WHY, when a third of Premier League starters on the opening weekend of the season were BAME, are so few of the sports media who report on them?

NO-ONE was banging the drum for Harry Kane before he made his Spurs debut in 2014, which tells us there are very few 'dead certs' until young players are given a chance.

LIVERPOOL defender Dejan Lovren says he has been taking ‘five painkillers before every game’ - despite warnings about the overuse of medication from leading experts.

MANSFIELD TOWN will take on Notts County for the Matt Salmon Trophy tomorrow in honour of their former physio, who died from lung cancer in May at the age of 25.

MANCHESTER UNITED have signed five Huddersfield youngsters - including the highly-rated Sam Murray.

MICHAEL MANCIENNE thinks Germany are much more successful than England on the international stage because their clubs “would rather push through a youngster with potential than make a signing”.

DARREN BURGESS, the new Director of High Performance at Arsenal, has called on practitioners to “stick together and not publicly comment on what happens at other clubs” following a tweet from his West Brom counterpart.

GED RODDY is leaving the Premier League after eight years following a mutual decision that his role of Director of Football Development “will no longer be required in the medium to long term”.

ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger says he has no idea whether modern recovery techniques work or not - and claims no-one else does either.

SEOUL E-LAND assistant Dan Harris tells us about the footballing culture in his new homeland - as well as the challenges of working next to one of the most heavily armed borders on the planet.

STEVEN REID says his connection with the players will be crucial as he takes up his new job as first-team coach at Crystal Palace.

HERE are the 10 lucky winners who will get a copy of Ben Lyttleton's brilliant new book Edge.