On footballing issues at St. James’ Park, more confusion reigns today as Mike Norrish pours cold water on the South African bid. Yet the picture is blurred by Michael Walker, reporting “on another day of claim and counter at Newcastle United, the South African consortium interested in buying the club reportedly submitted an offer of £280m-£300m.”
Several scribes are still delivering their reactions from the midweek Champions League action. After reaching his amazing personal milestone of 100 Liverpool goals, Tim Rich believes that Steven Gerrard is fast becoming Liverpool’s own Bobby Charlton.
Andy Townsend asks “What has Wes Brown done to upset Fergie?,” while Brown is also the focal point for Tony Cascarino, who while offering sympathy concludes that “Football is a ruthless business, it’s about getting what you can when you can, and his decision to stay may have backfired.”
Lastly, on Celtic’s miserable away record in the Champions League, Barry Glendenning asks “Why does an away win remain a Hoop dream?”
In the best of the rest, Ann Gripper celebrates the behaviour of Shaun Wright-Phillips and Ian Pearce, who have shown that they’d prefer to play football rather than cashing cheques, Steven Wells writes an impassioned defence of referee (”If these so-called experts are really good enough to rate a referee’s performance, why aren’t they out there refereeing?”), Fabrizio Miccoli is mooted for a recall to the Italian national team by Antonio Labbate, and Bild.de report the distasteful story coming from Scotland of Celtic fans who are betting on the life expectancy of Paul Gascoigne.
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