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The 2015-16 Premier League champions, then. Manchester City have no boss for the rest of the season, so their players will have their feet on the desk for the next six months. Arsenal are Arsenal. Lads, it’s Tottenham. And nobody in their right mind is taking a shower like Ed Woodward’s Manchester United seriously, just because they’ve got the weight of history behind them: if that’s where you’re coming from, pops, you may as well waste your money on sepia-toned former greats such as Huddersfield Town, The Wednesday, Preston North End or Liverpool. It’s just not going to happen.

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