Another top player displays temperature issues

We’re barely ten days into the new season and already the weather is playing havoc with the ability of some of the more sensitive stars to perform their duties satisfactorily. Vidic says it’s too rainy. Savage says its too cold. Now Newcastle’s not-for-much-longer midfielder James Milner has joined the list.

Although he left Coventry’s Ricoh Arena with the Man of the Match champagne in his handbag on Tuesday, Milner wasn’t having anything to do with reporters eager to discover who he might be planning to share it with. Why the silence? Could Milner be another victim of this season’s weather madness?

In Lee Ryder’s Blog on the Tyne in yesterday’s Newcastle Chronicle, he describes a similar episode

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Hairless man linked with job because he speaks Portuguese

The BBC are telling us that Coventry assistant manager Steve Kean is being lined up for the number two job at Chelsea. It’s not because of the wealth of experience he has gathered at the likes of Fulham and Real Sociedad, but pretty much just because he can speak Portuguese:

Chelsea are set to open talks with Coventry on a potential offer for Kean’s services, but he told BBC Scotland he was eager to avoid troublesome contractual issues.

“It probably makes sense, because I can speak Portuguese, but I don’t want to say to much without getting anyone into trouble,” added Kean.

In other news, Paul Ince is about to be announced as Blackburn boss because he once did some GCSE coursework on the Industrial Revolution in Lancashire, and Ronaldinho is off to Milan because he finds it easier to pronounce than ‘Manchester City’.

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The Coventry takeover bid looks slightly made up

Yesterday, news spread that eccentric billionaire Alki David was ready to step in and save Coventry City from imminent collapse. The Spoiler learnt that he is a talented film producer, a gentle lover, and the most

Four billion quid makes you a very funny guy

Now it seems that not only is Alki David a superb kisser, has his own money factory and is the only man capable of putting the smile back on the face of sad little orphan Coventry, but he’s a really funny guy too. According to his then PA, in an interview with the Times in 2005, “We were doing a pilot for a comedy and I had to organise the props, including a 5ft penis and some police uniforms. I had better not say too much, but it was absolutely hilarious.” What fun it’s going to be at Coventry! And when do we get to see the pilot with the giant schlong?

Minted Sky Blues admirer is a big fan - of himself

If you had any doubt regarding the high level of regard in which Alki David holds himself, a look on his IMDB page should clear things up. Besides the many topless pictures, his biography contains this little snippet of

n light of their dire financial straits, Coventry City are just days from a ten point deduction, which would place them bang in the middle of The Championship’s relegation zone. The midlands side need a knight in shining armour to