It’s been another busy week in football, with the return of the Champions League, the FA Cup fifth round and a host of league matches meaning that, whatever level of football you watch, there’s something to talk about. Whatever team or league you follow, this recently-published list of the top 50 highest paid players that we spotted on Soccer Lens should make interesting reading. Not simply for the old ‘how can you get paid that much for kicking a ball about’ argument, but more for who exactly gets paid what in relation to their status in the game – there’s some surprisingly run-of-the-mill players in there amongst the superstars.

It’s all a sharp contrast to another type of list, such as this blog published on This Is Pop! They’re not a big footballing site, but this piece detailing the British clubs which have been forced to go into administration through a series of maps, graphs and straight-talking statistics, is one of the clearest and most insightful examinations of football’s finances we’ve seen. Reading these two stories side by side, you could think they were talking about two different worlds, and in a way, they are.

Football is about more than finances though – fun also plays a big part. Although another f-word could be used to describe this story – fashion faux-pas perhaps? A gallery of Manchester United’s best and worst kits featured on Sport.co.uk, somehow featuring Umbro’s designs in the latter category. Including goalkeeper’s shirts, notorious for their weird and wonderful design, is a little sneaky, although we have to admit they are pretty terrible!

Another thing that’s great fun in football is a cliché – and is there a bigger cliché in football than “it’s harder to play against 10 men than 11″? Formation expert and The Guardian’s resident go-to man for this sort of tactical query, Jonathan Wilson, takes a deep look at the idea that teams are becoming better at playing with less men in this blog, which also provides plenty of advice for any budding managers who are stuck with being a man down when the red mist descends on their temperamental winger.

Finally this week, another fun post, this time over at Off The Post. Ahead of their Europa League tie at Fulham, it was reported that Shakhtar Donetsk’s players were turned away from Harrods as they were wearing team tracksuits. Of course, who owns Harrods? Fulham’s chairman, Mohamed Al Fayed. Chairman aren’t supposed to get involved in team affairs, but you’ve got to admit that this is a novel way of doing it!