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Premier League clubs' staff ask Norwegian fantasy football expert to HIDE their identities over fears they could be punished for leaking team news - after 'FPL Insider' caused uproar by revealing Jack Grealish's injury

Staff from Premier League clubs have contacted a Norwegian fantasy football 'insider', asking him to hide their identities as they could face punishment for inadvertently leaking team news.

The FPL Insider Twitter account - which tracks the online fantasy football profiles of Premier League players and staff and tweets out when they transfer in or out one of their real-life colleagues - entered infamy last month when it revealed that several Aston Villa stars had substituted out Jack Grealish.

Two days later, Grealish missed their 2-1 defeat by Leicester through injury, with Foxes manager Brendan Rodgers admitting afterwards that he had heard rumours over the midfielder's fitness.