In football terms, once you’re past 32 you’re basically an ancient artefact, an elder statesman just counting down the days until your sepia toned headshot adorns one of those “legends” cards on FIFA that have led to joyriding youths on electric scooters raving about Lev Yashin’s reflexes. Regardless of stats and fitness levels, you are going to have to endure endless conversations about your “experience” and “game management” ahead of any real kudos for your current ability. Lionel Messi...

The Premier League table doesn’t lie, if you’re in the bottom three after 38 games, you’ve probably been pretty pants all season and deserve your fate. That being said, it doesn’t necessarily mean that every player from those clubs deserves to spend the next year of their careers getting the stuffing kicked out of them by Millwall’s latest Eastern European roid-head, without so much as an advantage played by a power hungry VAR-unchained referee. Relegated teams can be a treasure trove of...