When a pun-peddling player-turned-pundit bins the banter to say something is wrong with football, it’s time to listen, writes LUKE CONSTABLE

PAUL MERSON has said something interesting. This, in itself, is interesting. We never usually hear Paul Merson say anything of interest.The things we’re used to hear-ing him say are usually excited proclamations, confused shouts or befuddled Spooner-isms. Otherwise they are excited shouts, confused Spoonerisms or befuddled proclamations. Either way, his brain and tongue seldom com-bine in a thought-provoking way.That changed when ...