A tiny father with a child on his shoulders studies an enormous pasty with a magnifying glass outside a stadium gate.

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Father Of Two Reprices 1995 Pasty Outside Stadium As Ruel Fox Ranks Above Savio

Desmond Parry · Chief Football Correspondent12 October · Reading time: one pint

Football finance expert Kieran Maguire's revenue-adjusted list, reported by Spurs Web, places Ruel Fox at £88.6m, ahead of Savio at £85m, with Sandro Tonali on top at £100m.

A North London father of two has spent the morning outside the stadium recalculating the price of a pasty he bought in 1995, after learning that Ruel Fox is now officially worth more than Savio.

The Herald understands the man read the Spurs Web report over breakfast. It sets out Kieran Maguire's list of Tottenham's most expensive signings, adjusted for the growth in Premier League revenue, in which Sandro Tonali tops the table at £100m and Fox appears fourth at £88.6m.

Savio, signed from Manchester City, sits seventh at £85m, one place below Mateus Fernandes. Three of the club's seven most expensive signings, the report notes, were completed in the recent transfer window.

The man did not dwell on the summer. He dwelt on 1995/96, the season Fox arrived from West Ham, and on a pasty he purchased on a Saturday that year for £1.40, which he has kept in his mind ever since.

If a winger can go up like that, a pasty can go up like that. I want it adjusted for revenue. I'll take a receipt.

He has so far approached the megastore, a turnstile and a man in a hi-vis jacket, who confirmed the pasty is not a registered signing and has not been since it was eaten.

The list also records that Chris Armstrong cost £94.9m in the same season, a figure the man has described as encouraging for anyone who was there.

He is currently working out what the programme was worth.

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A small fan in a white shirt sits on a stool from behind outside a stadium turnstile, dwarfed by a giant card-shaped slab.

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Supporter Begins Own Three-Match Suspension Outside Stadium After Reading What Games Bentancur Will Miss

Desmond Parry · Chief Football Correspondent12 October · Reading time: one pint

Football.london reports that Rodrigo Bentancur must serve a three-match Premier League ban after his red card for violent conduct against Manchester United, which essentially sidelines him until November.

A Tottenham man has begun serving a three-match suspension outside the stadium, in sympathy with Rodrigo Bentancur and without having been asked to.

The Herald understands he arrived at 7am on Monday, shortly after reading that the midfielder would miss three Premier League games following his dismissal for violent conduct at Old Trafford on Saturday night.

He has set up a folding stool at the main gate. A flask, a tin of shortbread and a printed list of the fixtures he will not be attending are within reach.

If he's out, I'm out. That's how it works. It's a team.

Passers-by were informed that the ban runs, in his words, essentially until November, and that he has cleared his diary accordingly. He has not told his employer, who believes he is at a dental appointment of unusual length.

Our correspondent noted that the three games are all away or in the league, and that the Carabao Cup tie with Crystal Palace is not covered by the suspension. The man said he had taken a view on this and would be staying outside for that one too, on the grounds that it would be "disrespectful" not to.

A steward confirmed the man is not in breach of any rule, there being none for this situation. He has been offered a cup of tea, and has accepted, after a brief discussion about whether that counts as a mitigating factor.

At press time he was appealing his own ban.

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