Manchester United pay their players a lot of money according to the French publication L’Equipe – The Warm-Up

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Premier League’s highest earning (reportedly) revealed

L’Equipe has documented the Premier League’s best-earning players. Now that the French release is a serious outfit, The Warm-Up is more than happy to raise concerns about the full accuracy of the documents – or methods – that have revealed these astonishing figures behind us, and dive head first into some juicy, uhh, analysis.

This is the breakdown:

United pay their players a lot of money, but two other things stand out from the list.

Second, United had an expensive summer just gone by, with three of their signatures getting tough contracts. Thoughts and prayers with the club’s salary structure, if these reported salaries are correct.

Now, the sample size here is relatively small, but it seems that building a cohesive team structure is a more effective path to success than just spending money.

So to conclude, identifying weaknesses in your team and signing players that address these weaknesses is probably a more effective method of progress than signing expensive things that do not really address these weaknesses.

Real Madrid’s bad week is getting worse

Real Madrid fans have had a bad week.

Even the most optimistic of the Madridistas would have approached Tuesday’s quarter-final match against Barcelona in the women’s Champions League with a sense of anxiety. Barcelona are current Champions League holders and sit 19 points north of Real in Primera Iberdrola.

But in the end, goals from Alexis Putellas (53) and Claudia Pina (81) made Barcelona an already shocking week for fans of Real.

The Hillsborough Law Now campaign

Tottenham Hotspur is the latest club, institution or person – including former prime ministers – to add its support to the Hillsborough Act.

Proposals from the former Bishop of Liverpool the right-wing pastor James Jones after his review of the experiences of the Hillsborough families form the basis of the proposed law.

“Hillsborough Law would ensure the proper participation of bereaved families in investigations through publicly funded legal representation, ‘and an end to almost limitless legal expenditures from public bodies’.”

Tottenham are joining a host of other clubs – including Liverpool, Brentford, Brighton and Hove Albion, Everton and Tranmere Rovers – and politicians Sadiq Khan, Andy Burnham, Gordon Brown and Theresa May to put their weight behind the campaign.

“The club has today added its support to the campaign to establish a Hillsborough law which seeks to rebalance the scale of justice for families left behind by public tragedy. the proper participation of bereaved families in the investigation, “reads the statement from Tottenham.

The Hillsborough disaster took place at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest on April 15, 1989, in which 97 supporters lost their lives as a result of events unfolding that day. The tragedy was followed by a long and courageous campaign for the truth and justice of bereaved families, resulting in a verdict of unlawful killing in April 2016, relieving fans of all guilt for the tragic events. “

HAT-TIP

It’s almost 20 whole years, Roy Maurice Keane went with the paws of his poor dog after an almighty altercation with Mick McCarthy in Saipan.

COMES UP

More women’s Champions League action as Juventus face Lyon (17:45 GMT) and Arsenal host Wolfsburg (20:00).

Andi Thomas, who (to paraphrase and turn Keane’s barbs against poor Mick) is rated as both a man and a writer, will be here tomorrow.