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America ‘gets it’: Why Premier League games in the US will take place sooner rather than later
From Broadway to Boreham Wood, LAYTH YOUSIF reflects on Arsenal’s pre-season tour to the United States and says it is only a matter of time until the Premier League will play matches Stateside
FC Barcelona forward Ferran Torres, left, scores past Arsenal FC defender Rob Holding during the second half of a Champions Cup soccer match, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Inglewood, Calif

HIGH summer had truly arrived at the prodigiously luminous, garishly resplendent, and gloriously jam-packed Times Square, otherwise known as the centre of the universe.

As befitting its Broadway and 42nd Street location, and to a backdrop of steam rising through the packed streets and traffic cops with their obligatory flourish of whirring arms directing unsteady traffic, as if offering guidance to lost giraffes, came a succession of cameos and characters.

New York, New York: never mind being the city that doesn’t sleep, it’s the city that keeps you awake.  

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