Arsenal want £12m for Thomas Vermaelen

Manchester United’s summer move for Thomas Vermaelen could be set to fall through with Arsenal demanding double the value of their first offer.

United are believed to have bid £6m for the Belgian international, but the Gunners are holding out for £12m for a player who spent best part of last season on the bench and who has just one year remaining on his contract.

Alcoholic boy, 2, prefers beer to milk

Just weeks after a shocking video emerged of a toddler smoking cigarettes in China, comes another disturbing story of a two-year-old boy reportedly addicted to alcohol.

Cheng Cheng prefers wine and bottles of beer to milk, according to the Shanghaiist, and is known as ‘Little Winebibber’ by local media.