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There was a concern elsewhere in the top flight that Newcastle could look to finance such a push within the rules by turbocharging revenues through lucrative sponsorship deals with Saudi companies.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
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
Bodo/Glimt started again from scratch in 2016 following their relegation from the top flight.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 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
And the writer has often seen him going up the top flight, and, instead of his step being faltering and feeble, it was uniformly a trot!
From How to Get Strong and How to Stay So by Blaikie, William Garden
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
When Quenda joined Chelsea, he was accompanied by his father, mother, sisters, friends, agents and his godfather Basaula Lemba, a former top-flight footballer in Portugal who also won 10 caps for Zaire.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Having spent time away from the day-to-day grind of managing a top-flight club, it seems the former Borussia Dortmund and Mainz boss is ready for a return to coaching in the international arena.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
He also aspired to coach college, and Florida, with its top-flight teams, seemed a better steppingstone than the Ozarks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
This was the right answer, the only answer that a top-flight Hello Girl could have possibly given.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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