Monday’s gossip column
Cesc Fabregas unhurt soon after small auto accident, Liverpool win race for French winger, plus other rumours

Manchester Metropolis thrash woeful Sunderland
Manchester Town moved up to third in the Barclays Premier League with an emphatic victory above Sunderland at Eastlands.

‘Oi Manuel, fried egg and chips please’ | The Fiver | Barry Glendenning
Click on right here to have the Fiver sent to your inbox each and every weekday at 5pm, or if your typical copy has stopped arriving IF YOU Can’t Beat THEM … Even though Gareth Bale hails from Cardiff, a jingoistic proportion of the English press pack look mystified, slightly annoyed even, by the wing-wizard’s apparent contentment with his Welshness. It genuinely perplexes them that a footballer could favor to win …