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MIDFIELD MASTER, WING WIZARD, OR THE FEARLESS WONDERKID?

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The LeaguePaper Team
4 March 2018

THE FLP TAKES A LOOK AT THE RACE TO BE CROWNED THE CHAMPIONSHIP’S KINGPIN

By Chris Dunlavy

MOJO: Matej Vydra

DAZZLING: Ruben Neves

TALENT: Ryan Sessegnon

BEFORE too long, managers across the Championship will be presented with a ballotpaper and asked to name their top five opposing players.
Five points will be awarded to the player at the top of every list. One for the man at the bottom. A bout of basic maths will follow and whoever gets the highest score will, in April, replace Anthony Knockaert as EFL player of the year.
With no runaway top-scorer and no dazzling virtuos...

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