Today’s gossip still doesn’t understand cognitive dissonance
The Mill wouldn’t be the Mill without a few knowing whispers of Real Madrid’s latest plan to poach the Premier League’s finest. On Tuesday the grapevine is humming with the news that they want to galacticise Raheem Sterling. The word is that their people met his people over the summer, and that Sterling is keen to play for them one day. What’s the worst that could happen?
If Sterling does go to Madrid, he might find himself working under Mauricio Pochettino. In a surprising development, Madrid will approach Pochettino if/when/why/what Zinedine Zidane is bundled off to the P45 farm.