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Arsenal won the league. Sunderland gate crashed Europe. Bruno Fernandes broke records nobody thought were breakable. What a season this has been — and now it’s time to hand out the flowers. Based on average ratings across the campaign, here’s the definitive Premier League Team of the Season. And yes, your favourite player probably got…

Four years ago Sunderland were celebrating a play-off win over Wycombe Athleticto get out of League One. On Sunday they confirmed their place in the Europa League. Let that marinate for a second. This isn’t a fairytale. Fairytales are fictional. This actually happened. The Lowest Point Imaginable Back to back relegations. A pandemic. Financial scares….

West Ham did everything they were supposed to do. Beat Leeds 3-0, packed their end of the bargain, and waited. Then Spurs went and won anyway. And just like that, the Hammers are gone. Football is cruel. We all know this. But watching your club beat their opponents convincingly and STILL go down because the…

Henry. De Bruyne. And. Fernandes, Those are the names we’re talking about when we discuss the greatest creative seasons this league has ever seen. And as of Sunday afternoon at Brighton, Bruno Fernandes isn’t just in that conversation — he’s sitting at the very top of it with 21 assists to his name and a…

Roberto De Zerbi looked reporters dead in the face on Friday and said he’s not going anywhere. Not if Spurs stay up. Not if Spurs go down. Not for anything. And depending on which type of football fan you are, that’s either the most admirable thing a manager has said all season or the single…

Ten years. Six Premier League titles. One Champions League. One Club World Cup. And now Pep Guardiola is walking out the door and basically telling whoever comes next — good luck being yourself, mate. Which is either the most generous piece of advice a departing manager has ever given, or the most casually devastating thing…

West Ham fans, look away. Actually no — don’t look away, because this is exactly the kind of situation you need to be fully aware of heading into Sunday. Your captain, your best player, the man who has carried this club on his back for the last few seasons — Jarrod Bowen — is being…

There are good seasons, there are great seasons, and then there is whatever Bruno Fernandes just produced for Manchester United. On Saturday, the Portuguese midfielder was officially named the Premier League Player of the Season — and honestly, looking back at the numbers he put up this campaign, the only real surprise is that the…

This is the kind of Sunday that separates the ones who actually want it from the ones who just collect their wages and post gym selfies on Instagram. And Roberto De Zerbi, standing in front of his players this week, made absolutely sure everyone in that dressing room understood exactly what’s at stake. The Captain…