Logical situation of losing to get a better pick has led to big fines but June\u2019s superstar draft created a \u2018perfect storm\u2019<\/p>\n
Imagine you are the director of football at a crisis-stricken Premier League club in a world where relegation doesn\u2019t exist and the planet\u2019s best teenagers become available for free in a draft every June.<\/p>\n
In this alternate universe, you are also aware of something else: the 2026 Premier League draft is one for the ages. Barcelona\u2019s Lamine Yamal and Pau Cubars\u00ed are in it. So are Bayern Munich\u2019s Lennart Karl and Real Madrid\u2019s Franco Mastantuono. Sign one of them and the glory days will suddenly beckon again.<\/p>\n
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