GOSSIP ROUND UP

Last updated : 26 July 2004 By Editor
New boy Gabriel Heinze missed a penalty as Brazil beat Argentina 4-2 on
penalties in the final of the Copa America. It had finished 2-2.

The Sun reports that Wayne Rooney has split with his girlfriend after he had sex with a hooker.

The sun also reports that Luis Figo's agent Luis Vicente visited London on behalf
of Real Madrid and he reckons Vieira has decided he wants to join Real.

Steve McClaren could become England boss if Sven Goran Eriksson is forced
out of his job because of getting his end away with a secretary at the FA.
The FA also confirmed that its chief executive Mark Palios, Eriksson's boss at the FA, had also had a relationship with Alam who is of Bangladeshi origin.

"With regard to the chief executive Mark Palios we believe this is a private matter, but we have seen evidence from e-mails sent by Ms Alam, and having made further inquiries, these confirm an extremely brief relationship did take place," the statement said.

Eriksson, appointed England coach in January 2001, took the team to the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004.

Eriksson's long-standing relationship with Italian Nancy Dell'Olio survived a previous affair with fellow Swedish celebrity Ulrika Jonsson.'