Any day now, soccer’s World Cup will obliteratingly dominate every back page
Any day now, soccer’s World Cup will obliteratingly dominate every back page (although this one, it goes without saying, shall be soberly discriminating). On Monday week (7 May) Sven, Sweden’s sexpot sphinx who coaches England, nominates his first batch of players, to be whittled down further before the tournament begins on 9 June. Might it be the last England side ever to consider it has a half decent chance of actually winning a World Cup? Foreign players totally dominate the Premiership, and the ongoing brouhaha generating most hot air is over Arsenal’s progress this season in the European Champions’ league being achieved with not a single Englishman contributing; their homegrown brace, Cole and Campbell, sitting out most of the winter, crocked either in limb or spirit.
Bothered not a jot is Arsenal devotee and professional ‘brand consultant’ John Simmons, who has published an interesting book, Winning Together (Cyan Books, £8.99).
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