Spurs star among most improved Premier League players in 2017/18

He has a minutes to goals ratio of 129 and like Romelu Lukaku he is also responsible for 33.3% of his club’s Premier League goals this season.

The fact that Rashford is keeping Anthony Martial on the bench for the most part is a great sign for England as well as United, but the option to bring Martial on makes United’s left flank one of the most risky entities in football. To defend – it is very hard to win two titles in a row. They are certainly not going to take 15 ties away from this season, thanks mostly to their improved goal-scoring. Obviously in the end of the season when the gap is minimal and you win these big games, it means a lot.

Of the 18 Premier League games he has started against Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal or Tottenham, he has been on the losing side just three times. While at the second season at Serie A rivals sold their star players. They are yet to face a fellow title contender, but that is about to change. The Chinese Super League needs more young players, both foreign and domestic. Once Morata is fit and firing once again, though, it’s very much game on. “It’s not simple for our wing-backs”.

Step forwards Davies, who in the absence of Rose due to injury has made a serious statement to be first choice by adding an attacking verve to his game with two goals and two assists in the league already this term. With all the matches we’ve played, the fact that we’ve not lost one is very important for the mind-set of the whole team.

The exorbitant fees and wage packets not only pay for the player, but they offset the risks the player may think he is taking with his career. “Now I feel really fresh”.

Back then, the intention was for the champions to take approximately twice as much in shared revenue as the bottom team but, with the equal share of worldwide rights (more than £39m a club last season), the ratio has shrunk to closer to 1.5:1 now.

“I wouldn’t want to play against this lad”. I must be pleased with this.

According to the league’s figures, £706 million was split evenly among the clubs last season while the remaining £815 million was handed out in facility fees which take into account the amount of times a team is shown live on television while merit payments reward a club’s final position in the league. This summer’s transfer business was also highlighted as something that may have swung Conte’s decision, missing out some of the signatures.

The league’s 20 clubs discussed projections that three-year deals in more than 60 territories around the world could produce growth in revenue of between 40-45 per cent.

The most commercially successful league in the world now splits its TV revenues from global deals equally among all clubs.