Premier League clubs spent a record £1.4billion on players this summer, including an unprecedented £210million on transfer deadline day, according to football finance experts Deloitte.

Nissan seems to be taking inspiration from Rocket League, as it will soon enable players to control Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 using the Nissan Qashqai.

There comes a moment in every season when the tough have to get going.

It was early 2013, not long after the clubs had been drawn together in the Champions League, that officials from Manchester United informally sounded Real Madrid out about an idea.