India, Sept. 12 -- Mo Salah, ageless, charges down the right; Erling Haaland, hulking, makes a run through the middle; Kyle Walker, indefatigable, overlaps to open a world of possibilities; Bukayo Saka, smooth as silk, cuts in; Cole Palmer, magical, wiggles through; William Saliba, unrelenting, times a crunching tackle; and Jordan Pickford, omniscient, dives to his left to fend off a loose-ball scorcher by Rodri, the ruthless.

The English Premier League (EPL), whose new season started last month, is today the richest and best-marketed annual sporting extravaganza in the world, attracting the best players, managers and support staff, and igniting the passions of the largest pool of fans, spanning generations and geographies.

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