Let me say this very directly.
Football does not belong to investors. It belongs to the people who fill the stands and who stand on the touchline week in, week out, rain or shine.
The World Cup is not a product. It is the greatest competition in world sport, and it was never anyone's to sell. Dress the deal up however you like. Once you have sold a piece of it, you have sold out.
Football belongs to the fans. It always has, and it always will.
Daizen Maeda’s true value to Celtic will be what he managed to achieve in that final stretch last season.
A tidy profit (in the final year of his contract) on the £1.5m outlay from Yokohama F Marinos four years prior - and a plethora of memories.
Celtic have agreed a one-year deal for midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
The 32yo enjoyed his spell in Glasgow last season, but was weighing up options at a number of clubs in Europe this summer.
Hoops boss Martin O’Neill has convinced him to stay.
(w/@JamesSavundra)
Palestinian goalkeeper Salim Al-Ashqar has been murdered by Israeli forces in Gaza.
He leaves behind his wife of 5 months who is expecting their first child.