the max in his weekly column in which he airs his passionate football views. The straight-talking Westwood describes his own blog as “the World Cup, supersized, with gravy on the side!” His infectious enthusiasm for the game shines through, making his column truly unmissable. Say goodbye to bland football analysis and hello to Westwood’s unique take on the biggest football tournament in the world, the 2010 World Cup.

After England’s 1-1 draw with the USA Westwood doesn’t pull any punches in his take on the match. He’s far from happy with the overpaid England stars and demands that they step up to the plat in their next match and reflect the passion shown by the fans. He’s embarrassed by the fact that we can’t beat a country who call football ‘soccer’ and calls for Rob Green to be selected against Algeria so that the West Ham ‘keeper is punished some more. Westwood has his own take on Fabio Capello’s exclusion of the WAGs as well.

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To read Tim Westwood’s first contribution to his exclusive News of the World column in full head to: http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/world_cup/848429/Tim-Westwoods-first-exclusive-World-Cup-blog.html

A lighthearted tweet conversation between members of the French squad and Mr Toure and Eboue.

[Please note that this is a spoof series and doesn’t represent the actual views of Evra, Gallas, Henry, Eboue and Toure]

Sitting back and watching the football. Better to be at home away from the traitor in our ranks. Wish we were allowed to tell-all…

It’s harder than it looks to stay quiet, init Pat? They’re going to edit so much of our interview from Monday.

What interview?

Titi, Eric and I were asked to do an interview for French TV on Monday. It wasn’t a big deal. We were just fielding a few questions.

Yeh, Willie – don’t worry about it. Nothing important.

No one told me.

They wanted the representatives of the team so it makes sense to ask me and Thierry.

Don’t patronise me. There’s a saying in my country that says ‘you can’t skin an apple twice’. I’m no fool, gentlemen. Eric is almost as stupid as Franck.

We come from your country, Willie. That’s not a saying in France.

William, please can you stop sending me letters. The World Cup is over; I don’t appreciate it any more. Frankly, it’s a little boring.

Like his screen play? HAHA

LOL

Not the screenplay nonsense again. Please, no.

Shut up, all of you. When the Postman Prophecies premieres in Leicester Square we’ll see who’s laughing.

Ok, William.

Keep antagonising me. Denzel will be playing me in my own biopic soon enough and you guys will have nothing to do with all of your money.

I read that Postman stuff because the Boss needed someone to break the tension. I didn’t like it that much, Willie. It’s nothing personal.

It should be personal. He’s a twat.

Why haven’t you changed your profile pic, Kolo?

I don’t know how to do it. I’ve asked Manu to help.

I had to do everything for you in South Africa. What the hell happened to you since you moved to Manchester?

I don’t know. I’m forgetting things a lot more now.

Well, well, well, Kolo.

Ok, guys. Relax. There’s no need.

No need, Manu? This man slandered me in front of my peers.

What did he do?

Oh my god, can we stop talking about this. During training all I heard was ‘Do you know what Kolo did to me, Pat? Do you?’. You even told Forlan in the Uruguay game.

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Hey, he asked me. And you can’t hear the buffalo unless you put your ear to the ground, Patrice.

What does that even mean??

I will leave if you two begin this again.

No, come on. I want to know.

You don’t even know why, Kolo??

I have no idea! One day we were fine, and then the next he’d taken the laces out of my boots and told all the lads I can’t read.

What happened??

Do you really want to know?

Go on then. I can’t believe I’m hearing this again.

Very well. One evening I decided to walk from training and –

Walk? It’s like 17 miles to your house from the training ground, Willie.

I do it when I need some time to myself. It’s ideal actually. I wrote most of my screenplay walking home from training.

Back to the point please, William.

Yes, as I said, I was walking home. And I bumped into Ashley. And he told me that he saw Manu, Ade, Kolo, Theo and Samir all coming out of Krispy Kreme together with doughnuts.

And then what happened?

What do you mean?

There has to be more to this story.

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No, that is it.

So why did you fall out with Kolo??

Isn’t it obvious. He’s my central defender partner. There can be no secrets between us. We must be a symbiotic unit. And he didn’t ask me if I wanted doughnuts.

Did you want doughnuts?

