Pep Guardiola’s gift to his team is a world away from the football of old
I remember the days when footballers earned £10k a year and lived in a modest semi-detached.
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Hunter Davies
Hunter Davies writes a regular column on football for the New Statesman.
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England are rubbish again, but I make my own Euros entertainment
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By A dramatic Premier League finish – plus Postecoglou, pin-ups, and a distinguished pigtail
Man City win again, but at least I can produce a shock in my end-of-season awards.
By Even now, I still fantasise about being a footballer
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By Football is driven by money – but also improved by it
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By Why would Jürgen Klopp leave Liverpool? Let me count the (made up) ways
His decision to leave was so sudden, something must have tipped him over the edge.
By Most of football’s changes have improved the game – but not VAR
Let me count the ways in which football has reinvented itself since 1848…
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At its midpoint, this season is shaping up to be one of football’s oddest
So far we’ve seen Dickensian midfielders, a blizzard of coaching jobs, and the return of peep-hole socks.
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