Gareth Bale has joined the TNT Sports line-up ahead of the new season and will cover his old club Tottenham in the Champions League.

Spurs threw away a two-goal lead with five minutes left to lose the Super Cup on penalties to Paris Saint-Germain.

Unless the Welshman dusts off his boots to play for Spurs, it won't generate the same excitement as one transfer saga after the Super Cup in 2005.

Rafael Benítez wasted little time in making waves upon his arrival at Liverpool the year before.

The Spaniard sanctioned Michael Owen's £8million move to Real Madrid only weeks after succeeding Gérard Houllier as manager.

Owen joined Liverpool aged just 12 and went on to break into the first team in 1997 before soon becoming an England regular.

The striker remains the club’s seventh-highe

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