The News of the World, a bit short of real scandals these days as the privacy rulings of Lord Justice Eady bite into its habitual activities, has fingered Chelsea and England captain John Terry once more, this time for offering trips to Chelsea’s training ground for £10,000 in cash.
Terry, who earns around £8m a year, clearly has more money than sense. and is usually in the market for a bit more of it.
A problem for England manager Fabio Capelli and the FA hierarchy then.
But will NoW readers, England supporters and patriots, welcome these attempts to undermine the team’s admittedly venal skipper? In a World Cup year?
Football, bloody hell - as Sir Alex Ferguson once observed.