THEY MAKE OR BREAK FOOTBALL TEAMS. SOME TURN OUT TO BE WORLD-BEATERS. OTHERS? ABSOLUTE FLOPS. AND THEN THERE ARE THE ONES YOU’RE GLAD NEVER HAPPENED—TRUE BULLETS DODGED.
TAKE MYKHAILO MUDRYK, FOR EXAMPLE. WITH REPORTS SWIRLING ABOUT A POTENTIAL FOUR-YEAR BAN AFTER ALLEGEDLY TESTING POSITIVE FOR THE PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUG MELDONIUM, ARSENAL FANS MIGHT JUST BE BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF. THEY WERE THIS CLOSE TO SIGNING HIM.
IN THIS MONDAY EPISODE, WE’RE DIVING INTO THE BIGGEST BULLETS DODGED IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE. FROM TRANSFER NEAR-MISSES TO LAST-MINUTE U-TURNS THAT SAVED CLUBS FROM DISASTER.
OH—AND WHO EXACTLY IS CRYSTAL PALACE’S MYSTERIOUS NEW 45% SHAREHOLDER, WOODY JOHNSON? WE’VE (ALLEGEDLY) GOT THE INSIDE SCOOP.