The five year deal is done and Cesc is ready to sign for Barca

Just what do the footballing public in southern Europe think about the issue of Cesc, his contract, and the fact that Barca are nowhere near as financially sound as the world makes out. We sent out intrepid report Walter Broeckx to Spain, to keep us up to date on how football appears in such foreign …

This season’s team: the defence

The edition of this article published at around 8.30am BST on 26 July missed out Sagna, not because I don’t know he is there, but rather because my computer decided to take on a life of his own.  His details were added at around 1pm BST.  Apologies for the first mistake – I had to …