Stories By Dan Tracey

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  Handball rule change causes almighty roar

  After three weeks of the new Premier League season, we should be waxing lyrical about the ludicrous scorelines that we’ve been treated to or the fact that there has only been a single draw in the first 28 matches of the campaign.

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  Opening Crystal Palace results see Eagles soaring

  There was not a substantial amount of time between the end of one Premier League season and the start of another but, based on the early Crystal Palace results, that timeframe has seen a rather rapid change of fortunes within the Eagles’ ranks.

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  Gareth Bale Tottenham return could turn Spurs around

  With the transfer window open until October, it was inevitable that dramatic opening day defeats would be met with reports of big signings but mounting speculation over a Gareth Bale Tottenham return has set pulses racing across the Premier League.

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  The race for European qualification – The outsiders

  With any new Premier League season, the majority of focus is shone in the direction of the ‘big six’ and the presumption that they will dominate the race for European qualification. However, with Leicester and Wolves challenging the status quo over the past couple of years, it is perhaps time to look at the competition with a wider focus.

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  Premier League should fear Chelsea | Chelsea transfer news

  With Chelsea conducting their business earlier than their nearest rivals, it is fair to say that the Chelsea transfer news to emerge from Stamford Bridge has led to a genuine sense of optimism brewing around the club.

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  UEFA Nations League 2020 predictions

  Due to issues regarding quarantine laws and the risk involved with mass travel, the international theatre of football war has been placed on the backburner for the past few months. However, that situation is set to change at the start of September as the UEFA Nations League 2020 commences.

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  Ole Gunnar Solskjær has no case for the defence

  If you were to assess Ole Gunnar Solskjær on his first full season in charge of Manchester United, you would probably give him a passing grade. When you consider that the knives were being sharpened at the end of last year, the second half of the campaign was quite the turnaround.

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  Premier League substitutions vote a rare display of common sense

  In a welcome boost for those outside of the Premier League’s big six hegemony, clubs voted against continuing with five Premier League substitutions per game next season. For the Project Restart to go ahead, concessions were always going to have to be made and this competition like all others, had player welfare at the forefront of the conversation.

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  Newcastle takeover collapsing leaves a fog on the Tyne

  The one piece of news that Geordies were expecting and dreading was confirmed last week as it emerged that the Newcastle takeover bid from the Saudi Private Investment Fund (PIF) had come to a screeching halt.

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  Premier League big 6 review 2019/20

  As the dust settles on the 2019/20 Premier League season, now is the time to take stock of what happened, especially with the Premier League big 6. A season in which disappointment and adulation have been earned in equal measure, and with a new campaign lying just around the corner, there will be little time for mass overhaul or wholesale changes throughout this summer.

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  Watford manager sacked at precisely the wrong time

  When Quique Sanchez Flores was sacked for a second time in December, I asked whether Watford’s revolving door policy would eventually come to a halt. However, Nigel Pearson becaming the third Watford manager sacked this season, with just two games remaining, demonstrates that it is spinning as quickly as ever.

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