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The Argentine legend suffered a cardiac arrest at his home in Buenos Aires. He was 60.

Johnson also said outdoor grassroots sports and indoor sports facilities like gyms would be able to reopen.

“We saw snippets of it last season, but it wasn’t often enough. But now we are seeing it all, week-in, week-out."

“If I look at what happens to high-profile female footballers, high-profile coloured footballers and the abuse they take on social media … they take absolutely terrible abuse,” Clarke said.

The various difficulties encountered in trying to uncover the truth are a warning to investigators and tribunals everywhere.

It was quite the comedown from that five-star Champions League demolition, with defeat in Solskjaer’s 100th match in charge meaning they have failed to win in their opening four home league games for the first time since 1972-73.

Many fans of Premier League clubs were dismayed when it was announced they would need to fork out extra on top of their Sky and BT Sport subscriptions to watch October fixtures not slated for regular televised coverage.

"Rather than paying into a multi-national media company, we are paying into a charity which helps starving people in the city. The solution was obvious and the fans have shown a great deal of kindness and generosity."

Within the Premier League, meanwhile, the proposals will have certainly raised mistrust amongst other PL clubs towards Liverpool and Manchester United in particular.