World Cup 2010 paper view: Fabio Capello wears Speedos

If you're the sort of person who goes horse-riding in your local library and tries to buy sausages in a shoe shop, then you never decide what to wear without first consulting the Daily Mail . The celebrated slicksters of that organ have worked themselves into quite a tizzy this morning after publishing photos of Cristiano Ronaldo wearing a splash of black nail varnish on each of his big toes. "Those painted toe-nails were a mistake !" fumes the rag authoritatively. Despite spying on Ronaldo and his girlfriend through a telescopic lens as they holidayed in New York, the photographer who sold a slew of photos to the ever-vigilant Mail was apparently unable to let the rag know what the star thought of their own nails, which are dug desperately into his coat-tails. Elsewhere in the Mail, acclaimed adonis Jeff Powell is outraged at Fabio Capello for wearing " grotesque Speedos ". Powell then tries to convince us that it is not really the Italian's clobber that concerns him but the fact that he is on a beach when he should obviously be in South Africa learning things from the countries still left in the World Cup. Which is perhaps a fair point, but we all know that if Capello turned up in Soccer City on Sunday clad in nothing but his Speedos, Powell would be most outraged. On the bright side, perhaps renowned skimpy-kecks-enthusiast Sepp Blatter would be impressed? Go on Fabio, do it, for the sake of England's 2018 bid . Speaking of 2018, what will Manchester City be like then? Will they be on skid row with the likes of MC Hammer and Queen Elizabeth II , ruefully sighing that they used to be someone but burned all their money on bling? Or will they still be on the back pages every day being linked with every footballer who pops into the hackery's mind? Today City are "on the verge" of signing Fernando Torres (though Chelsea are on that very same verge), David Villa (though he has just joined Barcelona – but they have cash flow problems, see, and City could sort that out), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (ditto), Didier Drogba (who Chelsea will reportedly let go for just £20m, perhaps because they're intrigued by the prospect of a Drogba-Emmanuel Adebayor double act) and, of course, … Richard Wright, who's unemployed having just been let go by Ipswich. Despite Wright's possible arrival, Brazilian funboy Robinho still doesn't want to return to Eastlands. But he won't be allowed to go to Besiktas as City have rejected the Turks' £17m offer. £17m is how much Chelsea will have to pay to get hold of Dutch full-back Gregory van der Wiel, who is also being courted by Bayern Munich. The Bavarians also have their eye on Mesut Ozil , but Manchester United reckon they are more attractive to the young German and will double their efforts to lure him after being brushed off by Wesley Sneijder. Over two decades ago Napoli signed Diego Armando Maradona, and recapturing those golden days remains their goal. Today, however, they are being linked with a move for Jermaine Pennant. It's a long way back to the top. Sol Campbell would agree. His push for a place in England's new-look Euro 2012 squad will begin with a move to either Celtic or Sunderland . Harry Redknapp, meanwhile, having failed to talk himself into the England job, will resume his Tottenham duties by asking Everton if they'd like to part company with Steven Pienaar .