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Head of Football League stopping team getting debilitating illness (3,3)

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I believe the answer is:

man flu

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'debilitating illness' is the definition.
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'head of football league stopping team' is the wordplay.
'head of' suggests taking the first letters.
'stopping' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters stop or plug a gap).
'team' becomes 'Man U' (short for Manchester United).
The first letters of 'football league' is 'fl'.
'fl' inserted inside 'manu' is 'MAN FLU'.

'getting' is the link.

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(Another definition for man flu that I've seen is " Overstated complaint".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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