Recurring Poisonous Theme.

[Marinakis Red]

There may be another aspect to throw into this mix next season, the Mendes factor.

The manager is a Mendes client, the owner and senior staff clearly have links, we assume that we will have a number of players coming in on his books too. Does this create cliques? What happens if things go wrong for one of these players or they aren't in the team, do they go running off complaining to Daddy?

Just speculation of course, but it must make it harder for a player like Matty Cash for example to get a game if there is a Mendes player for the same position.

That got answered last season I think with the use of dias and goncalves. Karanka is on Mendes books too, I don't think anything will alter from last season.