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Leaked photos of England’s new away football top have made it on to the internet over the past week.

While unconfirmed, it would seem the new all red (with white arm trim) England football top is going to resemble the top worn by England’s 1966 World Cup winners.

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Manufacturers Umbro could not have foreseen the leaks, nor the sacking of John Terry who features on promotional photos for the away football shirt – like above.

Designer Aitor Throup said: “The way that we’re involving the players and the manager now is quite revolutionary in itself, and so far it’s gone really well, both the players and Fabio Capello have been making the decisions with us, so it’s really exciting.”

Umbro have described the new design as “conceptual and technological”,

The New England Away top is set for launch Wednesday February 10 (On-sale March 3).

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Inter Milan continue to destroy all comers in their quest for the Serie A Championship.  This time they thrashed Cagliari 3-0, with Pandev opening the scoring after just 6 minutes. Samuel scored on the 20th minute giving the league leaders a 2-0 advantage going into half time.

Milito continued after half time by scoring just two minutes into the second half.  From all accounts it was an easy win for Inter with only 2 players (both from Inter) being booked.

Despite this win, Inter’s manager is considering his position at the club. It is rumoured that Jose Mourinho is at the top of Liverpool’s list of possible contenders to take over from Rafa Benitez, if the latter quits later in the year.

When he joined Inter Milan, Mourinho had a £5.5 million buy-out clause added to his contract, which it is believed he wants to activate.

According to the News of the World, Mourinho and the club “signed a very objective contract until 2012, because we want to work together. But there is a cancellation clause that Inter will pay me if they want my departure and another that I will pay Inter if I want to leave. It’s all simple and very objective. There will never be a never-ending story with us as has happened in the past with other people. We are honest people with honest contracts and objectivity.”

While the top team in Serie A continues with an unstoppable winning streak, Siena still seems intent on dropping out of Serie A at the end of the season.

As predicted, Sampdoria beat Siena, 2-1 away. Daniele Gastaldello opened the score line after just 3 minutes. However it did take the club another 74 minutes before they finished off the home side.

Siena also managed to get a consolation goal just before full time on the 83rd minute when Maccarone scored.
The game itself was seemingly a frantic affair, and perhaps a dirty match, as five players were booked – three from Siena and two from Sampdoria. Maccarone was booked in injury time.

This win puts Sampdoria back in the frame for a possible top placing. They now in 6th pace on 36 points.

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SPAIN – A two-man disadvantaged Barcelona were still too good for Getafe at the Nou Camp on Saturday evening as Barcelona ran out 2-1 winners with goals from Lionel Messi and Xavi. The impressive Roberto Soldado pulled one back for Getafe through a late penalty but it wasn’t enough.

Barcelona attacked Getafe straight from the off and when Messi picked up the ball in the fourth minute and unleashed a shot it was just off target.

Just three minutes later though, his aim was spot on. The visitors failed to clear a corner and Yaya Toure set up the ball for Messi to curl through a group of players into the bottom corner.

Barcelona doubled their lead in the 67th minute when substitute Rafael Marquez set up a slick counter attack which saw the incredible Messi dance past a host of players before giving it to Xavi to finish off.

Marquez managed to give away a penalty and earn himself a red card in the dying moments of the game, and Soldado rolled the ball into the net from the spot kick.

The two red cards collected by Barcelona seemed to put a dampener on the victory as star midfielder Iniesta told reporters after the match that, “the referee hurt us dramatically with the decisions he has taken and we can do little about it.”

Real Madrid managed to keep up the pace with Barca as they beat Espanyol 2-0 at home.  Los Blancos boss Pellegrini was very pleased with the victory and also optimistic about his side’s chances of catching Barcelona as he told Marca “we have eleven wins at home. In that respect, we are satisfied. There are still seventeen league games left.”

“We will see what happens. The future cannot be predicted. Barcelona are on top on merit.”

Is Pellegrini right to be optimistic about Madrid’’s chances of Primera Division success? Barcelona are currently 1.33 to retain the championship with Real Madrid available at 3.25 to wrestle the title back from Barca. Valencia are outsiders at 34.00.

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Arsene Wenger may continue to argue that his Arsenal squad is good enough to win the Premiership title but outside of North London, there will be few football fans who agree with him after Sunday’s defeat to Chelsea.

Following on from the home loss to Manchester United last time out, it surely means the end of their challenge for this season. The unpalatable fact is that in four games with their two title rivals, Arsenal have come out with no points.

Even worse than the four defeats is the manner of them. Aside from the away game at Old Trafford, Arsenal have been dismantled by a superior side each time. Wenger may have the belief in his players but it’s questionable whether they have it themselves.

The Frenchman is a master of positive thinking and shielding his players from flak but surely he will struggle to make a case for a run at the title from the past two defeats.

Some Arsenal fans are taking comfort from the supposedly easy run-in to May that Arsenal will enjoy after they play Liverpool in midweek. The argument goes that the Gunners can go on a long unbeaten run while Chelsea and Manchester United have tougher assignments.

That assumption might hold true in a normal Premiership year but the days when the elite clubs can march past the mid-table sides has passed. The feature of the campaign has been the number of losses suffered by the ‘Big 4’- there is no reason to think Arsenal can go the rest of 2009/10 unbeaten.

Wenger’s Hopes Rest On Champion’s League

The Champions League is now Arsenal’s best hope of preserving a season that began with much promise. Their players may well be better suited to the demands of European football as pace and power is their undoing in the Premier League.

The longer the Arsenal trophy drought continues, it appears to be less about the youth of the Gunners squad and more to do with their style and heart. With the likes of Barcelona prepared to make a huge bid for Cesc Fabregas, Wenger’s squad simply have to make an impact in Europe.

Porto are the opposition in the up-coming last sixteen round of the Champions League. The result of that encounter may well decide whether Arsenal can retain their talismanic captain; an exit at that stage is bound to encourage a substantial offer from Barca in the summer.

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