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European Picture
UCL, UEL, UECL — who's genuinely in, who's dreaming, and why it matters for the clubs you care about most.

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Issue #001 · Feb 2026
The Brentford Blueprint: How a West London Club Keeps Defying Logic
They lost their manager, their top striker, their captain, and their two best attackers. Then they went and flirted with the Champions League spots. The secret isn't tactics — it's institutional design. Owner Matthew Benham built Brentford not around any one manager or player, but around a system...
Brentford Model Arsenal Quadruple? Man United Crisis Championship Gems Europe Race

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