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An XI of Underrated Premier League players – 2020/21
Awards in football tend to go to the biggest names at the biggest clubs, the star players with flashy reputations. But what about the players who go under the radar? With a maximum of one player per club, we’ve put together an XI or the underrated Premier League players of the season.
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Tuchel vs. Guardiola – Four previous meetings
Chelsea’s recent 2-1 Premier League win away to new champions Manchester City was something of a proxy war considering both sides had their eyes on a far larger prize. But Thomas Tuchel will still have been delighted to get one over on his opposite number Pep Guardiola ahead of the Champions League final, which has been moved from Istanbul to Porto.
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Underperforming Everton yet to match lofty ambition
Only three Premier League clubs have spent more in the transfer market over the last five years than Everton. This is a measure of the ambition now harboured at Goodison Park, as was the appointment of Carlo Ancelotti as manager a year-and-a-half ago.
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5 NBA MVP candidates for the 2021 season
The NBA season is in the home stretch and, although the playoffs and potential NBA Championship winners rightly dominate the headlines, there is also the battle for the Most Valuable Player to look at too.
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Best Macedonian footballers of all time
It’s fair to say that Macedonian footballers have rarely captured the limelight on the global footballing stage. Often overshadowed by talents from more established parts in Eastern Europe, very few Macedonian players have managed to breakthrough into the major European leagues.
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Who are the best English footballers playing abroad?
For the majority of English footballers, playing the beautiful game abroad is never more than a passing thought. Indeed, most professionals stay close to home in England or Scotland where the multi-tiered systems always provide a team to play for.
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Will Sam Allardyce stick around at West Brom?
After defeat to Arsenal last Sunday, West Brom’s Premier League fate has finally been decided. Following their demotion to the EFL Championship, manager Sam Allardyce’s infamous record of never having taking a team down has finally been broken.
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Frank Lampard to Crystal Palace would be a risk for both parties
On paper, the idea of seeing Frank Lampard take over at Crystal Palace would be quite exciting. Lampard is a talented, relatively young English coach with a big profile looking for redemption after being ruthlessly sacked by Roman Abramovich.
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Who are the all time Golden State Warriors top scorers?
Certain sporting records look as though they might never be broken. Wilt Chamberlain’s points haul for the Golden State Warriors was beginning to look like one of them but he has been leapfrogged. Here we look at the top points scorers in Golden State Warriors history.
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Not all clubs will be eager for fans back in stadiums
Cliched it may be, but there has never been so much irrefutable evidence that football is nothing without fans back in stadiums. Strip it back, take out all the noise and anticipation, and it doesn’t feel much like sport.
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