Croatia v England to be mainly full despite fan ban; Manchester City latest – matchday live

Let’s go to the the very top and see what Barney Ronay has to say about Andy Burnham. BR ponders whether the PM’s contortions over the Manchester City verdicts have landed him with an early test of what he wants to stand for. Realpolitik, or real values?

Good morning and welcome to another Matchday live! While the Premier League takes a back seat once more, the football headlines continues to flash hard due to the fallout over Manchester City’s guilty verdict and the raft of Nations League games during this extended international brek.

We’ll try to untangle and add more perspective on the former throughout the day and also focus on the latest group outings for both England and Scotland. The Three Lions play Croatia at 5pm BST while the Scots travel to North Macedonia for an evening kick-off at 7.45.

And how about that result for Northern Ireland last night?! News on that coming up and we’ll even tell you what happened in Kazakhstan v Moldova.