Yesterday's News of the World carried extracts from Paolo Di Canio's autobiography in which this highly spectacular account of a run-in Di Canio had with a former boss appears:

"I screamed `who do you think you are? You are the one who should be ashamed! You come to training once a week - once a week! You, of all people, should be silent. Even if they pay you £1 a week, you would still be a thief because you don't do anything at this club. You are nothing but a thief!' By now, his face had gone from red to purple. He was shaking, hyper-ventilating. I could see foam and saliva drooling out of his mouth." The boss? Big Ron Atkinson. We'd have paid money to see that show, lots of money.