PL’s get Rich quick shame

SPREAD over no matter how long and in return for whatever sort of consultancy, awarding a £5million farewell bonus to Richard Scudamore remains a scandalous decision by the Premier League clubs.

Forget the explanations and justifications, it is absolutely preposterous. But is it any more preposterous than the amount of money clubs spend on agents’ fees?

In the summer transfer window of 2017 and the January window of 2018, Premier League clubs spent £211m on agents’ fees.

Yes, the indignant response to the jackpot for the Premier League’s outgoing executive chairman is spoton. But over the three years that Scudamore trousers his windfall, top-flight clubs will probably pay the best part of £700m to agents. Now THAT is what you call obscene.

“PRAY, pray, pray. Go to the temple and pray. Just pray, it’s the best thing. We are going to be ruthless.” Eddie Jones’ advice to the Japanese ahead of tomorrow’s match at Twickenham.

Considering it is a while since an England team under Jones has been utterly ’ruthless’, it is somewhat bizarre.

It might be 10 months down the line, but someone is already feeling the pressure of a looming World Cup. THE Staples Centre in Los Angeles has a capacity of 21,000 people.

A fortnight away from the world heavyweight championship fight between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury (left), there are still tickets unsold.

Which tells us a couple of