THE NUMBERS GAME - KIERAN GILL: Even David de Gea was guilty of making mistakes during a disastrous season for Manchester United. So should the Spaniard stay for next season?

KIERAN GILL: 'It has been a long journey to get here,' said Danny Drinkwater on the day he signed for Chelsea in 2017, 'but I am very happy and looking forward to helping the club win more trophies'.

THE NUMBERS GAME - KIERAN GILL: The last time West Ham had a striker who scored 20-or-more goals, Eminem's Just Lose It was topping the charts and the Apple iPhone did not exist.

THE NUMBERS GAME - KIERAN GILL: At the end of a transfer window, you have winners and losers. Here, Sportsmail takes a look at how the top clubs are shaping up ahead of the new season.

THE NUMBERS GAME - KIERAN GILL: Next time you raise an eyebrow at someone showing their support by wearing a full kit, spare a thought for how much it set them back to look like that.

THE NUMBERS GAME - KIERAN GILL: Defence is a position that plenty of fans feel deserved prioritising. Arsenal boss Emery, though, noticed problems that needed addressing in attack too.

THE NUMBERS GAME - KIERAN GILL: Those who shared a pitch with Keane tell tales of how the United midfielder would scream blue murder whenever a team-mate took more than two touches.

Former Tory Chief Whip Mark Harper (pictured) claimed sticking to the October 31 date for Britain to leave the EU would only boost Nigel Farage when it failed to materialise.

Questions had been raised over what Mrs May would do after relinquishing Downing Street. But during a muted Prime Minister's Questions today she confirmed that she intended to remain an MP.

Scott's Fish and Chips, on the A64 at Bilborough near York has become a big hit with Chinese tourists who visit in their coachloads every week hungry for a taste of classic British food.

Former Prime Minister David Cameron vowed never to speak again to Mr Gove- but the two men buried the hatchet over whisky sodas and red wine at an exclusive private members' club in London.

The new Orwell Award, named after former pupil George Orwell, will offer a dozen boys from non-selective state schools the chance to study at Eton College (pictured).

HENRY DEEDES: Snigger all you like, but there was once a time when the name Chris Grayling struck fear into the bellies of Labour's front bench.

In a keynote speech in London, Sajid Javid said Nigel Farage 'deserved credit' for leaving Ukip as it lurched to the far-Right when taken over by Gerard Batten and Tommy Robinson.

The frontrunner to become the UK's next Prime Minister will promote Liz Truss in an attempt to confront his 'women problem', allies believe. Pictured: Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.

The Labour Party risked ridicule today after it attacked Boris Johnson for being 'scruffy' despite Jeremy Corbyn's own history of being criticised over his own appearance.

The incoming premier is said to have loudly told Downing Street staff the monarch said 'I don't know why anyone would want the job' during official audience, as he entered No 10 for the first time.

The ex-PM and his wife Samantha, 48, have been given permission to build a games room to house a snooker table in the garden of their retreat in the pretty village of Trebetherick, Cornwall

Enam Ali, 58, was arrested after police raided a restaurant in Surrey whose A-list diners have included Johnny Depp and Pierce Brosnan. It is understood he has been released under investigation.

Love Island forgot one of the golden rules of television, and life in fact. Never tell the British public who to like - who they should like or even who they do like - and certainly not who to vote for.

Billionaire Vladimir Chernukhin, 51, of Fitzrovia, central London, is alleged to have lied in High Court proceedings by stating he was the beneficial owner of Compas View Ltd.

The Prime Minister is said to have hired Isaac Levido as his director of politics and campaigning. He was a former deputy to Mr Crosby, who oversaw David Cameron's win four years ago.

The proposals include a monument and education centre in Victoria Tower Gardens which sits next to the Palace of Westminster in London.

'Look at me, I'm different,' special adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson Cummings appears to be saying with his body language, writes Dan Hodges.

The Conservatives could lose more than half the constituencies they need to defend against the resurgent Liberal Democrats.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: David Cameron isn't the only one who has been coining it since leaving Downing Street. So, too, has his former Tory Party chair Andrew Feldman.

The former Prime Minister, 52, had allowed 15-year-old Nancy to invite school friends to the family's property in Cornwall. But he threw them out when they partied until 3am and invited boys over.

Researchers from the University of Nottingham and British Geological Survey analysed samples taken from Bowland in Lancashire to make the finding.

David Cameron was spotted on the beach in Cornwall yesterday in a scene which draws direct comparison to Daniel Craig appearing in the 2006 James Bond movie Casino Royale.

PETER OBORNE: Jeremy Corbyn has been a disappointment. This is not because he's too radical and Left-wing. It's because he has shown no leadership whatsoever.

The broadcaster, pictured, lambasted David Cameron over the 2016 referendum, and described Theresa May as a 'cornucopia of failure'.

Bake Off star baker Prue Leith will advise an independent review of NHS food - but her son is already a very senior government adviser.

BLACK DOG: As he prepares to emerge from his shepherd's hut and break his silence on Brexit with the publication of his delayed memoirs, David Cameron can expect some flak.

David Cameron's Conservative Party officials tried to block Jacob Rees-Mogg from entering Parliament at the 2010 Election because he was too white and 'posh.'

John Bercow is regarded by many as a reforming Speaker - but his time in the famous green chair has also been blighted by controversy over expenses, bullying and Brexit.

For the past three years Mr Cameron has been in self-imposed purdah, writes RICHARD KAY. The man who triggered the EU referendum has been desperate not to be seen as a back-seat driver.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote on a private cabinet paper that former leader, Oxford-educated David Cameron was a 'girly swot'.

David Cameron is finally preparing to unleash his potentially explosive autobiography this weekend.

Charlie asked on the flagship BBC show whether he could sue David Cameron for for causing 'mental distress' by sparking the debacle.

David Cameron has admitted he thinks about the EU referendum every single day and says he does not support Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament.

MPs voted to legalise gay marriage in February 2013 following a bill introduced by the former Prime Minister, but fewer than half of Conservative MPs backed Mr Cameron on the issue.

SIMON WALTERS: When I interviewed David Cameron a few days before the 2015 election, I was taken aback (pictured with Boris Johnson in 2015).

Mr Cameron admits getting 'off his head' on dope when he was a schoolboy at Eton in his forthcoming memoir. He refused to answer questions on whether he had ever taken cocaine.

David Cameron said Boris Johnson and Michael Gove 'left the truth at home' with claims that EU membership cost £350million a week and that Turkey would join the bloc.

He originally had planning permission to create a 'sensational party barn'. Clarkson's latest request has been lodged with West Oxfordshire District Council.

The incendiary promise - which would see a former Prime Minister actively working against his own party - comes amid furious backlash over the publication of Cameron's explosive memoirs.

MATTHEW GOODWIN: To many hard-working and patriotic Brits, Cameron epitomises a smug, wealthy and distant liberal caste.

In his new book, serialised in The Times, the former Prime Minister describes Heatherdown Preparatory School in Berkshire as an austere establishment - even by the standards of the time.

The Conservative former prime minister (pictured) said Mr Johnson privately claimed there could be a 'fresh renegotiation, followed by a second referendum' - which he now says he opposes.

The former PM describes in his new memoirs the heartbreaking pain of watching Ivan, who had Ohtahara syndrome, endure up to 30 seizures a day and the 'torture' of grief after his 2009 death.