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@PaulJDavies It's an argument that the Juventus boss Agnelli made for the SL but haven't read a piece on it

Has anyone written the European Super League take that elite football will have to consolidate because it will soon enter a secular decline? Teenagers I know prefer to watch others play video games more than physical games. I've embraced the notion that it's no different really.

Home school and working from home are not compatible. Tears, tantrums, non-stop expletives. And that’s just me. I’m actually finding myself anxious because it starts again tomorrow.

Scoop on the next CEO of @UBS, one of the most powerful roles in global finance: Mr Ralph Hamers, formerly of ING, to take over from @UBS_CEO Sergio Ermotti: ft.com/content/bd7649… via @financialtimes w/ @NicholasMegaw & @BondHack

Welcome!

I’ve moved to Brussels to cover tech and competition for the @FT after 3 years on the private equity beat and 14 years in London. Looking forward to learning about the EU and sampling the local beers. Get in touch! Javier.espinoza@ft.com

A last @FT breakfast. Thanks for everything @MJJHunter

Father of Sandy Hook victim wins defamation lawsuit against authors of a book that claimed the massacre never happened apnews.com/c595b9e6ccb84b…

A good read. Funny that in the world of finance money really does talk.

Cracking tale

More of this please, Matt.

Even if you have no interest in billionaire investor Bill Gross, this FT lunch by @RobinWigg is well worth a read on.ft.com/2HlcorK

Good luck, Emma. Thanks for all your reporting in HK. You'll be missed.

Retirement of Bill Gross leaves plenty of unanswered questions about what he actually did in his 40+ years as a bond investor. Worth reading from @tracyalloway bit.ly/2UF5nFx

A world in which companies, lawyers and traders collide. A peek into the controversial, abstruse but very real credit default swaps market from @BondHack on.ft.com/2CHLIxc

Award for honesty goes to John Paulson on why he became a hedge fund manager on.ft.com/2FIHidB Story from @lindsfortado

Sorry to inform you but they are actually resetting to 1961

Theresa May wins by the number of Test matches played by Sachin Tendulkar to the number played by David Gower. #LetMeClingToWhatIKnowInTheseDifficultTimes

A quick reminder of how this is all going down with some foreign investors on.ft.com/2QtoDsd

Family-run French drinks company Pernod Ricard gets a Christmas gift: $35bn activist fund Elliott on its shareholder register @journofletcher and @labboudles on.ft.com/2rt7gbY