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Will Spurs or Man City really come up with £150,000 every week for Big Ron?! Read the tabloid tittle-tattle here

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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:
The drama at the Nou Camp all came early - a relief for the newspaper desks after the night before! Both Champions League semi-finals are tightly poised and Barcelona at [4.3] could be a great value bet to win the second leg. An away goal makes Chelsea [1.52] to reach the final, with Liverpool [2.72], United [1.68] and Barca [2.4]. Attention turns today back to the Premier League and the showdown at the Bridge which is Avram Grant's last chance to get back in the title race. United are [3.15] for the win that would wrap up the title. Most papers have Petr Cech promising to shut out United's strikers. The Mail beat the rest by being up to date with Frank Lampard's problems.

Cruft's: Daily Mail - Frank's family turmoil - Worrying news for Frank Lampard as his Mum's condition has taken a turn for the worse. He will almost certainly miss Saturday's showdown with Manchester United.

Pedigree Chum: Daily Mail - Even his kid brother can't console Riise - As if things weren't bad enough for John Arne Riise when the final whistle blew on Tuesday night, he was then picked out for the dope test. (Presumably it confirmed he was a complete dope!). Once that was done Riise was so upset about his own goal he couldn't even bring himself to talk to his brother who had called. Liverpool are [2.7] to give him a happy ending and reach the final

Daily Mirror - Spurs and City leading Ronnie hunt - Barcelona are hawking Ronaldinho around the Premier League after AC Milan pulled out of a move to sign the fading Brazilian superstar. Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra has already started talking about getting him, and now Tottenham have had preliminary talks. The stumbling block for both will be the £150,000 a week contract demands.

Daily Mail - City poised to make £5m offer for Diouf - The owner might be chasing Ronaldinho but it seems Sven Goran Eriksson's targets are more realistic. He's looking at taking El Hadji Diouf away from Bolton in the summer, according to the Mail. Bolton are [2.76] to get relegated

The Sun - Luka's in for Toon - Croatia's midfield man Luka Modric has been linked with Chelsea and Arsenal, but according to Andrew Dillon it will be Newcastle who bring him to England. They claim Dennis Wise has met Dimano Zagreb vice chairman Zdravko Mamic to do the deal.

The Sun - Gold eyes lady kops - Birmingham chairman David Gold is hoping Liverpool will pick their 'Ladies team' at St Andrew's on Saturday to rest players for the Champions League return leg at Chelsea. Betfair punters think so too - it's why Liverpool are as short as [2.76] to win at St Andrew's. Blues are [2.96] for a home win that would ease their relegation worries

Daily Star - Respect me, raps Wenger - Alan Curbishley might have his problems, but you know things are crazy when Arsenal fans start chanting 'You don't know what you're doing' at Arsene Wenger. Wenger is asking them for some respect and points out his team already have six more points than they took last season. They are [1.3] to make that nine come Monday night at Derby

Daily Star- I need Randy's readies to keep Barry - Martin O'Neill confirms he'll pay what it takes to find Gareth Barry the right contract to keep him this summer. Just as important will be whether he can convince his skipper that the club can compete in Europe and then crack the top four at home. Goal happy Villa are [3.4] to win at Everton and take hold of fifth place.

Dog's dinner: Daily Express - Harry Harris column - Harris is one of Fleet Street's veterans and can produce some sensational exclusive stories, but give him a regular column and he struggles to fill it. Today's offering reveals the amazing fact that Premier League footballers earn a lot of money and invest it in property!

Daily Star - Madrid ready for a Carv-up - Danny Fullbrook takes the gossip from Spain and turns it into a story. He reckons Real Madrid will sign Ricardo Carvalho this summer. Unlikely.

Today's other headlines: The Sun - Oh Nou . . he missed - A Barca groaner - Now it's set for classic showdown - Gerrard: We'll KO curse of the Bridge - Riise: I'm feeling so ashamed - Cech point

Daily Express - It's Cris miss time - Spot of bother for Ronaldo - I won't kiss our hopes goodbye says Gerrard - Rafa and Hicks in 'positive' meeting - Paying the price is alright for O'Neill - Lita back to lift Royals

Daily Star - No spot prize as Big Ron cracks - Just leave me alone begs Riise - Ronaldo's Barc-in mad - Drama fit for a final - We must be brilliant at the Bridge - Cech's double bubble

Daily Mirror - Oh Nou - Wide boy Ronnie leaves Fergie kicking himself - No holiday camp, Fergie - Torres will end our 8 hour goal drought at the Bridge says Gerrard - Cech mate to Chelsea - McCartney raps Hammers fans

Daily Mail - Boy blunder - Barca let off by Ronaldo - Underdogs bite back as Ronaldo shows he's human after all - Hargreaves and Co rely on hard work