The Sound of Football returns for the new season, our 14th. Having taken the summer off there's plenty for us to catch up on, including Barcelona's shady business practices, Erik ten Hag's introduction to the Premier League and the BBC's decision to axe the Saturday 5pm classified results on Radio 5 Live. We also look at the latest update to VAR - semi-automation. Ostensibly, this is intended to speed up offside calls but with multiple cameras tracking every player on the pitch, it's a system that could collect the most sophisticated tracking data ever. Data that could be worth tens of millions. Is this the governing bodies looking to move into the world of Big Data? pods.sofpodcast.com/sofpodcast_502.mp3 For more information on the podcast and links related to the subjects discussed, check out the Show Notes on our blog . What's in the Weekend Boxset? Erik ten Hag looks for his first win in charge of United away to Brentford, there's the first