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Ozil on shortlist for Ballon d’Or

  October 29, 2013 - 20:28 |
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Chelsea’s Eden Hazard and Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil are among five Premier League players who have been shortlisted for FIFA’s Ballon d’Or award.

Ozil on shortlist for Ballon d'OrManchester United striker Robin van Persie, Manchester City’s Yaya Toure and Liverpool forward Luis Suarez are also on the list as is Real Madrid’s former Tottenham star Gareth Bale.

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are once again on the 23-man shortlist to win the prestigious world player of the year award, which will be unveiled on 13th January in Zurich.

Barcelona and Argentina forward Messi has won the award for the last four years, but he could be challenged by Franck Ribery this time after the Frenchman helped Bayern Munich win the Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup last season.

Messi is 7/4 to win the FIFA Ballon d’Or while Ronaldo can be backed at 9/1, Ribery at 10/11 and Bale at 40/1.

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is one of ten men that are on the shortlist for the coach of the year award along with Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti and Arsene Wenger.

Ballon d’Or shortlist: Gareth Bale (Real Madrid/Wales), Edinson Cavani (Paris St Germain/Uruguay), Radamel Falcao (Monaco/Colombia), Eden Hazard (Chelsea/Belgium), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris St Germain/Sweden), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona/Spain), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich/Germany), Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund/Poland), Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich/Germany), Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich/Germany), Neymar (Barcelona/Brazil), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal/Germany), Andrea Pirlo (Juventus/Italy), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich/France), Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich/Netherlands), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Portugal), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich/Germany), Luis Suarez (Liverpool/Uruguay), Thiago Silva (Paris St Germain/Brazil), Yaya Toure (Manchester City/Ivory Coast), Robin van Persie (Manchester United/Netherlands), Xavi (Barcelona/Spain).

Coach of the year shortlist: Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid/ex-Paris St Germain), Rafael Benitez (Napoli/ex-Chelsea), Antonio Conte (Juventus), Vicente Del Bosque (Spain), Sir Alex Ferguson (ex-Manchester United), Jupp Heynckes (ex-Bayern Munich), Jurgen Klopp (Borussia Dortmund), Jose Mourinho (Chelsea/ex-Real Madrid), Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil), Arsene Wenger (Arsenal).

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Arsene Wenger cool over midfield link-up

  October 18, 2013 - 18:43 |
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Santi Cazorla could be back in action against Norwich City on Saturday.

Wenger cool over midfield link-up

Arsene Wenger says his focus is on his Arsenal team as a whole and not the potential midfield pairing of record signing Mesut Ozil and Santi Cazorla.

Ozil has shaken off a slight knock picked up on international duty with Germany to be ready to face Norwich City on Saturday, with Cazorla likely to be included in the matchday squad after shrugging off an ankle injury which has kept him sidelined since early September.

I’m very happy at the moment with the team that has played up until now, so I do not expect anything special.

Arsene Wenger

However, Wenger is more interested in seeing his side continue their fine form of recent times, with the Gunners unbeaten in all competitions since the opening day of the new season.

“You want all of your best players to play together in a very positive way,” Wenger said.

“I’m very happy at the moment with the team that has played up until now, so I do not expect anything special.

“I believe what is important is that instead of focusing on one or two players is to focus on developing ourselves as a team, improving our team play because there is still room for improvement.

“There’s still the desire inside the team to do that.”

The injury news for Wenger is improved further with defender Bacary Sagna back in the fold after hamstring problems, giving the Arsenal boss plenty of selection dilemmas.

The Gunners, who have lost just one of their last 13 meetings with Norwich, are 3/10 to win at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday and 8/1 to triumph by a 3-0 scoreline, with Ozil 13/2 to open the scoring.

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