Looking after number one

I FOUND myself sitting next to a spy from Newcastle United at Old Trafford on Wednesday night.

He was there, he said with a grin, to see if AC Milan had any good players. He had his pitch diagram on his lap and diligently filled it with notes and symbols throughout the game, but from the way he oohed and aahed about the rampaging Kafu, the silky Kaka and the gutsy Gattuso, I suspect his final report consisted of just one word 'yes'.

Perhaps adding, 'and then some'.