Premio Balón de Oro

The Champions League returns with Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atlético and Valencia all looking to make a push for one of the two qualifying places.

I do feel for Lopetegui but on occasion sinners must suffer penance. The devil took him to a high plan overlooking the kingdoms of the world and said: "All this could be yours if you bow down and adore me”

Fed up of living in Messi's shadow, Neymar moved to Paris Saint-Germain to make his successes his own but he finds himself batlling with Mbappé now...

Prestigious Paris based magazine, France Football yesterday confirmed their 30 player shortlist ahead of the 2018 Ballon d'Or award

As a devout fan of the Ballon d'Or award and not just because I'm lucky enough to have been able to vote on behalf of Spanish media for the past three years

The winner of this year's ‘The Best’ award will be one of: Modric, Cristiano or Salah. We'll find out which player scoops the prize on Monday September 24th

AS editor, Alfredo Relaño, argues that nothing happened in the World Cup to explain the high prices being demanded, and that the real cause of the inflated market is Barcelona's purchase of Dembélé and Coutinho last summer.