It’s time to begin the year end “best of “lists! Yes, 2014 ends in just 13 days and we have lots of listicles to cover, so we kick things off with Arturo Vidal. This past summer we had to produce a daily Arturo Vidal is coming/not coming/maybe coming/definitely coming to Manchester United update. There were media in three countries interested in this: Juventus (Italy) his current club, Chile (where he was a national star for the World Cup team) and United (England of course!)
One thing is for certain, no one can dispute this: the Arturo Vidal to Man United storyline just would not go away. Thanks to Arturo Vidal rumors, we had our first ever 100,000 unique visitor day!!!!
1. Arturo Vidal undergoing medical at Manchester United 93,072
2. Agent of Arturo Vidal meets with Man United in London 48,481
3. Man United having doctors examine Arturo Vidal’s knee before purchase 39,026
4. Arturo Vidal to Man United: right final offer could seal deal 34,037
5. Man United favorites to sign Arturo Vidal, according to bookmakers 25, 896
The Sports Bank achieved more than 5 million unique visitors in 2014!! That’s almost double the previous annual record. To celebrate, we’re recapping and linking all the most popular stories in upcoming listicles. Here’s what’s planned, and will be linked when published. Enjoy!
-Five most popular Arturo Vidal to Man United rumor stories of 2014 (Dec 18th)
-Five most popular Juan Mata stories of 2014 (Dec 19th)
-Five most popular Louis van Gaal stories of 2014 (Dec 19th)
-20 most popular Manchester United stories of 2014 (that didn’t qualify for the previous four MUFC qualities)
-Five most popular Angel Di Maria stories of 2014 (Dec 18th)
-Five most popular Jay Cutler stories of 2014 (Dec 18th)
-Twenty most popular female sportscaster stories of 2014
-Five most popular Illini stories of 2014 (Dec 20th)
-Five most popular Notre Dame stories of 2014 (Dec 20th)
-Ten most popular NFL stories of 2014 (not including the Jay Cutler list)
-Ten most popular NBA stories of 2014
-Ten most popular news/pop culture stories of 2014
-Top 20 search terms of 2014
-Five most popular Cubs (Dec 20th)
-20 most popular overall
-Ten most popular Liverpool
-Ten most popular Chelsea
-Ten most popular Arsenal
-Ten most popular Tottenham
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