LONDON -- The truth can sometimes be stranger than fiction and the ongoing Spanish inquisition involving David Beckham and Arsene Wenger is becoming, to borrow a line from Alice In Wonderland, curiouser and curiouser.

Christopher Davies

L'Equipe "broke" the story earlier this week that the Arsenal manager met with Real president Florentino Perez and Jorge Valdano, the club's sporting director, in Paris last Friday. Or did he?