To illustrate Man City's aggressive, intimidatory approach to journalists asking Qs, here's a piece from last Dec, paywalled then, now free. Docs & legal letters show process. REVEALED: Manchester City legal letters where the main aim was to get me sacked sportingintelligence832.subs…

Michael Carrick speaking about Andrey Santos in August: "Andrey, for such a young man to come in the way he's came in, his character, his personality is a dream. Literally, he's a dream. "He's so positive, so mature, so switched on; he wants to learn. He comes in straight away and he's trying to help other players and talk in games and communicate in games. "He has that personality where he's got a real substance to him, and delighted to have him, delighted to have him when he came in." Santos was an unused substitute again yesterday. He has made just two starts (Hull and Brighton). It's still *very early days*, but it seems a questionable transfer for £50m #mufc

If Rashford is still in the second half , no way of winning the match

INEOS and the Glazers aren't destroying United, they've already destroyed it. The only thing they are best in class in is saving money while United fans suffer the consequences. An in-depth breakdown of how they are failing yet another coach @UtdDistrict roundtable.io/sports/soccer/…

🗣️ Lamine Yamal: “I think the problem today is that people are taking into account things that shouldn't even be considered for the Ballon d’Or. For example, when they say that a PSG player has to win it because he won the Champions League. When you win the Champions League, it's PSG that receives the Champions League trophy, because they were the best team. That's the reward for Paris Saint-Germain. I think that once we refocus on the fact that the best player in the world should be rewarded, and not the one who scores the most goals or shoots the most, then the trophy will regain the value it should have. The coincidence this year is that I'm part of the team that won the World Cup. But even if England had won it, I would still tell you that Mbappé and I are the two best players in the world. I think this trophy should be given to the best player in the world, period, and not to a player who scored 80 goals. Because when you score 80 goals, you win the top scorer trophy for the season. In the end, we have a direct duel: he plays for Real Madrid and I play for Barça, and I beat him on everything, in terms of titles. So the best player in the world is the one you watch play and whose game you appreciate. You see him, and you say to yourself that he's a player who's really different from all the others.” @MPlusDeportes