Part II of our "What did we miss out on?" series continues today:

EDIN DZEKO Arsenal were heavily linked with the 23 year-old Bosnian striker early in the transfer window. He was coming off of a wonderful season in the Bundesliga, in which he led Wolfsburg to a surprise championship and led the league in goals, with a phenomenal 26 strikes in 29 appearances.

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The UEFA Europa League resumed its group stage matches on Thursday, October 22, 2009. Fulham, one of two English Premier League Clubs, hosted Italian Serie A side AS Roma at the Craven Cottage in one of the matches. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

Fulham draws with AS Roma 1-1 Video Highlights

The match was fairly even as neither side was dominating.

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Walcott ready to soar after flying the nest
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Tattoos by David Beckham's body artist and creating paintings for an exhibition, even a mohawk haircut. The Theo Walcott who has just moved out of his parents' house is not the same wide-eyed teenager who joined Arsenal from Southampton in January 2006 and was then, to everyone's astonishment, part of the World Cup squad five months later.

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Walcott ready to soar after flying the nest
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Tattoos by David Beckham's body artist and creating paintings for an exhibition, even a mohawk haircut. The Theo Walcott who has just moved out of his parents' house is not the same wide-eyed teenager who joined Arsenal from Southampton in January 2006 and was then, to everyone's astonishment, part of the World Cup squad five months later.

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Two freebies on Wenger's wish list.

The chase for Marouane Chamakh has of course continued unabatedly for some time now and the latest chapter of the move for the Moroccan came when Bordeaux's top brass accused Arsene Wenger of unsettling their top striker, something that our boss strongly denies.

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Did you read this column last week? If not, then you should have. It could have made you some money. Nine out of ten outcomes correct, five out of ten results spot on, I should be backing my instincts.

Of course last week was a one-off, a fluke. Or was it? Here are my predictions for this week's round of matches, tell me if you agree, and feel free to add your own.

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To be honest, it fucking bores me.
Have you ever watched paint dry? Read a phone book from start to finish? Read this blog? Watched Arsenal under George Graham? Listened to a Spud going on about top four finishes?
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Who would you select as the best starting 11 from all the Premier League clubs? Here's my list, with the stipulation that I can only select one player from a single team (that makes it much harder given that the top clubs have multiple players that I would select otherwise):

GK - Shay Given (Man City)
D - John Painstil (Fulham)
D - Gary Cahill (Bolton)
D - Ryan Shawcross (Stoke City)
D - Leighton Baines (Everton)
M - Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
M - Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
M - Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
M - Ashley Young (Aston Villa)
F - Wayne Rooney (Man United)
F - Jermaine Defoe (Spurs)

Here's a second team:

GK - Robert Green (West Ham)
D - Glen Johnson (Liverpool)
D - Michael Turner (Sunderland)
D - Brede Hangeland (Fulham)
D - Nemanja Vidic (Man United)
M - Aaron Lennon (Spurs)
M - Tim Cahill (Everton)
M - Shawn Wright-Phillips (Man City)
M - Matt Taylor (Bolton)
F - Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
F - Robin van Persie (Arsenal)

And a third:

GK - Brian Jenson (Burnley)
D - Sebastian Bassong (Spurs)
D - Rio Ferdinand (Man United)
D - Gael Givet (Blackburn)
D - Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
M - Andrey Arshavin (Arsenal)
M - Jordi Gomez (Wigan)
M - Lee Cattermole (Sunderland)
M - Stephen Hunt (Hull City)
F - Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
F - Emanuel Adebayor (Man City)

The one player per team rule really made this a difficult task.

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"It's not about money."
Sol Campbell insists his move to Notts County was all about the challenge.

"An English player would be nice, because I think we have enough foreigners. Someone like Andy Reid?"
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger opted to sign no players on the last day of transfer market and Thomas Vermaelen remains the Frenchman's only signing of the summer.

Having sold Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure to Manchester City, the Gunners were linked with a number of players including Marouane Chamakh and Brede Hangeland but Wenger decided to stick with his squad, which he believes is strong enough to challenge for the title.

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With only a week left in the summer transfer window, time is running out for those clubs looking to make some much-needed additions to their squads.

