The truth about Women and football (part 1)

Thing is, football is like that. You set your heart on someone, and then you get your heart broken.
Today sees the departure of our young Giuseppe Rossi to Villarreal for “an undisclosed fee” believed to be £6.7 million. In this case, “undisclosed fee” should be taken to read “at least more than the £6 million [...]

Thank you, Lord

and thank you, Niall, for the £5.5m.
It is always sad to see an ex-trainee leave the Club, and the transfer of Kieran Richardson to Sunderland is no exception. Richardson made only a handful of appearances for United, and it could be argued that his potential – a potential appreciated by Bryan Robson at WBA, [...]

deadline day

Thursdays aren’t ordinarily days I look forward to, and yesterday was no exception. The only conceivable motivation for waking up today – from a purely footballing point of view, of course – was the closing of the transfer deadline.
United have already cast their lot – a dozen player farmed out on loan, several squad members [...]

more gossip

This from the Sunday Mirror:
“MANCHESTER UNITED are on the verge of landing Argentina hardman Aldo Duscher in a £7m deal”.
A little further down:
“United have also made an enquiry for another Argentine – Inter Milan’s Esteban Cambiasso”.
All I have to say is: Argentinians (Veron, Heinze) – good; Brazilians (Kleberson) – bad.
Mind you, this is the same [...]

Shopping in Italy

Mr. Victoria Beckham – yes, she wears the pants in the household – isn’t the only one shopping in Milan. Sky reveals today that Lazio’s Fabio Liverani was a target during the January transfer window. This is in addition to other Serie A based players Johann Vogel and Carlos Paredes.
Others apparently tracked include Mahamadou Diarra, [...]