SECOND v third…it doesn’t get much better for Wire fans at Wigan.

And both teams go into the TV blockbuster in top form on the back of big wins.

Warrington had fun in the sun to see off spirited Salford 30-14, while Wigan hammered Leeds 46-8 – a game that finally led to the shock departure of Betfred Super League’s longest-serving coach, Brian McDermott.

Wigan at home are 4/7 favourites with us to win on Friday, with the Wolves very good value at 11/8 to pull off a famous victory against the old enemy.

The game has added spice, of course, with the return to his old stomping ground of Josh Charnley.

The winger has become an instant hero for Warrington after his unsuccessful RU stint with Sale and he’s 8/1 at Betfred to score the first try against second-place Warriors, and evens to cross the line any time.

Runaway leaders Saints, who host Widnes on Friday, are the 11/10 favourites with Betfred to win the Grand Final at Old Trafford on October 13, while Wigan are 4/1 with Warrington and Castleford both 11/2.

You can’t get away from football at the moment, with Russia hosting a superb World Cup.

But Liverpool fans I’m sure will be just as impressed by manager Jurgen Klopp signing up the absolutely outstanding Mo Salah on a five-year deal.

Egypt’s most famous player took the Premier League by storm last season, scoring 44 goals and being voted PFA player of the year.

Just like it is vital Jose Mourinho keeps Spanish keeper David De Gea at Manchester United and out of the clutches of Real Madrid, Klopp needed 26-year-old Salah’s signature to prove beyond doubt that they mean business next season.

City are already 8/13 to retain their title, and that doesn’t surprise me as they were the clearly the most impressive side for a decade with so few weaknesses in their all-star squad.

Thanks heavens they haven’t got their hands on Kylian Mbappe, the 19-year-old French superstar, otherwise the rest of us might as well give up.

He was simply brilliant in scoring twice against Argentina in Russia and I can’t wait until he’s back playing for favourites France against Uruguay in the first quarter final on Friday afternoon.

Champions League finalists Liverpool, with Mo signed up, are 5/1 second favourites with us for the title while United are 13/2, Tottenham and Chelsea both 12/1 and Arsenal, with new manager Unai Emery at the helm, are 25/1.

What has surprised me is Klopp not as yet signing a new keeper for if he did, Liverpool’s chances of domestic glory would I’m convinced be enhanced.

He could do worse than try to wrestle Kasper Schmeichel from Leicester after his heroics for unlucky Denmark in the shoot-out defeat against Croatia.