NOT FOR THE first time in the history of football transfers, a manager has dismissed rumours linking one of his players to another club.
Owen Coyle has described talk of Gary Cahill going to Liverpool as being “without foundation”.
However, seasoned transfer rumour followers will know that like the dreaded ‘vote of confidence’ given to a struggling manager, this is baloney and what Coyle really means is that you can expect to see him in a Liverpool jersey by the end of the week.
Man City reckon Maicon is worth a punt, owing to all those resolute Champions League performances where he did a fine job keeping Gareth Bale quiet… Wait!
The Brazilian right-back will be offered as part of the Carlos Tevez deal, with the latter getting to move ever-so-slightly closer to his family in Argentina.
Meanwhile, Jordan Henderson has told fans not to compare him with Steven Gerrard – it’s okay Jordan, we were never planning on doing so.
In addition, just because a player’s not good enough for Macclesfield doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t good enough for Man United. Teenager Max Lonsdale was released by the former, but has just earned a trial with the latter, owing to a DVD he sent the club.
And perhaps as a result of having to shop for ex-Macclesfield players, Alex Ferguson is rather grouchy these days, if this clip is anything to go by, in which he essentially implies that the Daily Mail is not his favourite newspaper in the world.
Advised deal of the day: Samuel Eto may be approaching the twilight of his career, however he has proven he can still be effective irrespective of age, and so he might be just the player Chelsea need to launch a sustained title campaign this season.
Ill-advised deal of the day: Unlike Eto’o, no matter how much money QPR pay for Joe Cole, they won’t be able to compensate for the fact that he’s past his best.
