Remember the Big Four? They're dead. Remember money was going to kill competitiveness in the Premier League? It will not. It will enhance it.
With a third of the season gone, Leicester City are top of the division while just eight points separate the top 10 teams. Last season, there was a 16-point gap between first and 10th at the same stage of the campaign. This year Norwich City, two places away from the relegation zone, trail Leicester by 16 points. The Premier League has concertina'ed.
How unusual is this? It is the first time since the millennium that the points gap in the top half of the table has not been in double figures.