Hello everybody from Helsinki, capital of Finland, a place where

Monte Python wanted to be and where Carlo Anchelori is happy to be. He was really

eulogized a place having never been here before and having only arrived in the country a few hours earlier.

He was rapturous about how beautiful it is and how much it reminds him of Canada where his partner comes from I think where he's

spent an awful lot of time recently before the gigs at Everton and now at Real Madrid.

The Italian is is leading the Spanish and European champions into a new season at the

Bernabel with high hopes, everybody talking about a particular challenge that they've got.

It's an indication that Lalega is back not just the European Super Cup,

Pernell Sinki, I hope that this column interests you.

I hope it maybe sparks some thoughts, arguments in your mind.

Maybe the next Q&A we do will have questions sent in based on what I'm

arguing here. This could be a companion piece I hope for the Q&A that Martin Greg Pete Jensen, the mighty Pete Jensen and I have just recorded.

And I do want to assure you that although I think we all believe it's natural to begin the season

looking at the biggest clubs, the biggest teams, the most likely to be

profiling as trophy winners domestically internationally over the season.

Then I've both across this column for ESPNFC, do go to ESP NFC and read their sports coverage it's

generally exceptionally good I'm proud and pleased that they've asked me to

continue again this season I'm really grateful to them that they've that James

Taylor allowed me to read these columns that I've written for a SP and SE to you but

across the SPN season and across the big interview season when we do the Q&A we will try our

damned to make sure that the clubs like Betis and Viede and Athletic and L'Areal and

Vira-real get Riale get their moment of analysis, their moment of

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