Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!
Every self-respecting centre-forward loves easy goals and useless opposition – rightly so. But in the entirety of the game’s history, few, if any, have guzzled low-hanging fruit with quite the same alacrity as Harry Kane. Whether terrorising Panama and Albania but not Italy or Spain, snaffling penalties but missing the biggies, or spending his career unencumbered by expectations of success, the Paul Collingwood of the football honours world can always be relied upon to feast on carrion, then present teammates with a home-display memento commemorating their achievement in knowing him.
Reading about how the Spanish FA just seems to continually muck up its handling of the goings on with the women’s team, it does beg the question: is this Elon Musk’s next business acquisition? It seems to be another never-ending bin fire, just like you know what” – Stuart McLagan.
This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions.
More Stories
NHS reviews prostate cancer tests after cycling star Chris Hoy calls for more screening
David Squires on … Rúben Amorim’s big job and suspicious minds elsewhere
Investment is needed, but women’s football still has ethical responsibility | Suzanne Wrack