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Eliot Rothwell

Eliot Rothwell is a 17-year-old writer from Bury near Manchester and mainly covers football in the north, La Liga and Eastern Europe. Eliot writes for his own blog www.notbadonpaper.wordpress.com as well as the Bury Independent, Goal.com UK, footballtalentspotter.com, worldfootballcolumns.com and backpagefootball.com. Follow @EliotRothwell and @NotBadOnPaper

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July 25th, 2010 by Eliot Rothwell

Eliot Rothwell takes note of the sizeable squad at Manchester City’s disposal as they chase some silverware.

This Time Next Year

July 18th, 2010 by Eliot Rothwell

Eliot Rothwell explores mundane pre-seasons, financial irregularities and the hypocrisy of Barcelona.

The inexorable rise of Laurent Koscielny

July 8th, 2010 by Eliot Rothwell

Eliot Rothwell takes a look at the rise of French defender Laurent Koscielny, who joined Arsenal today for a reported £10million fee.

Fernando Torres of Spain looks on during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Quarter Final match between Paraguay and Spain at Ellis Park Stadium on July 3, 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

How do you solve a problem like Fernando?

July 5th, 2010 by Eliot Rothwell

Eliot Rothwell analyses the poor form of Fernando Torres at this summers World Cup and asks: is the Premier League killing tiki-taka?

The Ghana team line up for a group photo prior to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Quarter Final match between Uruguay and Ghana at the Soccer City stadium on July 2, 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

African Nations at the World Cup – a failure

July 4th, 2010 by Eliot Rothwell

Eliot Rothwell explores the lack of success for African teams at this World Cup and ponders the fact that none of the African teams were managed by African managers.