1 PLAYING THEIR JOKER
No pipe and slippers for Sergio Aguero in retirement – after gatecrashing the World Cup final, he made a bizarre return to the pitch in Barcelona. Labelled a clown for going full John Terry in Doha – heading on to the pitch in an Argentina shirt to join his country’s celebrations, a year after his last game for his country – he took the circus show even further in Gerard Pique’s new Kings League, walking out in a ‘Joker’ costume before revealing his true identity.
After launching the Balloon World Cup, Pique’s latest mad venture is the indoor league. Games start with players racing from the goal-line to the ball in the centre circle,