
Five Surprise Packages in Europe’s Top Five Leagues This Season
The new European season has already delivered a handful of genuine surprises. While the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 are once again dominated by the usual suspects, elsewhere several clubs have defied expectations and shaken up the standings. Newly promoted sides in particular have taken the early weeks by storm, challenging the notion that the top levels of football are a closed shop. That matters, because in modern football the margins for surprise are shrinking. In the Premier League, for example,