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In May 2023, Arne Slot moved into pole position to become Tottenham head coach. By the end of that month, he had signed a new contract with Feyenoord.

Now he looks set to win the Premier League with Liverpool against Spurs on Sunday — how close did he come to moving to north London?

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One minute per pick. A snake order. At least five players who appeared in the division before 2010. Nitpicking. Tit for tat. The whole shabang.

As the NFL draft begins, our writers drafted their all-time Premier League XIs — then argued about it.


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Manchester United have held positive contract talks with Matheus Cunha.

The forward has a £62.5m release clause in his Wolves contract — a fair price?

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Tonight is a night that could define both this season and next at Old Trafford.

With Manchester United’s Europa League quarter-final hanging in the balance, Ruben Amorim’s side must go through to have any chance at all of playing European football again next term.

Winning the Europa League to secure qualification for next season’s Champions League is the only realistic path back into Europe remaining. Lose to Lyon this evening, and that back-door route slam will shut too.

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There was one word on the minds of Real Madrid’s players and staff after their thrashing by Arsenal in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final at the Emirates.

𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒅𝒂.

Overturning a deficit of three goals or more after the first leg of a two-legged Champions League (formerly European Cup) tie is not unheard of - in fact, Madrid have form for this.

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At the Parc des Princes on Wednesday night… was a real Prince.

As his beloved Aston Villa prepared to take on Paris Saint-Germain, Prince William joined Ally McCoist and Rio Ferdinand for a weirdly-not-awkward interview before kick off on TNT.

Surprisingly, the future King got more than just the attire right…

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Paris Saint-Germain — long dismissed and derided as a hopelessly unbalanced gaggle of individual superstars — have become a team, widely respected for the remarkable industriousness of their football and the humble, unshowy brilliance of their young players.

It is all a very far cry from where the club found itself less than two years ago…

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In January 2015, a 16-year-old Fede Valverde arrived at Arsenal for a one-week trial.

Arsene Wenger wanted to sign him, the club captain Mikel Arteta was a "spectacular" support and the teenager left with Valverde printed on the back of an Arsenal shirt.

But Real Madrid swooped for €5million and now Valverde is one of the world's best midfielders.

On Tuesday he will line up in the Champions League at the Emirates against the club he nearly joined.

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To say the Manchester derby summed up both clubs’ seasons seems obvious, so perhaps a more fitting summary is that it sums up the Premier League season overall.

A league campaign is meant to build towards a crescendo. There is supposed to be tension, nerves and crucial matches decided by small margins.

Instead, heading into the alleged business end of the season, there isn’t much to play for.

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Scott McTominay spoke exclusively to The Athletic about life in Italy, and his love for their tomatoes:

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