Kylian Mbappe's persistent left knee injury is the result of an original misdiagnosis, with Real Madrid having reportedly scanned his wrong leg at first.

The Manchester United loanee moved to Catalonia over the summer and has enjoyed a promising return to form that has seen him re-find favour within Thomas Tuchel's England set-up.

Antonio Rudiger has been accused of 'one of the most brutal fouls ever seen' after the Real Madrid defender escaped being sent off in their shock 1-0 defeat by Getafe.

Barcelona's financial woes have been well-documented but the Spanish giants are ready to spend heavy this summer to solve a problem position for next season.

As he fades into utter insignificance - a failure wherever he chooses to take his monumental ego and tedious bleating - it seems that the vials of poison are all that Jose Mourinho has left.