That is not the point!

Oh my god.

I told you. Forlan knows this about us too. No wonder we’re being laughed at.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

Shut up. I left Arsenal to live in Manchester over some doughnuts. Bloody hell.

You should do what we did in South Africa. Just ignore him.

I think you should fight him.

Already done both.

In these moments I cling to Gandhi’s words; ‘First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win’.

Ah the World Cup, this time England are surely going to win, or at least get to the semi-finals in glorious and high-octane fashion. But did anyone really think this was going to happen this time? I’m not so sure. Ok the fans with the newly painted St. George’s houses or the man who covered his living room floor with turf might have thought so, but amongst the general populace the build up to South Africa 2010 seemed the most subdued since I’ve been watching. Even James Corden and Dizzee Rascal’s unofficial theme was sung without much hope. As soon as Robert Green’s calamitous error gifted Clint Dempsey and the United States an equaliser the country seemed to say “Do you we have to watch this?” The country was right, and England not only crashed out miserably but also succeeded in being one of the most boring teams in the tournament. All fans have an opinion on why England failed so badly, the man in Middlesbrough says get rid of the F.A., the man in Liverpool says pick Mikel Arteta, and the man in Doncaster says reform the whole coaching system in England. One man however, had begun reforming coaching in a corner of North London in 1996.

Arsene Wenger’s football philosophy is well known and much debated. What is without doubt is that he demands his players have a good first touch, excellent ball control, superb passing ability and high levels of fitness, although even he seems to have made an exception to this rule with Nicklas Bendtner. Wenger has instituted these demands in Arsenal’s youth coaching system, and the results are beginning to be seen. Fabio Capello has stated that he has his eyes on Arsenal youngsters Jack Wilshere and Kieran Gibbs who may be fast-tracked into the England squad for the friendly against Hungary in August. Wenger himself has stated that “I’m happy to bring them (English players) through, just to convince people that I’m not anti-English. I believe we have never had the kind of quality English players that we have now”. To an England fan hoping for better in the future, this is very pleasing to hear, and Wilshere and Gibbs are just the tip of the iceberg. Youngsters such as Henri Lansbury, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, Craig Eastmond and Mark Randall amongst others are all set for big futures within football. Along with players such as Everton’s Jack Rodwell, and Man Utd’s Danny Welbeck, perhaps the future does not look as bleak for England as some might suggest.

It is Jack Wilshere though, who provides the greatest cause for optimism amongst the current crop of England’s young guns. If he is comparable to anyone, it would be Spain’s midfield maestro Andres Iniesta. Both are classy on the ball, have an eye for a pass, and are cool finishers. Iniesta also represents what the current England team desperately lack, a playmaker with consummate passing ability. The impact made by Mesut Ozil, Wesley Sneijder and Iniesta in South Africa has shown what England is missing. It is great when Lampard, Gerrard and Rooney can finish with such aplomb, but with no-one to create chances for them to score then England are relying on one of these players to do something special in every game. At club level where they are undeniably effective, they have foreign players to create the chances for them. Hopefully in Brazil 2014, Wilshere can be setting up these chances in the Maracana. England don’t need to copy Germany as some have suggested, the pace and intensity of English teams has proven to be highly effective in the Champions League. In modern football a combination is required, intensity and guile, closing down and passing. If Arsenal can provide footballers who have skill on the ball and players who can create chances, players like Rooney, Gerrard and Lampard can finish them off. If England can achieve this balance, they might just be able to win something within my lifetime, and we will all owe Arsene Wenger a big thank you.

Written By Max Lintzgy

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World Cup goalkeeper Eduardo has snubbed the chance to join Arsenal in favour of Genoa as the north London club dragged their feet over the deal, must Arsene Wenger act now to stop any more keepers slipping through the Gunners’ clutches?

Most Arsenal fans agree that replacing their under-fire goalkeeper Manuel Almunia, who seems nervous between the sticks and has been prone to mistakes.

Eduardo was earmarked as a potential replacement after impressing for Portugal in the World Cup as they only conceded the one goal, which was against eventual world champions Spain when David Villa slotted home in the second half of their second round match…and even then many Portugal fans argued it should have been ruled offside.

