If there's one footballer who doesn't go unnoticed on the pitch, it's Adama Traoré. Known for his striking physique and power on the field – more akin to an American football player – the player from Hospitalet de Llobregat has turned his athleticism and musculature into a hallmark and his main competitive advantage. A privileged genetic makeup that, paradoxically, seems to have gone from a virtue to a problem.

"It's clear that both we and football need another way to combat racism." This is the response from the England national team after learning of Jess Carter's complaint about racist comments during the European Championship. Sarina Wiegman's team was the only one, along with Switzerland, to take a knee before the referee's whistle. A gesture that spread across the Premier League following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in the United States.