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France, Spain and Argentina have a combined total of 20 players who featured in England's top flight last season.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Having previously represented Colombia at youth level in 2017 and 2018, he heard nothing from his homeland while he was banging in the goals - over 70 of them - in the Mexican top flight.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Under Kang, Lyon improved to fourth in the top flight last season to reach the Champions League qualifying rounds.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Ipswich feel they are better equipped for the top flight this season than two years ago, after McKenna led them to successive promotions from League One.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
The floors, as Mr. Tom Roker explained to Mr. 79 Pickwick when he inducted him into the prison, were distinguished as the hall flight, the coffee-room flight, the third flight and the top flight.
From In Jail with Charles Dickens by Trumble, Alfred
He has only played 32 top-flight games in total, but former Clarets boss Parker previously praised his turnaround at Turf Moor before moving to Etihad Stadium.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Villa did not drop out of the top four after beating Leeds last November, aided by winning 12 of 13 top-flight games between September and December.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Memories of such a relatively swift transformation were still fresh in the minds of top-flight executives after Newcastle United's Saudi-led buyout in 2021.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The Premier League was well represented in North America, with all 20 of the top-flight teams for 2026-27 having at least one player involved.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Eric, by now a full-time employee at Andersen, thought he might like a computing school; the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign had a top-flight one.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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