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MY BEST? BEING HEALTHY WILL DO!

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The LeaguePaper Team
19 August 2018

Ace Leon glad to be over the worst

By Richard Dore

GOOD TIMES: Leon Best celebrates scoring for Rotherham
Picture: Action Images

GLORY DAYS: Leon Best savours netting for Newcastle

IN BLUE: At Ipswich

IN 2012, Leon Best was firing in Premier League goals for Newcastle – five years later, he was in hospital fighting off an infection that could have killed him.
The 31-year-old has endured a nightmare few years dealing with that illness and several injuries along the way, playing through the pain barrier to earn contracts. In the last three years, the seven-cap Republic of Irela...

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