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FARKE’S FAITH KEY TO EMI HONOUR

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The LeaguePaper Team
2 May 2021

By Chris Dunlavy

PRIZE GUYS: Emi Buendia and, insets, Jonson Clarke-Harris, below, and Paul Mullin, left
PICTURE: Alamy

NORWICH City maestro Emi Buendia hailed the influence of manager Daniel Farke after being crowned Championship Player of the Season.
Signed from Getafe for £1.5m in June 2018, the 24-year-old Argentine was instrumental in winning promotion to the top-flight in his first season. He then excelled despite the Canaries’ relegation last term.
Heavily linked with moves to Arsenal and Atletico Madrid during the summer, Buendia stayed put and has once...

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