This morning, Lyon finally clinched the signature of Miralem Pjanic, who is the
hottest talent in France not born in 1987. Lyon have been negotiating with Metz for weeks, but to
so many clubs interested, many with late bids, the deal took quite a long time in being
crafted.
HEGS is back, but it feels, I must say, a bit like I hadn't really been away. When I left for
Havana, Sergio Batista had named Lionel Messi in the squad for the Olympic Football Tournament, and
Barcelona president Joan Laporta was making some decidedly 'we'll have to see about that'-type
noises. The novel seems [.
