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Brazilian lynchpin

Player Profile: Norwich City midfielder Gabriel Sara
By Chris Dunlavy

Ali Al-Hamadi was not best pleased by his Ipswich teammate Sam Morsy’s omission from the Championship Team of the Season.
“Ridiculous,” wrote the Iraq international on X, but there are two very good reasons why Morsy didn’t make the cut.
One is Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, who can probably count himself unlucky not to have won the Player of the Season award after contributing 12 goals and 13 assists to Leicester’s promotion charge.
The other is Gabriel Sara. The Brazilian may not play for a top-three team but he is undoubtedly...

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