 We have been good. It's great to be back here once again. And I can also see you multitasking between getting to know what's happening in football, which is your sporting discipline and even in Tokyo Olympics. Supporting our own. Supporting our own. It's good to be patriotic. So what happened to Lionel Messi when it was quite unexpected getting to the news that you know Barcelona is announcing departure of Lionel Messi on mutual consent. Can it be financially instigated? Ya that might be the case because of everything they are talking about Lionel Messi leaving Barcelona because of finances in that considering the pandemic the club cannot get the wages that they can go ahead and pay Lionel Messi. But I think also it was a wake up call for Barcelona because they also knew that at one point in time Lionel Messi will be out of Barcelona and people have got to come to terms with that and fans of Barcelona will also have to understand that great players come and go and they will never be in your club of forever. At one point in time they will have to live. Wao, of course Timotier Ruit getting confirmed the bad silver medal in 1500 meters that was won by Jacob Inge and him giving me a chance to pronounce but I think it's from Norway he bagged that gold medal in 1500 meters anyway as long as it's a medal it's good for us right? Yes. So which means the chances of us getting to our performance in Rio in Brazil during 2016 where he bagged five gold medals are getting slim because we expected a gold in 1500 meters so that we can win another gold in marathon tonight to get there. Our chances are very scanty right? Yes they are very scanty because I think it's only one race remain it's on Elid's shoulders to try and bag a gold it will be in the marathon tomorrow very early in the morning let's hope he bags another gold so that Kenya at least can still finish top of Africa on the medal standings. I think it's a wake up call now that I think the Dennis and Mugewa talking about it earlier it's all about also how we are positioning ourselves for the next Olympics championship because you look at the other Jamaica you saw the 100 meters lady the one who started in the 100 meters was actually a 22-year-old and that one is going that shows that they have already a plan for the future of their sprint steam now for us we'll also have to get to know that Eleanor Berry's time had got to come at a certain point in time and you look at even before this year coming around she had performed in other events before coming on to the Olympics and you also look at Elid Kipchok even if he had not run so much he has also performed in the marathon and as he is going to the Olympics I think there was one where we were expecting I think it was London where we expected him to defend it he did not defend it so it is high time we also start seeing some other faces coming on to these championships definitely let's discuss about international football and Jack Grillich joining Manchester City from Aston Villa good for him he deserves being at the top level playing Champions League football yeah yeah he totally deserves based on his performances for City in the Premier League the past two seasons he's been their key man he's been getting his goals and assists and him moving to City it should be scary for the Chasers the other part Chelsea, United and Arsenal because you look at the array of attacking options that Pep has right now you got KDB, Mares then you had Grillich another creative mind into that three it's really scary especially for United who will be looking to finish fast this season yeah I was telling someone that even Manchester City has to speak right now they are contenders for UEFA Champions League title look at their attacking department the way he has put it and the players they are targeting to sign this particular season I think they are aiming for lucrative acolyte you realise now that these clubs are not joking anymore they are going for the best of the best and Jack Grillich they have picked out a player who brought Aston Villa from the second division to come on to the Premier League he has proved himself to be a pivotal part of the Aston Villa campaign in the Premier League and Pep Gudiola if you saw last season he was a master of rotation and he understands that if he brings Jack Grillich in he is adding another dimension on to his team and also you realise a player like a playmaker Kevin De Bruyne will not be starting the season because he is injured this kid Fili Forden was very pivotal for City he is not going to be starting so Grillich adds another flavour to that team definitely and Aston Villa the team that he has left has also been busy they have signed three players so far and three players who had great careers especially you look at Danny Ings who since he left Liverpool he has been one of the top strikers in the league for Southampton especially he has been getting goals and also they managed to get a deal which many thought would not happen Emiliano Buendia many thought he would go to Arsenal but at the last minute he chose Aston Villa maybe because he saw the dream that the manager the thing that the manager was trying to build and late in the week before Grillich was announced they announced Leon Baili from Leverkusen another proper attacking player for Leverkusen and also for Jamaica we saw his performances during the gold cup he is a young player and I think Dinsmit will make good of him every player seems like every player is associated with Arsenal even Lionel Messi Aruma going round I don't know whether it's legitimate even Arsenal fans tweeting Messi's running box that come to Arsenal