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FIVE SUBS? YES, BUT WITH AN U23

Chris Dunlavy
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

FLOURISHING: Isaiah Jones has seized his chance with Middlesbrough this season
PICTURE: Alamy

WHERE the Premier League goes, the EFL inevitably follows, so expect substitutions galore next season. Extra subs were first introduced as a temporary measure to ease the fixture backlog resulting from the Covid-19 shutdown, with managers permitted to make five changes at three intervals.
On the continent, the practice continued into the compressed 2020-21 campaign. England, to the fury of Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, reverted to three subs, with small...

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