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Swansea and West Brom leading seven clubs in chase for Ghana international Edwin Gyasi

November 20, 2017
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Premier League and Championship clubs are ready to battle it out for the 26-year-old winger, who plays in Aalesunds FK in Norway GHANA winger Edwin Gyasi has SEVEN clubs in England chasing him after his scoring on his international debut. Swansea and West Brom are leading the chase for the 26-year-old winger, who plays in Aalesunds FK in Norway. And Middlesbrough, Bristol City, Sheffield Wednesday, QPR and Cardiff are…

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A Thrilling Tie Exposes the Premier League’s Flaw

March 21, 2017
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MANCHESTER, England — Even an hour after the game, Pep Guardiola was still pulsing, coursing with energy. He was still a little breathless, his words tumbling and flooding out. He confessed his love for his defender John Stones. He declared his undimmed happiness. He called it one of the greatest days of his professional life. It all felt a…

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Chelsea Nears a Championship by Excelling at the Predictable

February 8, 2017
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ONDON — And that may well be that. These have been a rough few months for anyone who makes a living from predictions. “Brexit” and Trump exposed the folly of pollsters; Leicester City defied the naysaying of pundits. No matter how clear the data or compelling the evidence, the future no longer seems to do as it is told….

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After Premier League Title, Leicester City Learns Magic Goes Only So Far

January 16, 2017
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LEICESTER, England — With time, they no longer seem like memories. They are too strange, too difficult to explain. They feel, instead, like hallucinatory flashbacks from some fever dream. The butchers who paid tribute through the medium of sausage; the pilgrimage of the van driver from North London, drawn to a city he did not know, compelled to find…

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Premier League’s Festive Slog: Adored by Fans, Endured by Players

December 28, 2016
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As a player, Graeme Le Saux would flick straight to December when he received the Premier League schedule for the coming season. His teammates tended to be more concerned with which rival they would face on the campaign’s opening day, or working out when the season’s big derby matches were, or checking whether their last game fell at home…

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New Head of Nutrition Gives Liverpool a Taste of Premier League Success

December 27, 2016
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LIVERPOOL, England — Jurgen Klopp did not introduce his Liverpool players to the woman who would subtly change their lives right away. When she joined the team, at the club’s preseason camp in Palo Alto, Calif., last summer, Klopp waited a couple of days, eager to see if her actions would win them over more easily than his words….

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