Champions Manchester City are in a legal dispute with the Premier League (Martin Rickett/PA)
Champions Manchester City are in a legal dispute with the Premier League (Martin Rickett/PA)
Miguel Delaney
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There was a strange feeling around some Premier League training grounds on Monday, especially for the modern game. It was one of refreshment. The sun was out for a lot of teams, and many players haven’t even had a game for two and a half weeks. That represents the longest break the Premier League has had since the summer.
That would normally afford the same sense of refreshment to the actual games, but then this is also a strange time for the Premier League as a whole. Normally so used to being the biggest show around, “the world’s best league” last weekend witnessed the FA Cup bringing some actual storylines back to a relatively drab season.