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Neymar heads home from £322m Saudi calamity still a prisoner of his potential | Jonathan Wilson

Brazilian’s injury-blighted career highlights iniquities of the game, from inflated expectations to curse of celebrity excess Never go back, but sometimes going back is all that remains. Just 18 months after he joined Al-Hilal, Neymar and the Saudi club have agreed to terminate his contract, allowing him to return to Brazil and rejoin Santos. Al-Hilal

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Cunha shows worth to finish off Aston Villa and move Wolves out of drop zone

Wolves likely have the most OTT entrance music in the Premier League: a drum’n’bass version of Whole Lotta Love belted out over a back drop of pitchside flamethrowers and lightning flashes on the hoardings. You half expect WWE wrestlers to emerge from the tunnel, not a football team, but on this night Wolves lived up

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Omar Marmoush rides the rhythm to set the tempo for Guardiola’s new beat

The Egyptian adds another gear to Manchester City’s shift to more direct play with a short-passing game as backup Everything is new. Everything is different. Omar Marmoush steps off the plane at Manchester Airport and what greets him is a kind of sensory overload. He peers through blacked-out windows of his chauffeured car at the

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Maro Itoje leads from the front but can’t fix England’s familiar frailties | Gerard Meagher

New captain was impressive but could not summon steeliness his team needed to close out a tight match Maro Itoje was installed as England captain, primarily for two reasons. Firstly to give England a more abrasive, harder edge. Secondly, to help Steve Borthwick’s side close out matches, to steer them home in the second half,

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