As the film Unstoppable told us, anything is very much **SPOILER ALERT** stoppable. The same applies to Gareth Bale, despite his man of the match performance against last season's Championship play-off winners on Sunday, but the in-demand Welshman is finally offering some candour over his long-term future.
The Metro run with his quotes from the Sun on Sunday where Bale acknowledges he would "probably not" turn down a move to Barcelona or Real Madrid. The Catalans are renowned admirers of the 22-year-old, with Pep Guardiola identifying him as the ideal unorthodox left-back to replace Eric Abidal, who is to undergo a liver transplant.
Across the pond, and another Brit has got a lot to shout about. But David Beckham was shouting at team-mates Sean Franklin and Marcelo Sarvas as they walked off at half-time during LA Galaxy's 3-1 home defeat to New England. Beckham and Sarvas did not emerge for the second-half, report The Sun.
Roberto Mancini was so angry with his stuttering Manchester City side on Saturday he shook his head when Mario Balotelli scored. And now the Italian says if Manchester United beat Blackburn and QPR this week to go eight points clear the title race is over, the Daily Mirror report.
Motormouth Jermaine Pennant said this:
And following on from yesterday's Sunday Times, The Times further stresses today that Mancini will seek to sell Balotelli in the summer.
Those cracks at Eastlands are widening. Balotelli (who else) and Yaya Toure supposedly had a dressing room fight, according to the Daily Star. The pair had a scuffle in the tunnel at Swansea last month, but have tensions now boiled over on home turf?
Meanwhile, Sir Alex Ferguson, revelling in the turmoil at City while he and his team enjoyed a golf jolly at St Andrews, believes David de Gea has finally "got a grip" of life at Manchester United after an error-strewn start, report the Guardian.
Liverpool may be in need of a new manager again soon, after King Kenny downgraded to Careworn Kenny, who downgraded to Crestfallen Kenny after a humiliating loss at Newcastle. How about former Anfield defender Sami Hyypia? The ex-Finland international has been placed in temporary charge of Bayer Leverkusen, say the Daily Mail.
Reds conqueror Papiss Cisse is hungry for goals - and goats. Newcastle manager Alan Pardew revealed the Senegal striker has been inspired by eating curried goat on Africa Day, so say the Mirror. Feed him a goat and he will score...
One of the weekend's most intriguing stories stemmed from the Preston-Sheffield Wednesday clash. Preston players allegedly leaked their team line-up to Wednesday, and the FA's compliance officials are now awaiting data from betting monitors, before deciding whether certain individuals have a case to answer, claim The Daily Telegraph.
And one of HuffPost Sport's greatest number 10 contendersRonaldinho missed a sitter in Flamengo's win over Bangu. Apparently TV stations lapped up the gaffe, say the essential 101 Great Goals.