SEASON OF THE BIG GOODBYE

LUKE CONSTABLE says the new season looks fresh and exciting as famous names move aside

Has any Premier League season ever been so dominated by the word farewell? Ferguson. Moyes. Scholes. Mancini. Neville. Carragher. Owen. Petrov. Ferdinand. Terry. All had to said goodbye to something as 2012/13 drew to a close, whether it was a career, a club or a country. For most fans, the bracing nature of this collection of high-profile departures will have only been rivalled by the existential terminus of a game of Football Manager, when you realise that Cherno Samba, aged 62, has stepped do...

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