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The 2023/24 Premier League season is under way and you can follow every game and every goal right here with The Independent. This year sees Manchester City try to defend their crown and claim a historic fourth title in succession. Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering City, who also won the Champions League and FA Cup last season, will have to see off Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool and the rest to claim an unprecedented sixth league title in seven years. Meanwhile Luton Town are making their first appearance in the Premier League, having risen from non-league in an incredible decade of progress. They followed Championship winners Burnley and second-placed Sheffield United in earning promotion to the top flight. Follow the latest action from the Premier League below.

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RTE News clearly enjoyed themselves when reporting on Declan Rice's impending move to Arsenal from West Ham this week. The 24-year-old is on the brink of a move to north London after Arsenal reportedly agreed a fee of £100 million plus £5 million in add-ons. It would see Rice become the most expensive Englishman in Premier League history – something RTE News poked a little fun at. When reporting on the news on its Six One sports bulletin, the Irish channel set their story against the footage of Rice playing and training not for England, but for Ireland. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Rice was capped at junior and senior level for Ireland, winning three caps for the country. However, he then pledged his future to England and was capped for the Three Lions for the first time in 2019. Despite being born in England, Rice was eligible to play for Ireland through his grandparents. The move from the channel didn’t go unnoticed on social media, with one user writing: “Sublime s***housery by RTE News reporting on Declan Rice.” One more said: “This is the pettiness that I like to see, really enjoyable watch.” Another added: “The pain of seeing him in that Irish jersey only to be an English international now.” “He should have said he’s become the most expensive Irishman in history at the end that would have been class,” a user commented. There was, however, one user who suggested there was a more innocent explanation by writing: “Or they just used footage they already had the rights for…” Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

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