It is an exciting time for Scotland fans this week as world football legend Diego Maradona brings his new Argentina side to Hampden Park for a mouth-watering friendly clash.

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It was not overly surprising that Chelsea starlet Michael Mancienne was called up by Fabio Capello this week despite his lack of first team football at Stamford Bridge. Capello has spoken about the lad in the past so it is obvious he likes the look of the player. I’ve heard a lot about this youngster, I know Mancienne is highly-rated at Chelsea and is regarded as a hot prospect but it’s far too early to see how his career will pan out.

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A lot has been written about the treatment of Ashley Cole by the England fans at Wembley last weekend. For me, the booing that greeted his every touch after his mistake against Kazakhstan was not due to the error but more to do with the perception of Ashley Cole from the British public.

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There are two young England stars who are desperate to break into the national side on a regular basis are set to play tonight when Aston Villa left-winger Ashley Young comes up against Spurs new boy David Bentley at White Hart Lane.

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For me, too much has been written about how great Manchester City’s record £32.5m Brazilian signing is. People would think Robinho was Ronaldinho the way he has been hyped up in the past week but in my opinion he is well overrated. I don’t remember him being a huge hit at Real Madrid though he did have his moments. In fact, the lad was a substitute for long periods in Spain so I wouldn’t expect too much of him.

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This weekend sees the two richest clubs go head to head at Eastlands in an exciting encounter with Chelsea determined to teach the Man City upstarts a lesson. For me, Chelsea are the best team in the country so I would advise you to back the away side on Footy 15 this weekend especially with £200,000 up for grabs. It will be interesting to see City’s new signing Robinho in action as he is expected to make his debut in this match though I personally expect him to take time to bed into playing for Manchester City and to adapt to English football in general.

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This weekend my old team Liverpool face a huge encounter with Manchester United which brings back many great memories for me. When I was a player it wasn’t the Red Devils that were our main rivals as we had numerous big games against those clubs that challenged us for the title at the time such as local rivals Everton, Leeds and Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest. However, matches with Manchester United were still huge affairs.

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There’s no escaping England’s second rate, inadequate, below par performances as of late. So bad in fact that there are many English football fans who, nowadays, are unable to conjure up anywhere near the enthusiasm they once could or that they do every weekend for their club. So let’s spice things up and get the blood pumping again by throwing in a £175,000 jackpot on Footy 15.

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Dimitar Berbatov’s move to Old Trafford was one of the major signings on deadline day but the Manchester City story blew that one out of the water. There’s a lot of noises coming out at Eastlands of how they want to take the world by storm but unfortunately football is not that simple. However, the future does look good for Manchester City because they’ve got an investor but it also looked good for them when Thaksin Shinawatra came in and that didn’t turn out to be so good so we’ll have to wait and see what happens there. Obviously there can be no more recruits until January but the future of the football club at least financially looks very healthy.

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There are a few tricky encounters for the British and Republic of Ireland sides this weekend as the 2010 World Cup qualifiers begin. Here’s my views on who to back on Footy 15 this weekend.

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