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Last Updated: Tuesday, 23 September, 2003, 02:05 GMT 03:05 UK
The back pages

North London is the focus of attention for the tabloids, with all manner of speculation flying around following the events of Sunday.

Arsenal are the villains of the piece after the fracas that followed the final whistle at Old Trafford, with reports suggesting the Football Association are ready to charge between five and seven Gunners.

And the exact nature of the post-match discussion between Patrick Vieira and Ruud van Nistelrooy is given an airing.

The Frenchman apaprently told his Dutch counterpart: "Come any closer and you'll get one and this time I'll hit you good and proper."

THE HEADLINES
The Times: FA poised to throw book at Arsenal
Daily Telegraph: Vieira 'made threats' in tunnel
The Sun: We were stupid - Arsenal supremo
Daily Express: Kiss goodbye to the title - Arsenal facing 20-match ban
Daily Mail: Fighting mad - six in dock as Vieira vents fury at Ruud
Daily Star: Vieira: This time I'll hit you good n' proper
Daily Mirror: The guilty men - Arsenal shame but Van Nistelrooy left in the clear
The Guardian: Arsenal braced for a series of charges as FA gets tough
The Independent: Five Arsenal players to face FA's swift justice
Possibly something Vieira has been working on with Martin Keown on the training ground.

The identity of the next Tottenham manager becomes less clear as time goes on, with The Sun claiming former Bayer Leverkusen boss Klaus Topmoller is up for the job.

Topmoller is apparently "out of the country (Germany) and negotiating with a mystery club". So it could also be Reading.

The Daily Mirror claims Alan Curbishley is ready to end 12 years at Charlton by moving to White Hart Lane, while the Daily Mail goes for either Raddy Antic or Graeme Souness.

Some bad news for Manchester United also emerges from the same paper, which reports that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer could be out for three months as he needs knee surgery.

That is nothing compared to the gloom that surrounds British tennis after defeat to Morocco on Sunday, relegating Great Britain to the Euro/African Zone.

The Times admits that leaves GB "swimming with the minnows", and the Guardian adds that Greg Rusedski is ready to quit the Davis Cup for good.

Sports stars who make the front and back pages on the same day rarely do so for good reasons, and so it is with Frank Bruno.

The former world heavyweight champion was taken to a psychiatric hospital on Monday and the news gets the full range of reactions.

"So sad" is how the Daily Mirror and the Daily Mail describe Bruno, while the Daily Star goes for "sick Bruno" and The Sun chooses "Bonkers Bruno locked up".


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23 Sep 03  |  Football



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