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Meanwhile, the star performers at South Africa 2010 are not beating a path to the Premier League either. Of the winners' squad, Cesc Fabregas and Fernando Torres were here already and were mostly peripheral to Spain's success while Man City new boy David Silva was a reserve. Diego Forlán is still with Atlético Madrid and the various outstanding German players are not leaving the Bundesliga. With hardly any high-profile arrivals, the top end of the Premier League looks considerably more competitive than it has been for a long while. It still seems inconceivable that Chelsea and Man Utd would fail to at least finish in the Champions League qualifying places again but everything else is up for grabs – including the possibility of a title challenge from one of the clubs who didn't even finish in the top four last season, Man City. On the subject...
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