Our heartfelt commiserations go out to David Ginola, who has been told by the makers of ITV's Celebrity Stars in their Eyes that his moving rendition of a Harry Connick Jnr tune has been dropped from the show (due to be aired in October) because "there was a struggle with his accent". "The show's musical director tried to help him improve his singing technique but it didn't work out," claimed an "insider".

Rumours that Arsenal's Dennis Bergkamp, singing Randy Crawford's One Day I'll Fly Away, has been lined up as a replacement have yet to be confirmed, but Arsene Wenger's keeping his fingers crossed.