Erling Haaland at Man City and Darwin Nunez at Liverpool heralds a return of the Big Number Nine - Daily Mail

At the peak, there were well over 30 centre forwards of six foot two or taller operating in the top flight in 2011/12, but the number fell steadily to well under half that figure last season.

Huge strikers once roamed the Premier League in packs, terrorising defenders wherever they went, but they have become a much rarer species in the past decade. At the peak, there were well over 30 ce… [+6962 chars]

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