You'll have to do better than that: Dimitar Berbatov
acknowledges Fenerbahce's offer. Photograph: Jon Super/AP
Today's fluff spits upon the name Oliver Cromwell. It's bizarre
isn't it? People getting so idiotically excited about a pointless,
expensive, anachronistic and downright weird institution that
should have been scrapped centuries ago? The hours and hours of
rolling news, eroding the soul with the unstoppable inevitability
of waves on rock. The analysts rummaging through the unknown
details like rats in a tip, attempting to give meaning to something
that quite simply has none. Still, the January transfer window is
here to stay and there's not much we can do about it, so we might
as well take a look at who is going to be making the big moves next
year.
Chelsea's defensive uber-crisis means they will splash either
£25m on Benfica's David Luiz, £20m on Gary
Cahill, £5m on Roma's Phillippe Mexès or
something similar on Newcastle's Steven Taylor. Or
they may simply recall Michael Mancienne from his
loan spell at Wolves, blatantly the most sensible option given that
both Alex and John Terry could well be back by the middle of
January anyway.
Fenerbahce want to spend €15m on Manchester United's
Dimitar Berbatov. Though they almost certainly
won't be able to. They might, though, be able to get their hands on
enjoyably provocative Manchester City frontman Emmanuel
Adebayor, who Roberto Mancini wants out of Eastlands.
Juventus, however, seem to be at the front of the queue.
