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5 days ago | 
fourfourtwo.com | Ed McCambridge |Chris Flanagan |Ben Marsden |Chris Evans
It's that time of year - here at FourFourTwo we've put our heads together to come up with the best 50 players in the Premier League this season. Tricky wingers, prolific strikers and dominant centre-backs, the Premier League really does have it all. Without further ado here's our ranking - don’t agree with us?
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6 days ago | 
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk | Ben Marsden
Murphy in action during the Women's FA Cup semi-final (Image: PA) Manchester City Women forward Lily Murphy says her time in Blackburn Rovers’ youth teams laid the foundation for her breakthrough 2024/25 season that included a goal on her UEFA Women’s Champions League debut at just 19.
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1 week ago | 
fourfourtwo.com | Ben Marsden
Ruben Amorim's side are looking to avoid a repeat of the last time Manchester United hosted Athletic Club. Back in 2012, under Sir Alex Ferguson's tenure, the Bilbao side won 3-2 in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie. Athletic Club also won the second leg, a 2-1 victory, meaning United crashed out of the competition 5-3 on aggregate. The first-leg saw Iker Muniain, Fernando Llorente, and Oscar de Marcos score for the away side.
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1 week ago | 
fourfourtwo.com | Ben Marsden
Another football quiz from FourFourTwo to brighten your day – can you name every club to have ever reached a UEFA final? There's a host of European giants in this quiz… but how well do you know some of the minnows who have made it to the biggest stage of UEFA's various competitions? There's clubs who have played in the Champions League/European Cup finals, Europa League finals, Conference League finals, and even Cup Winners Cup finals.
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1 week ago | 
fourfourtwo.com | Ben Marsden
Manchester City’s pure dominance of English football was finally broken this year as Liverpool sealed a second Premier League title in five years, with City falling away from their previously extraordinary standards. Part of this decline has, of course, come from the long-term absence of the talismanic Rodri, who suffered a serious anterior cruciate ligament injury earlier in the season.
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1 week ago | 
fourfourtwo.com | Ben Marsden
Few would have predicted Manchester United’s 2024/25 season. Many may have suggested that Erik ten Hag’s sacking was inevitable, but for a new, exciting manager to take his place and lead them to what is likely to be their lowest-ever Premier League finish would have been seen as ludicrous. Yet, under Ruben Amorim, that is the reality at Manchester United. Whilst the jury is still out, given their likely advancement to the Europa League final, it is a league campaign of catastrophic proportions.
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1 week ago | 
fourfourtwo.com | Ben Marsden
Puma, the renowned German sportswear brand, has long been associated with legendary footballers like Pelé, Maradona, and Neymar. Beyond individual stars, their iconic logo can be seen on the kits and boots of elite clubs and international teams, including top sides from Europe’s biggest leagues.
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2 weeks ago | 
fourfourtwo.com | Ben Marsden
The Europa League has delivered countless memorable moments and thrilling upsets for clubs of all sizes across Europe since it's rebranding in 2009. Each final has brought its own cast of heroes, from poachers and playmakers to unexpected scorers rising to the occasion under the brightest lights of Dublin, Budapest, Baku, and more. To stretch your memory though, we're going back to 2000 for this quiz. You may likeQuiz! Can you name the 20 highest-scoring players in the Europa League since 1992?
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2 weeks ago | 
fourfourtwo.com | Ben Marsden
In December of the 2024/25 season, some saw Chelsea as title challengers to the league leaders Liverpool, perhaps even ahead of an Arsenal side who failed to win seven of their first 15 games. Since then Chelsea’s form has slumped significantly, and whilst they have dropped to fifth, Champions League qualification is still within their grasp. Yet since the turn of the year, Chelsea have beaten a top-half side in the league just once.
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2 weeks ago | 
fourfourtwo.com | Ben Marsden
In recent weeks Aston Villa’s season has risked falling off a cliff edge. Unai Emery’s side have been knocked out of the Champions League by PSG, lost to Crystal Palace in the FA Cup semi-final, and conceded a late winner to Manchester City in a huge blow to their top-five hopes. Whilst Champions League qualification is still on the cards, Villa currently sit three points off fifth-placed Chelsea.
