Just because he set up the winning goal in a major final, Robert Pires seems to think he can call all the shots. Having been torn between Real Madrid and Arsenal, and then claiming that Arsenal was his number-one choice, he's swung the other way again.

'Madrid is the best club for me,' he said after the final - although we're not sure who to. 'We will see what the people at Madrid want. Money is not the most important thing but how the game is played.'

Didn't we hear similar comments from another French international exactly a year ago? Please, let's not go through all that again...