THE CATFLAP CHINWAG WITH…

KELLY DALGLISH

 

Ever get any good insider stories?

Everybody’s got sources all over the place so there tends to be gossip and whispering, and 50% of it is wrong and 50% of it is right so you can never take it seriously until you can properly back it up. And my dad’s not working in football now so he’s just party to the same kind of rumours as everyone else really.

 

So, you’ve never had a cheeky flutter on what you’ve heard?

No that would be insider dealing. And illegal.

 

Of course…Tips for this season?

Premier League: Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea. Champions League, definitely an English side in the final. As for the FA Cup, usually I go for someone like Spurs but then again I wouldn’t go for them this season. But if they get a new manager then maybe.

 

We reckon Manchester City have a good chance…

Do you? Actually that’s not a bad choice under Sven. I think they could, and they’ll take it seriously. Well I’m going to nick Man City from you then I think that’s a really good idea. Because they play like a cup team, pelting forward and taking risks.

 

Don’t mention it. Did you take any joy out of England’s horrible sporting week last week?

No!

 

You say that, as you giggle uncontrollably…

Well I was travelling back from Birmingham so I didn’t see the rugby, but I did know that England lost, thanks to a few texts. And I instinctively want England to lose the football as I’ve been brought up as a Scot. But the Premier League players are the players I see every week so I want them to do well I just don’t want them to win anything so we don’t have to listen to 40 years of gloating!

 

Will Scotland qualify?

I don’t know. We’ve got to beat Italy. But I heard the other day that in 1967 Scotland beat the world champions, 20 years later in ‘87 they beat the world champions, Argentina, and now in 2007, they’ve got to beat Italy, so I’m clutching at straws!