Squeezed between the Champions League final and Euro 2024 this summer will be a far more exclusive competition.
England is hosting the inaugural Over 35s World Cup – and no, the bloke down the pub called Steve who claims he used to have a wicked left peg won’t be playing.
That’s because it will be a bonanza of glorious players from years gone by, with the joga bonito of Ronaldinho, the je ne sais quoi of Thierry Henry, and all