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"The government must do far more to hold all involved immediately accountable to ensure these do not represent a false dawn, and to better safeguard both the public purse and the public itself."

They have stellar players and every bookmaker in the land makes them hot favourites to win on Saturday, but the same was said about them coming of age when they beat Ireland last season, a brilliant win but, as it turned out, a false dawn.

Now he needs to deliver an even bigger gift in the shape of a clinical finisher who can ensure this win is not a false dawn in Arsenal's Premier League title challenge.

But will this be another false dawn for power-sharing?

Will the arrival into Major League Soccer of Messi, regarded by many as the greatest player in the history of the game, finally burn an indelible brand into America's sports-mad psyche and establish its place alongside team sports like American football, basketball or baseball, or will it turn out to be another false dawn?