Fergie let-off for Eddie

IT HAS emerged that when Eddie Jones met Sir Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford the day after the Calcutta Cup defeat by Scotland that sparked the England crisis, Jones was expecting a number of comments from the Scotsman about the match. Instead, it is understood leadership expert Ferguson never mentioned what had happened at Murrayfield during their talks.

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shares have traded at a record price again of £36,000 — a massive hike of more than £5,000. One explanation for the frenzy could be small investor positioning ahead of Russian shareholder Alisher Usmanov dumping his 30 per cent stake in the club on the market if the political situation between the UK and the Kremlin worsens even further.