Between now and Tuesday, we should see plenty of transfer signings and speculation, so strap in and get ready for the ride. The top clubs might not be dominating the headlines right now, but don't count out a few big moves on or before deadline day.

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Time for the Toffees to move on from the Lescott nightmare!

Now that the Joleon Lescott saga has come to its inevitable end and the club can now try to move onwards and upwards whilst simultanesouly hope that the disloyal defender pulls a groin strain in his first match in a Man City shirt (not made of gold apparently) it's time for David Moyes to look at alternatives that he can throw the Lescott cash at.

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Fulham defender Brede Hangeland declared his move to Arsenal, if it was ever discussed between the two clubs, will probably not happen.

On a possible move to Arsenal, he told VG:

I'm not going to sit here and lie you do think about these things. I thought about it a lot when I was with the national team, when there was a lot of talk.

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What?

Arsene Wenger is ready to finalise an £11million deal for Norway centre-half Hangeland although Manchester City may yet make a late bid with Carlos Vela possibly moving on loan for a season as part of the deal, first revealed in Hotline. (The People)

Not very happy about the fact we continue to trail this cumbersome battle axe, but here we go again, now apparently willing to offer Carlos Vela as part of the deal, but only on loan.

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Yes, we've been linked with yet another centre back!

BREDE HANGELAND has been offered £50,000 a week to keep him out of the clutches of the Premier League big boys.

Liverpool, Everton, Manchester City and Aston Villa who are all desperate to sign central defenders have expressed interest in the Fulham star.

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The clock is ticking on these two deals.

Arsene Wenger last night revealed he is looking to land Fulham's Brede Hangeland as soon as Philippe Senderos is shipped out to Everton.

Gunners chief Wenger took the rare step of admitting a transfer target as he prepared to make a bid for the £12million-rated Norwegian defender as he prepared to let Senderos go to Goodison in a £6m move.

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by CARL ELDRIDGE Brede Hangeland is on his way to Arsenal after all. Even though he says the rumour of his switch from Fulham is just newspaper talk.

Someone is telling porkies. Or at least evading the truth with smoke and mirrors. It comes down to who you choose to believe.

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This makes little sense to me and I pray that it doesn't come to fruition.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has set a ‘48 hour' deadline for Fulham to clarify whether or not defender Brede Hangeland is Emirates-bound, according to reports in Norway.

Norwegian daily VG state that Wenger wants the situation to be resolved as soon as possible with the new Premier League season returning this weekend.

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How much!

Fulham will demand £15million from Arsenal for Brede Hangeland with the battle for the Norway centre back set to intensify this week.
Roy Hodgson could find a replacement in the shape of 22-year-old Dane Magnus Troest from Genoa but faces competition from Stoke for Middlesbrough's Robert Huth.

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The Times' Gary Jacob did a chat today and got a few questions on Arsenal/Hangeland:

Arsenal are pushing for Brede Hangeland� � but Fulham claim that there is insufficient time to find a replacement, so they would only sell for an excessive fee of £15m

Fulham want to have a replacement in place first and want £15m.

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Fulham defender Brede Hangeland has been heavily linked with a move to Arsenal to replace Kolo Toure in central defence, but the Norwegian revealed he's not looking for a move.

He told Sky Sports News:

There's been a lot of speculation over the summer and my policy is to comment as little as possible, because the more you say the more speculation there is.

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Fulham Biggest Ins: Bjorn Helge Riise will provide good depth on the right side of midfield, if not pushing Simon Davies for the starting spot. Stephen Kelly at the back is simply a guy to fill numbers. Biggest Outs: Squad players Collins...
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Morning Insiders plently to talk about from the newspapers this morning. As usual comment welcome....

The Mirror - Almunia sorry to see Toure go
Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia believes defender Kolo Toure left the Gunners because he was "bored" and fears the same could happen with captain Cesc Fabregas.

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Fulham's Brede Hangeland is a towering defender but there are question marks about his pace, something he answered with his intelligent positioning.
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FK Vetra were never going to be the most demanding of oppositions for Fulham and therefore probably not the most appropriate opponent whereby to do a� scouting report of defender Brede Hangeland.

