It’s a miracle! England deserters make stunning Premier League recoveries | OneFootball

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·23 November 2024

It’s a miracle! England deserters make stunning Premier League recoveries

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Having enjoyed watching Newcastle United players starring for England, I couldn’t wait for the Premier League action to kick-off once again.

Newcastle fans of course having the longest wait, along with Hammers fans.


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As Monday night sees Newcastle take on West Ham.

Nine other Premier League matches to be played before then.

Premier League fixtures/results this weekend:

Saturday 23 November

Leicester 1 Chelsea 2

Bournemouth 1 Brighton 2

Arsenal 3 Forest 0

Aston Villa 2 Crystal Palace 2

Everton 0 Brentford 0

Fulham 1 Wolves 4

Man City v Tottenham (5.30pm)

Sunday 24 November

Southampton v Liverpool (2pm)

Ipswich v Man U (4.30pm)

Monday 25 November

Newcastle v West Ham (8pm)

Like many other idle Newcastle United fans with nothing better to do, I lay down on the sofa and watched on as the Saturday action unfolded.

A recurring theme started to trigger something in my mind…

Jarrad Branthwaite – Started for Everton v Brentford on Saturday

Bukayo Saka – Started for Arsenal v Forest on Saturday

Declan Rice – Named on bench for Arsenal v Forest on Saturday

Levi Colwill – Started for Chelsea v Leicester

Cole Palmer – Started for Chelsea v Leicester

Then I checked back on exactly which ‘injured’ England players had been pulled out of the November squad by their clubs.

Branthwaite – Tick

Saka – Tick

Rice – Tick

Colwill – Tick

Palmer – Tick

How impressive.

Clearly these five England players/deserters have got better doctors than me.

Man City v Tottenham is due to kick-off shortly, so I decided to have a quick look at their matchday squads:

Jack Grealish – Named on bench for Man City v Tottenham on Saturday

Phil Foden – Starts for Man City v Tottenham on Saturday

Grealish – Tick

Foden – Tick

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