Dubai dosh closes Premiership gulf

IT doesn’t pay to be cynical sometimes. I’d received a text saying “three definite bids, club will pick one Monday” and I replied “Whatever”.

This drama’s run longer than ‘The Mousetrap’ so how was I to know this information was kosher (if our eventual owners will pardon or even allow the expression).

The Grapevine is all well and good when it’s telling Marvin Gaye he’s been dumped, but not so hot when it comes to football — especially in Rumour City, where you learn to ignore just about everything.