Let Simeone spray blood on the crumbling walls that Arsene built

Our man inside the game says Arsene Wenger has fostered the kind of cosy, cushy dressing room that lacks the backbone to fight for his own future.

Is it just me or does it feel like a very long time ago since Claudio Ranieri was sacked? All that drama! The poor old messiah of the midlands knifed in the back by the mediocrities he had turned into champions. And then weirdly a man called Shakespeare entered from stage left and announced that, no, no, the fault is not in our stars. Hey presto! Shakespeare got the job and the stars all began playing again.

The world of football had a Princess Di moment over it all. While everybody waited for Elton John to recycle a ditty I tried to squeeze out a tear or two but I couldn’t manage it.