John W Henry's new house described as a 'monstrosity' plus watching Spurs not all plain sailing for Alan Sugar

John W Henry has yet to unveil his plans for a redeveloped Anfield and perhaps that's for the best given protests at the new mansion he is building in the posh Boston suburb of Brookline.

Joey Barton leads Twitter campaign in support of Hillsborough petition

• Midfielder backs calls for release of documents into tragedy • Urges Lady Gaga and Lord Sugar to also join online campaign After using Twitter to quote Nietzsche and George Washington, and then to insult Alan Shearer's dress sense, Joey Barton was back on the social networking site yesterday, but this time his comments were widely met by praise and respect as opposed to ridicule and rage.

Daniel Levy was described by former Tottenham chairman and star of The Apprentice Alan Sugar, as the toughest negotiator he has ever dealt with, after ENIC Group, an investment company chaired by Levy, took over the club in 2001. However, it is vital that Levy eschews from entering negotiations with any club regarding Luka Modric after categorically stating the player is not for sale, at any price.

Many people were shocked when Aston Villa paid such a large transfer fee for Darren Bent last season and perhaps even more shocking was the hefty wage packet offered to Wayne Rooney to stay at Man United, but look at what these forwards have produced since and you start to realise just how important these deals were to both clubs.

Despite its fundamental flaws, the BBC Money Programme production Lord Sugar Tackles Football was a watchable attempt to evaluate English football's financial ills. These flaws were immediately evident. Sugar's call for football to take a "dose of hard business reality" came during an hour-long documentary whose introduction contained next-to-no reality whatsoever.