There's a Traitor in This Room

Sir Alex faces a disciplinary thing for the Wiley comments today which gives the papers a chance to go over the whole thing yet again, here, here, and here, and elsewhere as well... And, as they replay the comments and the beautifully stage managed press hysteria which followed the comments in great detail, we have, without irony, the bald statement:

Ferguson, though, believes that there has been a witch-hunt against him by the media and figures from the refereeing world, and has questioned privately whether he will receive a fair hearing.

Given the way that the papers love to have a go at us, even without reason, it is disappointing to see that Nani seems to have broken ranks with some comments about Sir Alex which are widely reported today. Quotes from here:

"Ferguson is a very complicated man," he told Portuguese newspaper 'I' in an interview published in The Sun.

"He's tough. If things are all right, then they are all right. But when he thinks something is wrong, everything is screwed.

"He can go from complimenting you to just plain trashing you in a matter of minutes. Has it happened to me? Hell, yes. He'll say 'Nani, how could you miss this or this'?

"He shouts at players in front of everyone. No one escapes, everybody is the same. (Ryan) Giggs and (Gary) Neville suffer most, because they have more experience." ...

"I can have a spectacular game but nobody guarantees me I will be starting the next match. It shatters your confidence.

"I did not play the important matches, against Liverpool, Manchester City or Tottenham.

"Not playing these games, I am a bit sad. But for now I am not considering leaving."

Not considering but trying to engineer a move by the sounds of it...
Finally the Daily Star considers the famous hater Alan Shearer's opinion on Michael Owen's England chances newsworthy.