Flurries of rumours; can’t see wood for trees
East Lower —
... This story is, however, quite interesting, though the juice of the story has been bizarrely hidden away at the foot of a spurious transfer story about Roque Santa Cruz (a big name surely - 14 letters). I don’t know the provenance of the story but it’s the first time I’ve ever read about a possible return for David Dein, and that he might consider resigning from the Uzbeki holding company he sold out to in order to facilitate it. Personally, I’m sceptical about the story and wonder whether it has the whiff of PR. I merely said it was ...
Silly season just got a bit sillier
Arseblog —
... and large, that everybody accepts silly season for what it is. If, on August 31st, you were to go back to the start of the transfer window you'd find us linked with dozens and dozens of players. All the stories try and project some kind of truth - e.g 'Arsenal have sent scouts to watch Carlitos Flapmuncher' or 'The 14 year old striker is expected to go straight into Arsenal's first team'. However, sometimes you get a story so silly it doesn't fit into the normal scheme of things. The Times , via Martin Samuel and Matt Hughes, are reporting, at the bottom of a spurious link ...
Top six transfer rumours, 19 May: Samuel Eto'o to Spurs, and other gossip
Who ate all the Pies —
... ] 4. Arda Turan to Newcastle Utd Kevin Keegan is eager to win the race for the highly rated Galatasaray winger; Middlesbrough and Tottenham have also shown an interest in the 21-year-old, but reports suggest Keegan is in pole position to wrap up an £11m deal. 5. Roque Santa Cruz to Arsenal Arsene Wenger wants a piece of the Blackburn Rovers and Paraguay striker - but only if Arsenal lose Emmanuel Adebayor in the summer. [ Times ] 6. Stewart Downing to Liverpool Rafa Benitez will bid £12m for Boro's star winger, essentially as a replacement for the useless Harry Kewell. [ ...
