Arseweb is a bit uncomfortable at reporting this one. Even if it were true, it would be a bit of a non-issue. But it's on the nation's back pages, so here goes...

According to the Daily Star, the Internet is buzzing with rumours that Fred Ljungberg is having a gay affair with an as-yet unnamed London-based (male) singer. "I don't have a girlfriend at the moment but I'm a heterosexual," he told Swedish paper Aftonbladet. "I don't know that artist. I haven't even met him."

You might remember the 'porn movie' tittle-tattle which surfaced about the time of Euro 2000, and was subsequently torn to pieces here on Arseweb - well, the Star kindly revives that nonsense to pad out their back-page article. Cheers guys.