Morning, today’s post is brought to you with a hint of a *boilk* but not much more than that really. Although I can taste chips. Not so good.
Anyway, Sunday is a day of rumour and scuttlebutt in the papers so let’s get on with that. The Times is reporting, in a very casual manner I have to say, that Kolo Toure has agreed personal terms with Manchester City.
To me this appears to be a couple of steps ahead of where it should be. Generally personal terms are agreed after the clubs agree a fee. The Times says £15m is what he ‘should’ be sold for but makes no claim of contact between the two clubs. So how are personal terms being agreed? Then you remember that Kolo’s agent is one Jonathan Barnett, grubby pal of the swervy husband of the X-Factor judge from Girls Aloud and it makes some kind of sense.
£15m for Kolo? It’d be something you’d have to consider, for sure. However, the only way you could accept it is by spending some of that money on another centre-half, because if Kolo leaves and Senderos leaves, as seems likely, we’re only a couple of injuries away from Sylvester and Song at the back and that, my friends, is making me taste chips again.
The other thing you have to consider is that it would make City better at the back and while I think getting rid of Adebayor has not affected us adversely, selling Kolo to them would probably be unwise.
Steve Stammers reports in the Mirror that Eduardo‘s return to training is making Arsene think twice about buying a replacement for Adebayor but the News of the World says we’re planning a £7m swoop for Solomon Kalou. AW did confirm last season that we’d tried to sign him last summer so that’s probably where this story is coming from but I have to say the thought of Kalou in an Arsenal shirt isn’t exactly filling me with glee.
His name makes me think of Salamander Glue and if anyone can think of a good use for salamander glue besides sticking a whole load of salamanders to someone’s car then I’d like to hear it. I bet it has nothing to do with being any good at football though.
And if you thought Salamander Glue was the most off the wall transfer rumour of the day, think again. How about Lee Cattermole? £10m says VitalWigan. I watched him a bit in that U21 tournament and he does like a tackle but he’s hardly the experienced quality player we’re all looking for. Anyway, I would suggest this is about as likely as me laying a golden egg.
Srallex Ferguson has been having a bit of a pop at Man City in the papers today, and who can blame him? While calling them ‘small time’ and ‘people who enjoy being raped by monsters’ (I think, I haven’t read it all), he confirms that Emmanuel Adebayor’s people desperately tried to engineer a move to United or Chelsea rather than go to the City of People Who Enjoy Being Raped By Monsters Stadium.
I saw Adebayor on Sky Sports News last night talking about the upcoming season at his new club and all I could think of was ‘You prick’. Not terribly clever or anything but after that many beers I’m not in charge of my own head.
Rumours in Italy say that AC Milan want Nicklas Bendtner. Can’t see it. Especially after Berlusconi gets on the phone to Peter Hill-Wood.
PHW: “Hello?”
SB: “What are you wearing you sexy little minx? I would make love to you all night long. Bring some friends. We can have an orgy”.
PHW: “I beg your pardon?”
SB: “Ooops, so sorry. Wrong phone. Althoooooouuuugh ….”
PHW: *click*
The News of the World and the Mirror also tell you what you already know about young Brazilian Wellington so there’s no need for me to link to the stories.
And that ladies and gentlemen is about that. Have yourselves a jolly Sunday. More tomorrow.