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Wenger starts to make his mind up on trio of potential signings.

Arsenal will not be pursuing their interest in the Internazionale midfielder Patrick Vieira, but Arsène Wenger is considering a move for the Fulham defender Brede Hangeland he revealed yesterday. Marouane Chamakh, however, is not an option unless Bordeaux lower their price.

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Good morning,

let's start with the bad news and get it out of the way. The manager confirmed the injury to Tomas Rosicky and said he could be out for six weeks.

Firstly, let's say it's not a surprise. Players who have been out for extended periods of time are susceptible to picking up muscle strains and as well as that it is Tomas Rosicky.

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According to John Silk at Goal.com, Fulham boss Roy Hodgson admitted that he hasn't had any contact from Arsenal for defender Brede Hangeland. He said,

"We read the speculation about Brede, but you only get concerned when a club contacts you .

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by CARL ELDRIDGE Strange, isn't it? You see, the Daily Mail this morning trumpet the story they say they broke about Kolo Toure going to Manchester City and follow it up by claiming AW has confirmed that is the case. To qualify this, they run this quote from the boss: 'We will see what's happening in the next 24 hours, nothing is decided yet.

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I don't think so!

Emirates chief Arsene Wenger will then use the cash to pursue Fulham's Brede Hangeland, viewing the Norway star as a direct replacement for Toure.

The Cottagers are determined not to let their prized asset leave on the cheap and will demand all of the Toure money before they even consider selling him.

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In the midst of looking up all of the latest transfer news and rumors on footballers big and small, I often come across a talented unknown or little-known being linked with a certain club.

Are they going to be the next [insert legend past or present here]? Some do, some don't, it's just the hit or miss nature of the game.

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Have you heard any good jokes lately? No? How about this one? "Arsenal Set To Make £40m Franck Ribery Bid Reports."

LOL

Yeah, ok, let's just assume that Arsenal are going to bid £40m, which, according to Bayern manager Uli Hoeness, is £60m short of his valuation and would get us just a leg.

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It's the day we've all been waiting for, the day when Norway's hopes of reaching the 2010 World Cup will be extinguished once and for all. Or will they?

In order to reach a play-off Norway probably need four points from these two internationals, and with the game away to Macedonia only yielding one that means Drillo's dullards will have to decimate the Dutch.

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Norway 0 - 0 Macedonia

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"It will be boring as shit for the first hour," predicted Drillo ahead of the game and well, he wasn't wrong. Unfortunately his other prediction that it could get more interesting after that first hour proved wide of the mark. That's not entirely true actually - as Macedonia started throwing bodies forward the game was upgraded from "life-threateningly dull" to just "very dull".

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As Drillo prepares for his date with destiny, we here at NFN run the ruler over the Norwegian squad and look at what we can expect from Macedonia in the game that will determine wether or not Norwegians can start dreaming about South Africa 2010 again..

Norwegian Squad

Goalkeepers

Jon Knutsen - Stabæk

Håkon Opdal - Brann

Rune Allmenning Jarstein - Rosenborg

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Defenders

Espen Ruud - OB, Denmark

Jon Inge Høiland - Stabæk

Kjetil Wæhler - AaB, Denmark

Brede Hangeland - Fulham, England

Morten Fevang - Odd Grenland

John Arne Riise - Roma, Italy

Trond Erik Bertelsen - Viking

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Midfielders

Fredrik Winsnes - Strømsgodset

Henning Hauger - Stabæk

Christian Grindheim - Heerenveen, Holland

Bjørn Helge Riise - Lillestrøm

Per Ciljan Skjelbred - Rosenborg

Simen Brenne - Odd Grenland

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Wingers/Forwards

Daniel Braaten - Toulouse, France

John Carew - Aston Villa, England

Erik Huseklepp - Brann

Morten Gamst Pedersen - Blackburn, England

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Steffen Iversen and Tore Reginiussen were both called up to the initial squad, but withdrew due to injury.

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Norwegian giant praised to the heavens "Brede Hangeland, Brede Hangeland, He is Norway's Bobby Moore (Bobby Moore). He is Norway's Bobby Moore." Hangers might not be on the same level as the great Moore, but if he has a few...

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