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The Premier League is back and you can’t look away

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Many events have shaped the British people – the birth of punk, Brexit, Tony Hibbert’s first goal of his career (in his own testimonial) – where for better or worse, the genie cannot be put back into the bottle. We do not yet know how historians will view the Great International Break of 2026, but one thing is for sure: the world has changed. Here is how this memorable three-week break from the Premier League has affected each of this weekend’s fixtures.

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