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Chelsea Ready To Invest In Youth Policy
by Simon Johnson (Profile/Interview | Telegraph - July 29)
Chelsea have vowed to buy young in their quest to dominate English football for years to come and it will be no surprise if Freddy Adu plays at Stamford Bridge in the near future after he shone for DC United in Washington on Thursday night. more details | go to article

UEFA Report Mulls Defensive Tactics, Offside Challenge
by Simon Johnson (Article | Yahoo - September 22)
Europe's national team managers must come up with new ways to tackle the defensive tactics seen at Euro 2004, notably from champions Greece. UEFA's report into the tournament held in Portugal also poses anew the question of how to deal with the passive offside rule and player burnout caused by a welter of competitions. more details | go to article

Relentless Club Football Affecting Players - UEFA
by Simon Johnson (Article | Yahoo - September 21)
Europe's top players are failing to reproduce club form in international tournaments because of burn-out, European soccer's ruling body UEFA said in its post mortem of the 2004 European Championship in Portugal. UEFA said it believed too little time to recover from club commitments could explain why some of the biggest names in European football failed to shine during Euro 2004. more details | go to article

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