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Gareth Barry: Ambitious or Greedy?

This time last year Gareth Barry was courting a move to Liverpool in pursuit of his dream of playing Champions League football, but this eventually fell through. Still harbouring the same ambitions this time around, he has now elected that the best place to achieve this is with tenth placed Manchester City after a £12 million move on Tuesday.

Having not even qualified for the newly revamped Europa League, City are a long way short of a Champions League side, unless like Robinho he thought he was signing for the other Manchester side.

The incentive of a truck load of cash and further potential investment to lift City into Champions League contention has to be considered, but to leave a side who were fighting for that elusive fourth place finish earlier in the season for a club that struggled into mid-table obscurity and were a full twenty-two points behind the top four in the final standings, is a slap in the face for the ambition of Martin O’Neill’s side.

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Ian Holloway

“They say that every dog has his day and today is woof day. That might sound crazy but I want to go and bark!”

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Illie Dumitrescu

Within days of signing for Spurs, Dumitrescu was splashed all over the News of the World with accusations that he was chasing prostitutes. A blow to all those at White Hart Lane hoping he would add to the formidable attacking line-up of Klinsmann, Sheringham and Dozzell.

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Peter Beagrie

Peter Beagrie is perhaps best remembered for his somersaulting goal celebrations and a career that saw him play until he was 40, but often overlooked is the fact that he once rode a motorcycle through a hotel plate glass window.

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Steve Ogrizovic

Steve Ogrizovic is one of those players who I have no recollection of ever being young. In my mind he has always been old and was born in goal for Coventry City.

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Neil Ruddock

Where’s the referee in this picture? Where’s the ball? Is a headlock a legitimate tackle?

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Owen Coyle

Yeah yeah, Owen Coyle has guided Burnley into the Premier League for the first time in their history in only his second season at Turf Moor, but who cares when you’ve starred in Hollywood film, A Shot At Glory alongside Oscar winner Robert Duvall.

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Sasa Curcic

Sasa Curcic is a former Serbian international who had eventful spells in the Premier League with Bolton Wanderers and Aston Villa, but his achievements on the pitch were unable to match his life off it.

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