and Messi saying no I think it's if you look at Messi is 34 years old at the moment he has won everything that he is eating in football at the moment except international title it is now that last lap on how you are going to finish your career and he himself has said some time in my life you play outside Spain and the money bags are the guys who are going to get Lionel Messi remember his father who does all the contract negotiations for Lionel Messi goes for the jugular how much money you got on the table and people can bring that money is either Paris and German or Manchester City or Manchester City or Abramovich so those are the likely guys who can go for Lionel Messi so we are waiting to see where Lionel Messi will be joining from Barcelona after announcing departure from a team that he has served for the last 21 years to some extent it was being said that Lionel Messi was sort of an overshadow to any forward was getting signed by the team from Zlatan Ibrahimovic Samuel Ato Teeri Onri lot of players who got to I think it was because all these managers built their teams around Lionel Messi that's why every player who had to come to Barcelona he had to play around Lionel Messi and I think that was from I think 2006 2007 also when Gudyola took over that team because when the golden generation of Ato Ronaldinho was leaving and now Messi was coming on and when Gudyola made invisible team of Barcelona that one to back to back Champions League now everyone had to model their team around Lionel Messi now for him leaving Barcelona he's going to bring another dimension how is this team going to play without Lionel Messi now we are going to see that 4-5 matches we have never seen that before let's go to speak about what is happening at Tottenham hurricane delay to link up with the rest of teams who are currently training the new coach who got signed from Mool Vampton Wanderas Nuno said that he will have to speak to the forward on the way forward I don't know is also Ken joining City I don't think he will join City I saw he put a statement last night on his social media platform saying the talk out there was not right and he will link up with the Tottenham team today but many wouldn't believe that because you know hurricane is desires to win a trophy he just looks at guys like Luca Modric Bale and even Kyle Walker those who have left that same team and they've gone on to win countless trophies and up their game become better players and he'll be thinking for himself that's a lot but with Nuno coming in he brings a different style to Tottenham I think Nuno is a great coach and I think Hari should stay and they might do something that in the Europa conference league they can start by winning that because it's just a small competition and maybe they can build from there with Ken because he'll always be there Hari staying means he will win which title because English premium keeps out of the house Okay you never know but there was an article that was done at the BBC that said if Jack Grilesh had stayed in Vila he was going to be immortal but if he goes to now that he has gone to Manchester City he will definitely win silverware it is equivalent to Hari Ken if he sticks with Tottenham he'll be immortal to Tottenham fans and the English players but he will never win silverware because I think it's 28-29 if he moved to Manchester City and they are still talking about 150-160 if he goes to Manchester City then he will have a personal peace of now dominating Europe dominating the Premier League and Hari Ken will finally have silverware Ramele Lukaku it seems like he wants to unite with Chelsea football club Chelsea have just won UEFA Champions League title they seem to be so much busy as if it's a team that has done puwati which means they want to maintain the same momentum of doing better performing better not only in England The If you are Chelsea and you also want to go to the title, you finish third, you have to up your game and look in a team of earners performances last season as the main man. He was missing a lot of easy chances and Lukaku is a top gold scorer. He will bury those chances once he gets them. Chelsea is also his home. It was his first club in England. I think he will come back and Chelsea will be another scary team. Rameli Lukaku, what do you think about him? When he was at Man United, some people, especially even top pandits, used to refer to him as Miss Firing Strike. I remember Gary Neville's comments about Rameli Lukaku, but when he joined Inter Milan, I think he was accepted and he was recognized as reliable and attacking forward. He has done extremely better than what he did at Old Trafford. Can he replicate the same when he reunites with Chelsea Football Club? He can because now Chelsea will be looking for replacement for Oliver Giroud who left to AC Milan and Lukaku is a top striker who can come and play that role. These other strikers were not leaving up to expectation. The likes of Tammy Abram, Adsono Doido were not leaving up to those expectations. So, Rameli Lukaku can come and feel that gap. Until it's signed, then we can believe that he is actually going to Chelsea. And with the team that Thomas Tujel has, and then you add Rameli Lukaku, it's a squad you've got to fear because it can chase any trophy on the planet. Now you guys coincidentally support one team which has been losing players to opponents and opponents wherever they are heading to, they win accolades, they bag titles. You lost Rameli Lukaku to Inter Milan in one series, our title. And you know, the likes of Ashley Young, who else? Damian. The Chilean player. Sanchez. Sanchez is also with Inter