Rafa Honigstein

Yeah, I mean, managers do make strange decisions based on whims, all kinds of things.

But it is remarkable, particularly at major tournaments, the lengths that teams go to to actually protect themselves from the likes of Julien Laurent.

Okay, that's not necessary.

In Italian, you'd say pallone sanguinoso, which is, it's literally a bloody ball, by which you mean like in passing that, it's going to hurt, that ball is going to hurt someone.

Also, that's great journalism.

Well, is it?

I mean, it's slightly weird.

Yeah, it's so weird.

I mean, it feels like, and I'm not suggesting this is the case, but it almost feels like a planted question.

Yeah, yeah.

It does sound like a great scent.

I'm wearing Baumann.

It does, doesn't it?

They won something more recently than Germany.

Yeah, the Euros, we don't care.

Should he buy Nagelsmann some socks?

Are those socks in sandals as well?

Because that's very German.

I was taken by surprise because Carlo Ancelotti hasn't picked him up until now.

And Neymar has not played for his country since October 2023.