Before all that, RB Leipzig faces Borussia Dortmund in a sort of unofficial second-place playoff in the Bundesliga on Saturday afternoon. A win for Leipzig would guarantee its place in the Champions League next season. “Aren’t you forgetting Hakim Ziyech’s transfer done deal for next season from Ajax to Chelsea,” he wrote, as regards last week’s column on the transfer market. “Large numbers of U.S. fans instantly know the difference between that and any [major] European league,” he wrote. We talked Premier League on Set Piece Menu this week: we can’t be original every week.

Source: New York Times June 19, 2020 15:56 UTC