Lamine Yamal - barring major misfortune - is headed for the kind of iconic status enjoyed by sporting legends such as Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Simone Biles and Shane Warne… and in Barcelona’s 2-1 win over Real Sociedad, he showed that strokes of genius are not just the product of his left foot.

Xabi Alonso has been on the end of some heavy criticism in the Spanish press after the weekend’s 5-2 defeat in the Madrid derbi.

And a word on Elche…

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