Tonight we can enjoy another ‘Battle of Britain’ as Scottish Champions Celtic travel to Old Trafford to face the English champions Manchester United. This will be another great spectacle with Celtic supporters arriving in numbers as usual to give their side a terrific backing. There’ll be 76,000 packed into the stadium to witness a British style match with an unbelievable atmosphere. Unfortunately for Celtic I just can’t see them getting a result.

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This is a massive game with both teams unbeaten and level on points at the top of the table. Chelsea may be playing the more fluent football but Liverpool are showing all their determination and spirit which is leading to great results.

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There are a number of Premier League clubs looking to strengthen their squads with new strikers in January with the likes of Tottenham, Sunderland, Aston Villa, Man City, Chelsea and Everton all in the market. One such target may well be a relative unknown to English fans but who has started to make a name for himself throughout Europe. That played is 20-year-old striker Nikola Kalinic.

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Chelsea are reportedly leading the chase for the newest sensation in Italian football the 18-year-old Inter striker Mario Balotelli. The youngster of Ghanaian descent was born in Palermo and broke into Serie C1 side Lurnezzane at the tender age of 15. He made 2 League appearances for the club until some of the biggest clubs in Europe moved in for him such as Manchester United, Barcelona and Fiorentina. However, it was Milan giants Inter that won his much sought after signature.

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Bayern Munich star Lukas Podolski looks set to leave the Allianz Arena after failing to nail down a first team place with the Bundesliga giants. The talented forward has been linked to moves to Arsenal, Tottenham, Everton and Manchester City in the summer but remains in Germany though is getting increasingly disgruntled after constantly being used from the bench.

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Chelsea are reported to be leading he chase for one of the most exciting youngsters in world football, Barcelona’s 14-year-old wonderkid Gerard Deulofeu.

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Football Pools Pundit Tony Cascarino has suggested that Chelsea’s performance in their 2-0 home win over Aston Villa was ‘scary’ for title challengers Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool. The fact the Blues beat a strong Aston Villa side so comfortably despite missing some integral member of the squad illustrates that the Chelsea squad is strong enough to cope whereas their rivals may have struggled without a similar number of first teamers.Cascarino had this to say, “When you are talking of missing players you have to stand in awe of Chelsea at the moment. At the weekend they were without the likes of Deco, Alex, Drogba, Essien and Carvalho but still comfortably beat one of the best sides in the Premier League.”

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The Gunners dropped more points in the title race last weekend at Sunderland despite battling back to earn a draw which has prompted many critics to suggest they won’t compete with Chelsea and Manchester United for the Premier League title. However, Football Pools Pundit Tony Cascarino claims it’s more a question of size rather than quality which is holding Arsenal back.

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Chelsea remain top of the Premier League after another impressive win at the weekend over a much-fancied Aston Villa side though Liverpool remain neck and neck with them after a last gasp win at Eastlands. Former Reds legend and Football Pools Pundit John Barnes has this week praised the new style that the men from Stamford Bridge are playing in and has tipped them to take the title.The former Anfield Favourite had this to say, “Luiz Felipe Scolari’s side are the team that has impressed me most this season. Their win at the weekend against a good Aston Villa side was quite superb. In fact, Martin O’Neill’s side were fortunate to limit the defeat to 2-0 rather than four.”

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We have a break from the thrills and spills of the Premier League this week with another round of World Cup qualifiers. Now a lot has been made of Fabio Capello’s decision to exclude Michael Owen again from the squad but for me it’s hardly surprising.

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