John Lyons

IT’S a strange sensation when you are abroad and the season kicks off. That’s the situation I found myself in a couple of weeks ago when I was on holiday in Spain. The goals are flying in left, right and centre, but you are not a part of it.
However, one thing it does do is give you a different perspective. I bought a copy of Spanish daily sports paper Marca and read a double page article on English football.
The main thrust was about the Premier League and whether it has gone crazy with the amount of money being splashed out to sign players. It ap...