The great imponderable for Mauricio Pochettino is how his players will react to the switch to their new stadium next month. Manchester United have taken seven from their last four games, which is identical to Chelsea. Points will be dropped in unexpected places while Chelsea and United will look towards their clash in April as a significant date. Real Madrid banked around £80million for winning the Champions League last season, nearly four times what Atletico Madrid earned for lifting the Europa League. All this, without accounting for the natural impact on summer recruitment, keeping players and managers and on the global status and marketability.

Source: The Star March 13, 2019 05:03 UTC