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How much will Europe affect Sunderland's second season?

Last season Sunderland and Leeds United became the 53rd and 54th promoted sides to survive in the Premier League. In fact, the best promoted side in the 38-game era of the Premier League did just that. Overall, four of the previous 20 promoted sides (20%) that finished in the top half in their first season suffered relegation in their second, with the most recent example being Sheffield United five years ago.

'We have already lost the core of the team' - fans on Arsenal Konsa interest

Prit: Aston Villa needed to address weaknesses in the defence last season. Not only do we need to keep hold of him, we need a solid centre-back next to him - so absolutely no, we cannot afford to lose Konsa. Defence has been the weak link in this Villa team recently, so to lose potentially our best defender would be a sad day for the club.

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