Whatever the story, we don't take sides.

We are allowed to roll our eyes though.

This morning though I came in and did just that, in fact there was even a "tut" when I saw the back pages, "England Boot Boys Accused" says the Daily Express. Slightly funnier is the Star's headline "Crazy Croat's Nobbler Wobbler".

It relates to the President of the Croatian FA Vlatko Markovic's suggesting that English footballers are deliberately injuring their top players ahead of important matches against England.

He has 2 examples for this argument:

1. Eduardo missed Euro 2008 as he sustained a nasty broken leg being tackled by Birmingham's Martin Taylor. He missed England's 4-1 victory over Croatia as a result.

2. Tottenham's Luka Modric broke his leg at the weekend after a challenge from Lee Bowyer, also a Birmingham player. He will miss the World Cup qualifier against England this weekend.

He is wondering whether this is a coincidence or a conspiracy. I am wondering/hoping his comments were lost in translation.

We put these comments to David Gold who is chairman of Birmingham City. They employ the two players responsible for the injuries to the Croatian players.

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