The best players in the world look at Manchester City and say “I want to play there”. They look at Manchester United and think “anywhere else – literally anywhere else”.
Liverpool’s American owner John W Henry last night apologised to fans for pursuing the idea, admitting he had caused much “disruption” in the space of 48 hours.
I was trying to think this morning what this was like, and it occurred to me that the thing it’s most like is when the players on a Premier Division Football team let it know that they have lost confidence in the Manager. “He’s lost the dressing room”, the pundits would declare, and a sacking […]