Milan, right? Yeah. And they bag a title. What happens when Rameli Lukaku happens to join, to reunite with Chelsea and they do very well? Is it a disappointment? I think if you compare his time at United first, the manager is sort of different. Mourinho is more of defensive minded. Maybe the play will be monotonous, crosses and long balls, but a guy like Tushel, if you go to play with him, he always mixes it up. He wants fast players, he wants fast play and he likes getting the ball to the strikers bit in the middle bit by the side. So it will be a different type of football he'll be playing at Chelsea and at Tushel. And also everyone will want to see how his game has improved from his time in Italy. We've seen him almost back top scorer last season. For the past two seasons there's been getting the goals for Inter and coming back to Chelsea, who need a striker right now. He'll feel that pressure and he'll take that pressure and he'll try to lead the line properly. Let's talk about another controversial headline. Players from English Premier League to continue taking a knee this particular season as one way of trying to combat racism which is an international monster. We've seen other players saying, come on we've done this sufficiently. Like Wilfred Zaha of Crystal Palace completely refused to do it because however much you do it, you get racially abused. It is because it's not enough. It's not enough that when you take a knee, yes it's symbolic, people will know what is happening and all that. But at the end of the day from the people who are governing football from FIFA to the federations, the FA and all other federations all around the world, taking the knee is not enough. Because even the Luton players who are starting, I think they are championship today, they say they are not going to take a knee anymore because taking a knee is not enough for these people to understand that racism is that bad. And until measures are put in place that you can do away with racism now is when people will understand that it is not good for the sport. Do you agree? Ya, I do agree and especially who has to do more with the social media companies because that's where most of the racism happens. These days most players have social media accounts, they post regularly and after a bad game when you go to the comments you see a lot of people just saying negative things and bad things down there. They'll still log into Instagram or Facebook the next day and use their account as if they did nothing and the guys at Instagram and Facebook won't change a thing. So first of all we have to look at the social media companies, they have to put some tough rules into their platforms to ensure the safety of players against racism. We're going to wind up with what's happening in Tokyo Olympics, the final for football that is said to take place in Japan. Think it's Brazil again in Spain. Football has been low key, I don't know in Olympics, in Olympics or any international championship where a lot of disciplines are up for grabs and football is one of them, it gets overshadowed by these other disciplines. Did you follow? Yeah I followed but not that much. I think maybe it's because you're allowed to take a squad over a certain age and not your big players because I'm sure if Brazil has the neighbors and Spain has its muskets and guys the whole world will be watching it because it's actually a big game. But regardless of squads when you look at these two teams even the under 23s in the 21s and they are big players at big clubs. Richalison is there, Matinelli is there for Brazil, there's Pedri, Una Isimon for Spain and this is actually a big game. It's sad that it has been overshadowed at the Olympics because athletics also takes a huge center stage. Marathon, at least the Kenyans get their time to shine on the world platform. But there's no doubt this is a very big game because the players involved are still big players. I think it's the future of football because the under 23s were playing in the Olympics with only three senior players. One player who has got to be there and everybody is watching has got to be the Brazilian fullback who is playing there under 38 years of age and now it's going to 42 trophies and it's the captain so it is a good one for him. Pedri from Spain at only 18 years of age and he has played more than 73 games this season alone so it's a big one for those two sides. Richalison from Everton is using the Olympics as his pre-season as he is going to head on to the next one. So it will be good to see these guys lift a trophy at the end of the day. Guys, we have to end it on that particular note. Your parting shots, last minute submissions. So Robert, what are you looking forward to? Sides to Knights Marathon where Elute Kipchogi are. That is the one I'll be watching actually. I want to see how Elute Kipchogi is going to do this one. He is going to bow out. Are you sure you're going to be awake by that time? Yeah, I am. If I was awake this morning, I'll still be awake. Ken? Yeah, I think the community shield will be happening and I hope at least I just give us a good start to the season. That's the only thing I want to happen today. It definitely, of course, it's been a puns on fun favorite segment of the touchline which happens every Saturday. One, two, three. It's a pleasure doing this and of course thank you for tuning in. Our shout out to go to our technical team led by Brian Kimani and Timo and Mose at the gallery, our camera lady Rose. Of course, without them we wouldn't have facilitated the success of the show. Thank you for tuning in. See you next Saturday, same time, same place. God bless and keep safe.