IF you were to ask the average fan which nation at this year’s European Championships had the most expensive squad, they probably wouldn’t say Belgium, ALISON MCGOVERN writes. Surely the glittering Spanish, the flamboyant French or the world champions Germany top the...
By Rob McDonald BELGIUM What We Know: It’s hard not to know a lot about this Belgian generation. It was only last week The Times did a main story on the development of this team and what lessons England could take from it. That being said, golden generations only stay...
By Daniel Fitzsimmons BLOODY Brussels, eh. I’ve got nothing against Belgium. Some of my best friends are Belgian. I’d happily let a group of Belgian men move in next door. I was used to having Belgians as neighbours for a while, and they were alright. No harm in them....
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