This is rare chance for play-off hopefuls

Chris Dunlavy

Leicester City won the Premier League in 2015-16 courtesy of shrewd recruitment and throwback tactics.
Yet the Foxes were also fortunate that several of the division’s big beasts were in transition at the same time.
Liverpool and Chelsea both sacked managers mid-season. Man City were in a holding pattern, preparing for the arrival of Pep Guardiola. United, squeezed by the Glazers, too reliant on a pensionable Wayne Rooney.
Kudos to Leicester. They seized the opportunity. But the chances of so many rich and powerful teams failing simultaneously are vanishingly rare, as illustr...

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