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On The Ball: Cavani is the real deal in an era of the false nine
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Manchester United's willingness to extend Edinson Cavani's (centre) contract shows that the role of a No.9, a finisher, cannot be finished off that quickly.
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Richard Jolly
LONDON - It feels like the triumph of the revolutionaries. Manchester City are set to win the Premier League - and perhaps plenty more besides - but Sergio Aguero has a solitary top-flight goal.
City have been deadliest with a false nine, with one of Pep Guardiola's band of technical midfielders rendering a striker superfluous and displaying the superiority of an idea he pioneered with Barcelona.
