In one of those ludicrous articles where players’ putative contractual valuations are bandied about, Harry Kane was priced at €330m on Saturday. What’s he worth now, I wonder, after striking out last night? More to the point, what’s De Gea to be booked in at — half a billion?

SO TONIGHT we will find out if Barcelona are as great as everyone says they are or if Manchester United are better than we think.

Red Moloney enhanced his growing reputation when completing a hat-trick in good style in the Cill Dara Securities Ballycullen Stakes at the Curragh.

Manchester United 1 Celtic 0

IT was a revelation akin to George W Bush announcing that he was a paid-up member of Greenpeace or the Pope converting to Islam.