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Betfair's top dog sniffs around the truth behind the latest tabloid tales

Cruft's champion - Top stories that can dominate the news agenda
Pedigree chum - Insights that tell you something you don't know
Dog's dinner - Speculation, guesswork, or ideas that just don't come off.

Top Dog says:

Kevin Keegan says the Premier League is in danger of becoming the most boring in the world because the top four places are all sewn up - a point echoed by the Mail's columnist Des Kelly. He's divided the clubs into three mini leagues and compares it to the old sketch with John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett: 'I know my place'. For the rest of us there's still tension to see who'll be champions in the closest race since the top flight changed its name. Chelsea's win at Newcastle keeps the pressure on United who arre now [1.25] to be champions. Chelsea are [4.9]

Cruft's:

Daily Mirror - Redknapp lures Crouch with £75k a week - Peter Crouch looks more and more certain to leave Anfield this summer, and Portsmouth have got in first in the race to take him. Alan Nixon is always good with gossip from agents and says the pay offer will be worth £4million a year. Just as interesting for Crouch will be the way Redknapp has transformed Jermain Defoe's season. He's now [1.69] favourite to be top English goalscorer in the Premier League, tied on 12 at the moment with Wayne Rooney [2.72], who won't play in Manchester United's last game

Pedigree Chum:

Daily Star - Wenger got it so wrong - Jens Lehmann leaves Arsenal with a parting shot at Arsene Wenger. 'How we play is nice to watch but is not ideal because we are not winning anything,' he says. Arsenal are [1.86] to round off the season with a win at Sunderland

Daily Mail - £3m Bruce break-up costs Blues a fortune - Birmingham's board thought they had done a good deal when they got £3million off Wigan and let Steve Bruce go. It doesn't look so clever now with safety assured at the JJB stadium and Blues [1.16] favourites to go down along with Reading [1.64]. Neil Moxey writes a good analysis of Birmingham's blunder

Daily Mail - Abidal is £8m Rafa target - Rafa Benitez is keen to start strengthening Liverpool's squad, and after bidding £10m for Gareth Barry has also moved for Barcelona defender Eric Abidal.

Daily Mirror - If we can't beat Derby we deserve to go down - Reading assistant boss Kevin Dillon spells out his team's survival plans and you can't help but wonder if he's tempting fate. Betfair punters share Dillon's view as the Royals are [1.66] favourites, while it's [6.0] for Paul Jewell to win his last Premier game.

The Sun - Wigan will have trophy - Shaun Custis thinks ahead to reveal the Premier League will have two trophies and two sets of medals on hand at Wigan and Chelsea on Saturday so that whoever becomes champions can be presented with the prize in front of their fans.

The Sun - Riise gets Rafa axe - Word is that John Arne Riise has been told he can find another club. The Norwegian was dropped from Sunday's squad against Manchester City and didn't join the other players for the lap of honour. Ian McGarry claims he feels he deserves better after 347 games for the club

Dog' s dinner:

Daily Star - Angry Keano ready to axe stars - Roy Keane says he's planning a major cull of his Sunderland squad in the summer. 'It doesn't matter to me whether or not players are under contract,' he says. Be interesting if he still says that when one of the ones he wants to keep decides he'd rather go!

Daily Mail - Just champion - West Brom's winger Zoltan Gera supposedly writes for the Mail about getting promoted. But he doesn't mention his own contract, and do you really believe a Hungarian with decent but limited English would use the phrase 'what an enthralling spectacle the season has been'.

The Sun - Ian Wright column - The former England striker says being an assistant referee isn't a difficult job but they get so many decisions wrong. He reckons a couple of fans coming through the turnstiles would do a better job. Has he ever seen Sunday League linesmen who are selected on that basis? They are often not just wrong but cheating!

Today's other headlines:

The Sun - We've got the Ballacks - Kev: Prem is boring - Let's Av a blast - It's all about bottle and who blinks first - Jens: I'm never goner forget ya - Liam Lawrence tells Stoke to spend for the Prem - Reina says Torres is just warming up

Daily Express - Down to the wire - Keegan: I'll never win boring title - Grant still on the level with Fergie - Alan Curbishley column - I'm leaving you in good hands says Lehmann - Dillon sure safety is just a win away - Liam laps up second chance

Daily Star - Let's Av a big'un Wigan - Nutter Nani: I'm so sorry - Chelsea show real Ballacks - I'd play on one leg to lift trophy insists Rio - I'll make it tough for Kev to go says Mowbray - We're not cannon fodder says Liam Lawrence - Holloway's head on block - Wenger got it so wrong says Lehmann - Nando to get even better - Angry Keano ready to axe stars

Daily Mirror - Squeaky bum Tyne - Keegan: Premier League is boring - Fight to the finish - Reasons to be cheerful - Phillips wants right deal or he'll leave - Megson slams Sam

Daily Mail - It's boring says Keegan- Avram turns up heat - Fans salute King Kevin but cut out middle men - Persuade trio to sign says Nolan - Lawrence: We must splash out