So the biggest ‘worry’ at the moment is the plight of the ‘misplaced Europeans’. We have millions over here and thousands of our good, British, post-Brexit workers ply their trades and live their lives ‘over there’. The status of these people was suddenly, on the day after the referendum, put into question. ‘Can we chuck out all the Poles?’ was the first question asked, probably by ten thousand third-rate, semi-unemployed useless British builders, looking to seize their chance. But what about all our bankers in Paris, Frankfurt, Berlin??

Theresa May immediately said a great big, soft, fluffy blanket: no-one here will be sent home, won’t happen, they’re safe, we love our Euro-workers and their families. But the next day as she crossed Westminster Bridge and was pick-pocketed by a group of Romanians, accosted by beggars from Bulgaria and had to step over 55 Albanian families sleeping rough on Parliament Square, she reconsidered.

So instead of her ‘they can ALL stay’, it suddenly became subject to how Europe treats our ex-pats. Conditions were set for immigrants from Europe. Basically: we’re happy to keep the useful ones but you can take the fucking rabble of freeloading parasites back. We’ll implement a system based on salary earned, job done, stuff like that. ‘Criterion based’ is the by-word. Others instead used the phrase ‘bargaining chips’ as this band of happy people became part of the process. So we’ll keep 10,000 more Germans for a 1% drop in sales tariff. 62,000 Lithuanians will give you half a BMW at the pre-Brexit price and… no, no-one wants the Greeks. At any price.

But how will this affect the football? That’s the most important political question of the day. Never mind Trump’s consistent cock-ups in the US, the rapidly escalating fiasco of corruption that is the French election, WHAT ABOUT OUR BLOODY FOOTBALLERS?????

Who, currently, would only pass the immediate ‘can stay’ rules if they’re internationals. Others, however good, for some unaccountable reason, might have to leave. Like Juan Mata and Ander Herera at Manchester United. Azpilicueta at Chelsea. Fuck off back to Spain, you’re not good enough. Bastard rubbish. Many think that turfing out the ‘Europeans’ from the premiership (currently 30 of the players) would actually be good for English football as it would encourage young English kids to fill the void left. And yet footballers certainly pass the ‘highly paid’ criterion. And some.

Its a bit of a mess really. Though the whole thing’s a bit of a mess. But just a word to David Davis and co.: YOU’RE NOT TAKING DEMBELE!!! NOR ALDERWEIRALD OR ERIKSEN!!!! Nor Arsene Wenger. We need him too.

Happy Friday

A xxxx