Qatari gold may be on the horizon for Fergie

HERE we go again: another Sunday, another Qatari takeover story, this time in the News Of The World, and rather better sourced than you might imagine.

All I can tell you is that we might be hearing more on this, concretely, in about two weeks’ time. But for now, let us stick to the other main event on Sunday, namely the Spurs match. “High octane rather than high quality,” opined one hack, and it’s hard to quibble with that.

Not for the first time, I foundmyself lusting (platonically) after Modric, much as I used to do after Berbatov when he was at the Lane, and he was apparently top ofour target list a year ago: sadly, I think that ship’s sailed now. Spurs did only manage two shots on target, mind, so one might suggest Modric’s post-match boast that “we are as good as United” to be a tad premature. After all, the supposed best attacking side in England has failed to score against us in three hours of football this season, so I daresay the trophy will be free of white ‘n’ black ribbons for a while yet.