Like an over-enthusiastic female on Oxford Street ready to jump from shop to shop and splash the cash, it is AFC Bournemouth who are currently jumping from club to club not to buy clothes, but players with their Russian-funded money.
When one looks back at the Real Madrid ‘Galatico’ generation, no one ever seems to put Guti in the same bracket as his compatriots, who he shared a pitch with for many a season.
Ah, the mad transfer window rush, who can fail to be excited by the last day slap-dash lunacy as managers take a look at their squad and press the panic button and get onto the blower to their chairmen quick snap to fire off a move for the flavour of the month whose club may be vulnerable to a flick of the eyelashes with not much time left on the clock.
As the old adage goes, form is temporary and class is permanent. It looks like a simple enough saying to determine which players are class and which are in form. I suppose that’s what makes the difference between theory and practise…
The unoriginally named Cardiff City stadium could be set for a busy conclusion to the transfer window as boss Malky Mackay plans a double swoop to help assist the final promotion push and also the big Carling Cup final date with Liverpool at Wembley.
There are 16 minutes left at the Emirates and a cascade of boos rings around the crowd as the fourth official’s board shows a red number 15 and a green number 23.
Sir Alex Ferguson must be wondering if he persuaded the wrong star to come out of retirement this January. While Paul Scholesfilled a hole in midfield left by Darren Fletcher’s illness, the Manchester United boss will have been wondering what Edwin Van DerSar is up to these days after Saturday’s game with Liverpool.
In recent weeks, I’ve been fortunate enough to cover matches involving some of the most in-form strikers in the country. I saw Jordan Rhodes notch one of his 27 goals for Huddersfield this season and also witnessed Millwall frontman Darius Henderson bag his second hat-trick in the space of a few days, and third of the campaign.