The premier league starts again in a week’s time, and I am still agonising and tweaking The Supermodifieds. It goes without saying that I would love Kane in my team, but with him being the most expensive player, I would lose strength in the midfield. After many revisions I am finally settling into this final squad, which does give me room to bring in Jesus if need be, as well as swapping out Rooney if he fails to live up to his potential having made the move to Everton. What do you think?

To reduce the tension somewhat chez Robinson, I am also currently reading the new biography of Socrates, the legendary Brazilian footballer by Scottish writer and journalist Andrew Downie. Downie is a foreign correspondent based in Brazil, whose political, social, cultural and historical knowledge of Brazil has enabled him to penetrate deeply into the psyche of a sportsman…