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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Goals against Liverpool aren’t easy to come by especially for Manchester City. City have failed to score in their last six Premier League games against the Reds. In fact goals aren’t that much of a feature when these two sides meet; there have been just five goals in the last seven clashes - five have ended 1-0 and the other two have been 0-0 draws.

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Moneybags Manchester City make the short trip to Wigan this weekend hoping to end a poor run of form against the Latics. City will be fresh and full of confidence from hammering 6 past Portsmouth last weekend and will be hoping their Samba stars can end their Wigan jinx. However, the Latics are slowly proving themselves to be one of the dark horses of the division, a far cry from last season’s relegation worries.

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The Manchester City revolution tripped on the first hurdle last weekend and there were some critics (including one or two of our podcasters!) who weren’t the least bit surprised. As we all are very much aware, with money comes expectation and with the amount of money accessible to City, that expectation is mammoth. So winning is priority even more so now.

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Bayern Munich star Lukas Podolski is reported to want out of the Allianz Arena after failing to nail down a first team place with the Bundesliga giants. The talented forward was linked to moves to Arsenal, Tottenham 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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Big Phil Scolari takes his unbeaten Chelsea side to Eastlands this weekend to face the team that is expected to take their crown as the biggest spenders in English football. The optimism surrounding the Blue side of Manchester is sky high with £32.5m man Robinho expected to make his debut against the team he was expected to be signing for on deadline day. However, on the pitch it’s the away side that has been by far the most dominant force in these encounters.

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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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Money-laden Manchester City now have the riches to easily compete with the country’s top 4 clubs Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal. They are now looking the most likely club to break the big four’s stranglehold with mega-rich investors as well as a conveyor belt of talented youngsters ready to make the step up to the first team. However, with the same four clubs firmly entrenched in the Champions League spots it is difficult to see which team will make way for City.

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Michael Laudrup has emerged as one of the favourites for the vacant managerial position at West Ham though if reports in the Russian Press are to be believed they will have to move swiftly as Spartak Moscow are hot on the former Danish star’s heels.

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Much has been made of Robinho’s decision to sign for Manchester City for a British transfer fee record of £32.5m with numerous criticisms being made of the Brazilian star but is his decision to join the Citizens that strange really?

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