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Th fllut over Englnd' bid t bring th 2018 World

Cup hm rumbl n this morning with Seb C
initing the bid is still on ur ftr he k t Sepp
Blttr yesterday. Blatter tld him to "tll their tr, talk
about th bid quality, th vnu nd wh th r
bidding". Coe's imrin frm the tlk i tht the bid
will b judged n th thing rather thn th
controversy urrunding th entrapment tape whih w
ublihd in a Sunday r. News of the day
Gr Linkr utlind hi rn fr resigning a
lumnit frm th id paper in a rdi intrviw n th
BBC yesterday. H id h flt he thought it w

hypocritical t tk a lr frm th Mil n Sunday

whn they had clearly dmgd England's bid. Linkr is
l a 2018 bid mbdr. Lineker l said he felt th
Mil on Sunday had made a "gross rrr f judgement" in
rinting th story. Michel Platini has ffrd his support
t Lrd Trimn nd id tht whil he fl th bid m
hv bn dmgd, England n rvr. Wrld Cup
winner Sir Gff Hurt fl that Englnd' bid will be
judged n th strength and ulit f th bid.
Transfer news i till running rund like a headless
hikn td, with th only dl done nd dusted bn
David Villa's move t Barcelona fr 34m odd nd Bn
Ftr' move to Birmingham. Th rt i speculation t
mmnt, with n lub with a fw uid to nd bn
linkd t th t lr. Mn Cit hv hd a 20m bid
fr James Milner turnd dwn nd thir neighbours Man
Utd are set to place a bid in th rgin f 28m t tr and
lur Atn Villa t rt mn with th England
intrntinl. Brln r till n the tril f Fernando
Torres with 70m ming to b th price utd. Thir
attempts t lure C Fabergas from Arnl m t be

floundering a little with Y Tur' gnt saying h

wn't b moving in th it dirtin. Br r nl
willing t 3om fr Fbrg, but Arsenal r said t
b looking fr 80m. Slight diffrn thr thn.
News of the day - Didier Drgb fl tht he n win th
gldn bt t th Wrld Cu. If he's uful he can
dd it to his Premier Lgu n nd wr thm nxt
season. That might lw him dwn a bit. Nthing lik a
bit of confidence Didier. Wrld Cup winning glkr
from 1966, Grdn Bnk feels Dvid Jm huld b in
th No 1 hirt during the turnmnt. And finll if u
have made a small frtun frm world u rd
btting, gt urlf dwn t Hrrd tmrrw. Fr th
rinl um f 2millin lu VAT u could be wearing
th actual No 9 shirt wrn b Geoff Hurt in th 66 Wrld
Cu finl. The only man t hv rd a hat trik in th
final dn't tull wn th shirt nmr. I'm ur
he's just a little bit d but that.

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