Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter

On Wednesday, at Celtic’s Lennoxtown training complex, I caught up with the mighty Harry Kewell, now a coach for the Glasgow giants.

When you think of Harry, you picture a footballer of elegance, intelligence, lethal effectiveness. And the great Leeds United side he played in was his perfect domain, surrounded by formidable talents such as Alan Smith, Lee Bowyer, Gary Kelly, Mark Viduka, Michael Bridges, Robbie Keane, Robbie Fowler and not least David Batty. Yet for all their sophistication, those men would battle it out in training – with regular flare-ups, and be willing to go to war for each other come Saturday.

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Thought the Champions League final was the end of our Revista season? Think again....

My next stop is Las Rozas, in preparation for the Nations League - from which, I’ll be producing LOTS of content for my Socios.

There’s so much to talk about. On today’s menu:

🧤Joan García 🆚 Ter Stegen?

🔥 Spain take on a French team in RED HOT form!

🤑 ... and some BIG transfer gossip I heard on the Leverkusen grapevine...

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They may have missed out on Kylian Mbappe, but Real Madrid have already proved that the recruitment plan they drew up after losing Neymar to Barcelona works - and now they have an Mbappe-sized war chest to take into the summer market. Written for ESPN FC, here is my column on the Champions League finalists' inevitable next move.

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Carlo Ancelotti is STRUGGLING: that’s not news.

But, as the sharks circle Real Madrid’s manager, there’s been a BOMBSHELL ANNOUNCEMENT from Bayer Leverkusen’s CEO, that will leave Florentino Pérez with some SERIOUS THINKING to do.

Socios! Pete and I sat down to discuss the future of Los Blancos’ throne. But what do YOU think? Carlo, or Xabi? Or somebody ...

In part two of my Big Interview with Domènec Torrent, there’s more on those glorious Camp Nou days, including Barca’s famous treble of 2008-09.

Domènec grabbed the chance to assist Pep Guardiola at Bayern Munich with both hands, and discovered that it was a myth that club legends interfered with team management there. He also busted the myth that Frank Ribery and Arjen Robben would be difficult charges. In fact, Arjen was a joy to work with and thrived under Pep. As if fated, Bayern were drawn against Barca in the 2015 Champion League semi-final, and held their own in the Camp Nou until a late error let Messi in. Then Bayern made the fatal error of chasing the game and ended up losing 3-0. The fans’ passion and improving players of quality such as Raheem Sterling made Domènec’s time at Manchester City a thrill, and he maintains that winning the English top flight is harder than claiming the Champions League. Domènec now can’t wait to get a new managerial role, and I wish him good luck with that. Whoever employs him will have made a wise move.

Enjoy.

Graham.

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