Despite Wenger’s interest in the player he went from Sporting Braga to Genoa for just £4 million, which is hardly a king’s ransom and in keeping with the club’s financial policy which has been fairly strict over the last decade.

The Portuguese keeper’s agent Joe Donkor had this to say in regards to Arsenal’s interest in the player:

“It is flattering to know of Arsenal’s interest, but Genoa made it plain they really, really wanted Eduardo and he is delighted to have signed for them.”

Was the failure to act the reason why Arsenal missed out on this player, surely he would have chosen the Emirate over Genoa (no disrespect to them) if he was given the chance to?

In any case the manager must act fast as I believe the goalkeeping position is Arsenal’s most pressing concern and has to be treated as the utmost priority.

However, it is not all bad as Mark Schwarzer looks likely to sign for the north London outfit for around £3.5 million and it is a deal that Wenger should look to get done as soon as possible now that the World Cup is over and clubs’ business will start to take priority for the remainder of the summer.

The veteran keeper may be an underwhelming signing to many of Arsenal’s fans but he is definitely a better player than Almunia, who was at fault for one too many of the goals Arsenal conceded for Le Prof.

It does seem something of a short term fix, but a necessary one as promising Polish starlet Wojciech Szczęsny is still only 20-years-old and needs time to develop if he is to become a future #1 for the club.

Alternatively to Schwarzer, Wenger may keep an eye on the situation at Manchester City as Joe Hart’s return from loan to Birmingham will most likely lead to either himself or Shay Given being given the cold shoulder by the Eastlands club and could possibly open the door for a club like Arsenal to take advantage.

The Arsenal goalkeeping situation has been neglected for far too long and cannot go unaddressed yet again, but what do the Arsenal fans think the club should do and does Arsene Wenger need to act quicker to resolve the issue than he has done previously?

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West Bromwich Albion have wrapped up the signing of Wales international goalkeeper Boaz Myhill for an undisclosed fee from Hull City.

The 27-year-old has signed a three-year contract at The Hawthorns, where he will challenge Scott Carson for a starting spot.

Baggies boss Roberto Di Matteo told his club's official website:"I'm delighted to welcome Boaz to the club.

"He joins us at a good age with a good pedigree, having spent the last two years in the Premier League. I'm sure he will fit nicely into our goalkeeping department.

"We've now got two very good international goalkeepers working under our coach Dean Kiely.

"Competition is vital in all areas of the squad and I'm confident Scott and Boaz will drive each other on."

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Myhill had been with the Tigers for nearly seven years, having started his career at Aston Villa, where he failed to make a first-team breakthrough.

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Fulham boss Mark Hughes claims striker Bobby Zamora is a doubt for England duty after picking up a knock against Blackpool.

Zamora, who earned his first international cap in the recent friendly against Hungary, was expected to be part of Fabio Capello’s squad for the upcoming Euro 2012 double-header against Bulgaria and Switzerland.

However, he picked up a thigh problem during Saturday’s 2-2 draw at Bloomfield Road and is a major doubt for international duty.

Hughes said:“Bobby went really stiff at half-time. He thought it was just a bang on the muscle and went out again. But he could not shake it off.

“I think he must be a doubt (for England) unfortunately. He was really looking forward to getting a chance.

“I will imagine he will go and be assessed by the England medical team and we will receive the information as quickly as we can. But at the moment he looks doubtful.”

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This season represents Arsenal’s best chance of winning a trophy in years. The team have started the season in fine form and their 6-0 demolition of Braga was hugely impressive. Here are five reasons why it could just be Arsenal’s year.

1. Maturing youngsters

For a number of years inexperience has been used as an excuse for Arsenal’s failure to win a trophy. Whilst others have criticised them and claimed some are not good enough, Arsene Wenger’s faith in his young players has been unshakeable. Cesc Fabregas has been world class for a few seasons now but Samir Nasri, Theo Walcott and Gael Clichy have matured and have looked excellent so far. Similarly players like Abou Diaby, Carlos Vela and Alex Song are older and have more experience, and the club can only benefit as a result.

