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MARTIN SAMUEL: No more glory for the underdogs – Manchester United and Liverpool’s every waking thought is how they can shut aspiring teams out... now we have the proof

So what is your favourite part? The £6.25million each the little clubs get to pay towards Daniel Levy’s new stadium, so Tottenham can grow bigger, grow richer, buy better players and stuff them out of sight each year?

Maybe it is the thought of those caring venture capitalists from the Fenway Sports Group and Glazer family fretting over the fate of the English football pyramid. Or the thought that some twerps are actually buying that.

There really is so much to choose from in Project Big Picture, after all — but let’s dive straight in with the mastermind at the heart of it.