John Riordan: Football's global chiefs chasing the American dream 

It’s almost as though the founding clubs of Major League Soccer learned from the grievances that power Florentino Pérez & Co’s attempts to carve into UEFA’s centralised controls and created their dream league.

FOOTBALL MODELS: All football eyes are rightly focused on Thursday's ruling by the European Court of Justice and what that may or may not mean for the future of the European Super League and its showdown with UEFA. Pic: Jeff Holmes/PA Wire.

All football eyes are rightly focused on Thursday's ruling by the European Court of Justice and what that may or may not mean for the future of the European Super League and its showdown with UEFA.

It stirs up strong opinions, also rightly, and there’ll be another sports page nearby teasing it all out more directly. Skip to the end if you want to know what I think.