"All that matters is sport.” When the time comes to shine your shoes in a different currency, eh, country, it is important to keep in mind why you’re doing it, and the reason why anyone is doing it. Michael Ballack has apparently made his decision and the final negotiating round is under way. Let there be no more talk of emotions and no more talk of money, for these two subjects merely cloud the one thing that is important – the round ball flowing like a fish.

And if you can see your way clear to understanding this, then perhaps there is hope for you. Why is this story so well documented on Anglofritz? Who knows?

An angel blows a horn and deals are struck on earth and suddenly you wonder if there’s a point to anything. Uli and Kalli must know this.