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BEN LEFT IN LURCH AS WORLD BID HITS BUFFERS

John Lyons
FLP EXECUTIVE EDITOR

WOE: Ben Brereton Diaz

I WONDER how Ben Brereton Diaz felt after Chile’s World Cup qualifying defeat against Brazil in the early hours of Friday morning.
Called up by La Roja in the summer, the Blackburn striker was an unexpected hit in the Copa America and looked to have cemented his place in the Chile squad.
But his hopes of contributing to the cause in their World Cup bid were put on hold when EFL clubs aligned themselves with their Premier League counterparts and decided not to release players for matches that were to be played in countries ...

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