Dunny’s Hairdryer

THE authorities’ indifference to the Robert Snodgrass scandal is as disgraceful as it is predictable.

The Premier League was, and is, a cosy club where backs are scratched and deals are made.

It seems – certainly according to Sam Allardyce and not denied by anyone – Snodgrass was sold to West Brom by West Ham on the understanding he would not play against his old employers when the two teams next met.

Snodgrass (above) played for West Brom in their win against Wolves, but was then “ineligible” for the defeat to West Ham.

How can that not compromise the integrity of the competition?

It would not be allowed in Sunday League football, for goodness sake.

The loan system, which allows Premier League clubs to lease players to each other, has long been diseased.

Now, it seems, they are doing deals which mean a player cannot turn out for a club that actually employs him full-time.

The best league in the world? Quite possibly.

The one with the most integrity? Certainly not.

FRANK LAMPARD dug out a journalist

Friday’s during

press conference and was criticised for being by some

thin-skinned. Forget that,

we should all just be glad

he reads us. Or some

of us, least.

AS the Covid fatality numbers have reached truly shocking levels over this past week, I haven’t noticed many politicians grandstanding over footballers having the odd hug.

Even the most shameless in Westminster have not got the brass neck to continue with a shameless diversionary tactic.