THE PULL OF PEP IS PRICELESS

NEYMAR (left) announcing that he ‘really wants to work with Pep Guardiola’ proved one thing: no matter who Manchester City end up recruiting this summer, they did their best bit of business when the coach signed a contract through to 2021. The same could be said of Tottenham and Mauricio Pochettino — unless his five-year deal proves to be just a way of extracting more money from Real Madrid.