2. Strong backline

Although it is early days Arsenal’s backline is looking a lot better than it has done in previous seasons. Laurent Koscielny looks like a shrewd acquisition and Sebastian Squillaci adds experience and quality to central defence. Thomas Vermalen had a fantastic first season in the Premier League and should be even better this time around. Bacary Sagna and Gael Clichy are also more experienced and have looked in good form so far, and Kieran Gibbs looks like a more than capable back up in the left-back position. Alex Song is looking more and more like a top class defensive midfielder and he adds vital protection to the back four. Defence has caused Arsenal problems in recent seasons, but it is looking far more positive for Arsenal this year.

3. Strength in depth

Arsenal have one of the best squads in the Premier League, with at least two good options in virtually every position bar goalkeeping. In midfield there are a multitude of talented players, and the emergence of Aaron Ramsey and now Jack Wilshere gives Wenger even more options in midfield. Attacking options are also much better, whereas before Robin van Persie has been heavily relied upon, now Marouane Chamakh is present and Nicklas Bendtner and Carlos Vela are a year older and should be better players as a result.

4. A different option up front

Marouane Chamakh was really impressive against Braga. He will face tougher opposition but he already looks to have settled in well and has scored three goals in five appearances. Chamakh is more than capable on the deck and he suits Arsenal’s quickfire passing game in this respect, but he also offers something different when this style is not working. Chamakh is a potent threat in the air, which Arsenal have not had in recent seasons, and this gives them the option to put crosses into the box and mix up their game if need be. It means that Arsenal’s attack is more unpredictable and more varied, which is certainly a positive thing.

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5. Decline of rivals?

You write Manchester United off at your peril, but they have not started the season well and some have questioned whether their powers are waning. More than ever they seem to be relying on veterans Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs, and this is not a great situation to be in. United will be challenging at the top end of the Premier League, but they may not be as much of a threat as they have been in recent years. Manchester City are still a team that needs to gel and they look inconsistent, as they were last season, whilst Liverpool are a team in transition and we may not see the best of them until next year. Chelsea look as formidable as ever, but they have not yet faced a real test and it will be interesting to see how they perform in these games, nevertheless the Blues will probably present Arsenal’s biggest challenge to winning a trophy.

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Before you say anything. I have left Gary Lineker and his Walkers adverts out because you could compile an entire list based on those alone. So I’ll leave it to the others to try and compete.

10 David Beckham: Sharpie

In the Sharpie boardroom: “What about if we try Beckham?”

“He’ll never agree. He already has Adidas, Armani, Pepsi, his own clothes range, Police sunglasses… He won’t do an advert for us, uh…oh, hang on…he’s said yes.”

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9 Gareth Southgate: Pizza Hut

I assume this was just some sort of therapy for Gareth…

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8 Jose Mourinho: American Express

I think he actually tells his players to block the keeper. Maybe that’s how he’s has all that success, I mean, Terry and Carvalho took his advice.

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7 Thierry Henry: Renault Clio

Hey Bobby! What is the French for “I would never drive a Clio.”

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6 Thierry Henry: Gillette

The Gillette curse can strike at any time. Henry handed Ireland a route home, rather than to South Africa. Tiger Woods slept his way around every club, hotel and diner in America. And now we wait with baited breath for Roger Federer to get exposed as a crack-addict.

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5 The Redknapp Family: Nintendo Wii

Oh aren’t we all happy and fun, playing games with each other and pretending we all live together. Harry must be pushing for a bus pass soon, and we’re supposed to believe he can’t put his Wii control down. Hmmmm.

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4 Ian Wright & Shaun Wright-Phillips: Nintendo Wii

Nintendo obviously love pushing the family values of their products. Maybe they should play the Redknapps?

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3 Ian Wright: Chicken Tonight

In with a second appearance in the list with this shocker. Ian Wright pretending to be posh. Do posh people really eat Chicken Tonight?

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2 Jamie Redknapp: Thomas Cook

We book it. We play it. We live it. Actually you two, we hate it. A lot.

I’ll let this (potentially) modified version talk you through the finer points.

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1 Kevin Keegan: Brut

It doesn’t get more homoerotic than this. Like Top Gun and Brokeback Mountain rolled into one, King Kev (in his sex symbol days) works up a sweat, and then lathers up with boxing legend Henry Cooper.

