As Manchester United drifts further and further from its former glories, it could not get any more symbolic than abandoning Old Trafford. This is exactly what Sir Jim Ratcliffe intends to do, and it proves that his plans to follow the Liverpool rebuild blueprint are already doomed to failure.

Social commerce looks set to be the next great disruptor in the retail industry. E-commerce fundamentally changed the way Millennials shop, and now a similarly seismic shift for Gen Z (and indeed Gen Alpha) is arriving.

Liverpool will be hoping that tomorrow’s final against Chelsea does not go to penalties again. A tense affair at Wembley back in February ended in triumph after 22 spot kicks, with Caoimhin Kelleher eventually earning hero status.

LeBron James recently converted his two per cent stake in Liverpool into a one per cent stake in FSG, but it’s fellow basketball superstar Michael Jordan who provides a glimpse into the future for Jürgen Klopp’s team.

Manchester City and Uefa have learned of the full reasoning in the judgment from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas). City were appealing against a ruling that found them guilty of breaching Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations by “disguising” cash injections from the ownership as sponsorship payments, specifically from Etisalat and Etihad.

You have to journey as far as Tennessee to find the secret to Liverpool’s success this season. Late goals against Wolves, Monterrey, Crystal Palace, Aston Villa, Arsenal, Manchester United and Leicester have all proved decisive during the course of a remarkable campaign – and it turns out the Nashville Supporters Club is to thank.

Andy Murray will make his hotly-anticipated return to tennis on Wednesday when he takes to the court at Queen’s. The Scottish icon has not played since featuring in the Australian Open in January and later underwent major hip surgery in a final attempt to consign his injury woes to the past.

There has been much talk recently as to the potential effects of Brexit on football. It is certainly possible that leaving the EU could have consequences for the sport – that the two are interlinked was emphatically confirmed in the seminal 1995 Bosman ruling. This is so well-known that ‘Bosman’ has become synonymous for ‘free transfer’, but the facts and nuances of the case are still relatively obscure to many.

Well, I made it. Thirty-eight whole gameweeks with no Kane or Lukaku anywhere to be seen in my fantasy team. Not only that, it went pretty well – a final overall rank of 115,189th is not to be sniffed at, although it was disappointing not to sneak into the top 100k.