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7 Premier League sides who were 'too good to go down' with Everton just above the drop
Everton were pushing for a Europa League spot after investing nearly £500 million in their first-team squad.Now they're staring relegation in the face, and are on the brink of joining an infamous group of top flight teams who made the supposedly impossible happen - for all the wrong reasons.With that in mind, here are seven Premier League sides who got relegated despite being 'too good to go down'.Perhaps the most well-known example, it really was a crime against nature that a team with as many gems in it as West Ham had could finish in the bottom three.They had Joe Cole, Michael Carrick, Paolo Di Canio Jermain Defoe, Freddy Kanoute, Glen Johnson, David James, Trevor Sinclair … and it's little wonder they finished as high as seventh the season before - two places short of a club-record fifth.A torrid start to the season set the tone and the Hammers found themselves bottom at Christmas and unable to escape the calamity they'd created for themselves.Manager Glen Roeder fell ill in April and was replaced temporarily by Trevor Brooking, but by then the writing was on the wall.They were relegated on the final day, and in the summer the vultures came for their best and brightest.If Everton get relegated this season, will they be the worst of the lot? Let us know what you think in the comments section below...A year after West Ham's humiliating implosion, Leeds United followed suit.Three seasons earlier they were in the semi-final of the Champions League, but financial mismanagement saw them rack up debts of over £100 million.In an attempt to stop the rot they sold the likes of Rio Ferdinand, Robbie Keane, Robbie Fowler, Jonathan Woodgate and Harry Kewell, sparking a complete nosedive in the club's form, and by early 2004 they
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Popworld issues hilarious response to Chelsea fan who tried to tweet at Virgil Van Dijk
Chelsea supporter tagged Popworld Liverpool while trying to insult Virgil van Dijk - and got a memorable response from the baffled nightclub admin.Popworld shared an image of the Dutchman with a corner flag but with the nightclub's logo photoshopped on.A Blues fan then took to Twitter following his side's Carabao Cup final defeat to Jurgen Klopp's men on penalties, a game in which Van Dijk was named man of the match.It's fair to say the loyal Chelsea supporter did not agree with that assessment, saying that the Netherlands skipper allowed his side several golden chances to score.But Popworld's response got more than 36,000 likes on the social media platform - causing the aggrieved Chelsea fan to delete his initial message.In a now deleted tweet, the Twitter user wrote while tagging Popworld: "You conceded about 100 chances to a bang average Chelsea attack, you only got motm because you're the media's golden boy."You're not a patch on 37 year old Thiago Silva now get back in your box."Popworld Liverpool replied: "We’re a nightclub mate."Was Virgil van Dijk the star performer at Wembley? Give us your thoughts in the comments sectionHaving officially being named as the Carabao Cup Final 2022 Man of the Match, Van Dijk became the latest player to pick up the Alan Hardaker Trophy.He follows Steve McManaman, Robbie Fowler, Jerzy Dudek and Stewart Downing in picking up the award as a Liverpool player, having helped keep Chelsea at bay for 120 minutes.The Alan Hardaker Trophy is named after a former EFL secretary who oversaw the launch of the cup in 1960 having conceived the idea.Van Dijk said after scoring his penalty in the 11-10 success from the spot: "Very special.
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