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There’s only one piece of football news that’s been on the back pages this week and that was the story that Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney wanted to leave Old Trafford. As it turns out Rooney has actually only gone and signed a new 5 year contract with Manchester United, so he’ll be at Old Trafford for a little while yet.  But why has Rooney decided to stay? Was it something that Sir Alex Ferguson said to him in private? Did Coleen refuse to move away from Manchester? Or could Rooney just not bring himself to sign for rivals Manchester City and he didn’t fancy moving to London to join Chelsea or relocate to Spain to sign for Real Madrid or Barcelona? Here are Rooney and Ferguson having a chat in training, but what did Fegie say to convince Roo to stay?

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In light of the big debate as to whether Fulham’s new away kit is one of the worse the Premier League has ever seen, I have taken the time out to assess the worst Liverpool kits of our time.

There’s something unsettling about a multi-national sports manufacturer managing to botch the simple task of designing a football shirt. However, whilst Liverpool have had some decent kits over the years, some of the shirts Liverpool fans have been cursed with would have been more at home in an avant-garde fashion show for Vivienne Westwood. However, we haven’t got all day, and so here are arguably the top five worst Liverpool shirts…

5. 1981-82 3rd strip, Umbro

Perhaps this pinstriped number has a sense of wistfulness about it for some Liverpool fans. They did, after all, win Division 1 and the League Cup the season this shirt was worn. Further, the legendary Bill Shankly tragically died of a heart attack at the age of 67 at the start of the 1981/82 season.

However, nostalgia aside, this shirt looks more like a school PE kit than a professional football team’s jersey. The shimmering, shiney material looks cheap, and that shade of yellow is wrong on many levels. Shame on you Umbro.

4. 1987/88 away strip, Adidas

This was the first ever grey Liverpool away shirt, and so is responsible for all it’s equally grey ugly siblings that that came along later.

If this kit were a child at school, it would definitely have been picked on profusely, and it would only have itself to blame. When has grey been part of Liverpool colours? When has a murky grey ever been part of the Reds tradition? Historically, Liverpool played in white shirts and black shorts away from home. However, in 1987/88 all hell broke loose and Adidas went with a grey abomination.

However, Liverpool did win their penultimate championship with this as their away kit, and last season they came close to winning the league again for the first time in 19 years with another grey shirt…perhaps they’re lucky?

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3. 1991/92 home strip, Adidas

Is this a Liverpool shirt, or an Adidas t-shirt? It looks like something even a Mancunian might have mistakenly picked out to wear at an early 90s rave. Seriously Adidas, we get it, your logo is three stripes, but where’s the Liverpool in this red eyesore?

Liverpool fans might still harbour fond memories of this kit however, as they lifted the FA Cup in 1992 wearing this shirt, with Ian Rush and Michael Thomas getting the goals in a 2-0 win over Sunderland. However, with Graeme Souness at the helm, Liverpool were a club in decline, finishing sixth in the league that season.

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2. 1996/97 away strip, Reebok

All hail Reebok’s first stab at a Liverpool away kit. The result: beige.

Beige? Why beige? Did Reebok think that there was some sort of intrinsic link between Liverpool and the colour beige? They must have, because they couldn’t have looked at the shirt and thought ‘that looks nice. Yes, we’ll go with the beige’.

It looks like the neutral colour people paint their bedrooms on those annoying property daytime TV shows, of which I am unfortunately all-too familiar. Liverpool need a bold colour, something representative of their proud histroy. Liverpool, under the management of Roy Evans, couldn’t even manage a League Cup or FA Cup in this kit, and I’m not surprised.

1. 1994-1996 3rd strip, Adidas

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Here we are then, ladies and gentleman. Possibly, the worst kit Liverpool have ever had. Personally, I class this kit as orange. Maybe it is yellow, but for me, it’s at least bordering orange and so the damage is done.

It’s difficult to make out the black outline of the Liverpool badge here, to the extent that it could be just another old orange t-shirt left, on the shelf.

It’s actually such an ugly colour, it leaves you yearning for the grey number, or even one of those various green fashion disasters.

Well, those were the days, and these are the kits. Apologies to those who bought and wore these shirts, we’ve all been there. Let’s just hope that next season, Adidas don’t pull out another orange number…

Any glaring omissions?