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Everton have pulled the plug on a deal to sell midfielder Harrison Armstrong to Nottingham Forest, and fan pressure is the reason why. The backlash from supporters was loud enough to make the club reverse course entirely, a rare moment where the stands genuinely moved the boardroom.
Shifting to the transfer corridor between Birmingham and West London, Emiliano Martinez is now the eighth player to move between Aston Villa and Chelsea in just four years, cementing one of the Premier League's most active and unusual transfer partnerships. Since twenty twenty two, these two clubs have been doing business like they share a phone line, and that pipeline shows no signs of slowing down.
And in combat sports, Glover Teixeira put on a commanding performance in his boxing match against Mauricio Shogun Rua Saturday night, dropping the Brazilian MMA legend on his way to a clean unanimous decision over eight rounds. It was a spirited fight, but the result made one thing unmistakably clear — Teixeira still has plenty left in the tank, while Shogun may have thrown his last punches in any striking competition.
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