Trophies may be forever, but the same cannot be said for the teams that win them, especially the ones that punch above their weight to collect winners' medals.

Those are the teams that usually get picked apart by sides that rank higher than them in the proverbial food chain, accentuating the gulf between the superclubs and the rest in any given league. During a summer in which Bayer Leverkusen's historic double-winning season truly became a thing of the past and Bournemouth parted ways with a batch of talented players for the simple feat of finishing ninth, FA Cup winners Crystal Palace were not poised to be spared. Eberechi Eze's name was tossed into the rumor mill, and the same was true for Marc Guehi and Jean-Philippe Mateta. As the Eagles prepare for Sunday's FA Community Shield again

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