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Betfair's Top Dog sniffs around the truth behind the latest tabloid tales.

Top Dog

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:

Monday papers rarely bring anything different - the live action at the weekend sets the news agenda and Chelsea's defeat at Aston Villa provided an instant big story. Everybody picks up on Roman Abramovich leaving early. Jose Mourinho told the press conference there's no rift, but could 22 for the Special One to be next Premiership manager to go just be worth a punt? And as it's 200 to lay it why not go 40 or 50 and see if anybody wants to match that price?

Cruft's:

Daily Star/The Sun - Owen gets Heskey recall - The Star and Sun both say that Michael Owen pestered Steve McClaren to call up Emile Heskey as his favourite front partner - a line that looks as if it's been fed by FA staff and makes it all the more likely the big Wigan striker will start up front against Israel. England now 1.35 to win at Wembley.

Pedigree Chum:

Daily Mirror - Jol back on brink of bullet - Chief Football Writer Martin Lipton says Spurs chairman Daniel Levy wouldn't talk to Martin Jol after watching Tottenham toss away two points at Fulham. Jol now 2.76 favourite to be the next boss Premier League boss to go.

The Sun - At Lass I'll get a start - Lassana Diarra's midnight move to Arsenal from Chelsea happened so late it went almost unnoticed on transfer deadline day - but The Sun picks up on it this morning, with Diarra backing himself to make an impact at Highbury. Arsenal still the longest price of the big four for the title at 9.

Dog' s dinner:

Today's other stories:

Daily Mail - Knightmare - Villa, Arsenal and Blackburn match reports - Saturday match follow-ups - Mourinho's bad hair day - Saha on his United ambitions - Chris Coleman column

The Sun - Howzat Jose - Owen plea for pal Emile - 28 page Super Goals - Honeymoon is Rover for Sven - Focus on Leeds big fightback from minus 15

Daily Express - England turn to Heskey - Villa give Jose the brush off - Bellamy set for lift-off

Daily Star - Jose: there's no rift with Roman - No Russ for Weng to spend - 20 page football pull-out - Gunners £75m civil war-ski - Rio Ferdinand on Champions League draw - Owen says bank on me for goals - Emile Heskey interview

Daily Mirror - Take Zat - Fabregas is the new Scholes - Stan Collymore column - 20 page football pull-out

Tags: Euro 2008, Jose Mourinho, Michael Owen, Steve McClaren