Antoine Griezmann

These two fixtures will serve as fitting curtain raisers before Wednesday night's UEFA Super Cup clash.

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.

Barça are having a rather dull summer. Their trump card was always Griezmann, who finished the summer on top of the world, but it seems that there was no 'Plan B'...

Alfredo Relaño, editor of AS, analyses France's second World Cup triumph, after they beat Croatia 4-2 in the final in Moscow.

France may not have invented football, but they were behind the first World Cup via Jules Rimet, the creator of this amazing event which wholeheartedly grabs our attention every four years.

AS editor Alfredo Relaño says that the failures of Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar at the World Cup have allowed Griezmann and Modric to become front runners for the Ballon d'Or.

Following Cristiano and Messi's World Cup exit last weekend, Neymar is the latest big name player to see his side exit the Russia World Cup following Brazil's defeat to Belgium in Kazan last night.