Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson refuses to believe referee Mark Clattenburg would have directed a racial insult at a player.
So ... he points the finger of blame at Chelsea for coming up with this story!
Ferguson: "I don't believe Mark Clattenburg would make any comments like that. I refuse to believe it.
"I think it is unthinkable in the modern climate. I just don't believe it - simple as that.
"There is no way a referee would stoop to that, I am convinced of that.
"I think in the modern game, the way we see the game today rather than how it was 25 years ago, it has completely changed.
"I played myself and I know the banter that went on between referees and players 25 years ago is different from today.
"I have never heard a player come to me in the last 15 years and say a referee has sworn at them during a game, ever.
"So, that is where I stand. I don't believe it."