Those Milan fans are going to feel pretty darn stupid now, aren't they? Only yesterday they were berating Rossoneri officials for sanctioning the sales of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva to Paris Saint-Germain, going so far as to stage a mock funeral for the club near its training ground.
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"All hope is lost!" they wailed, "the club can never recover!" they mourned as they scoffed at officials' promise to refund their season tickets in search of forgiveness. What those disgruntled fans didn't understand was that management has a masterplan. And the masterplan goes something like this: trouser around £60m for the departed duo and then replace them with cheaper upgrades! That's moneyball, people! Accordingly, the Scandinavian genius that is Zlatan will be replaced by an even better Scandinavian genius, which, of course, explains why Milan are courting … Nicklas Bendtner.
Beleaguered Milan are also said to be after hardy Arjen Robben. In defence, meanwhile, the plan to replace Silva with Montepellier's Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa has been rumbled by the fact that Montpellier know exactly how much they got for Silva and are demanding at least the same. So instead Milan may join Napoli, Manchester City and Zenit St Petersburg in jostling for the services of Martin Skrtel, meaningLiverpool may have to find themselves a new scary centre-back. The name Johan Djourou has been mentioned, but that is hardly the sort of frightening that Brendan Rodgers has in mind.
That erstwhile suave Italian you saw marauding down your high street today with a tomahawk in hand and murderous expression in his eyes was the warrior referred to in today's Daily Mirror as Roberto Mad-cini, who is apparently "on the warpath" after having a "major bust-up with his Manchester City bosses" over the club's failure to, so far, sign Robin Van Persie. Word is the club's chief football administrator, Brian Marwood, wants to clear out the likes of Emmanuel Adebayor, Carlos Tevez, Roque Santa Cruz and Edin Dzeko before bringing any other forwards in, both to prepare for the new financial fair play rules and avoid having to build having to build an extension on to the club's dressing room. But that doesn't wash with Mad-cini, who will bawl and bawl until officials play ball.
Bayern Munich will help Marwood's cause by taking Nigel de Jong off City's hands and unleashing him on the Bundesliga.
Ryan Babel could be set to remind people that he is a real live footballer rather than just a relentless pop-up ad on twitter by joining eitherNewcastle, Tottenham, Fulham or Swansea. And for the last in this Dutch-based mini-series, Feyenoord's manager Ronal Koeman has given Aston Villa one more week to convince Ron Vlaar that a season-long relegation fight is just what he needs.
Manchester United may not really be able to keep up with the rich new kids on the block but they can still try to keep up appearances and so have managed to get themselves linked with 20-year-old River Plate midfielder Ezequiel Cirigliano, who will ultimately join either Manchester City or PSG.
Dimitar Berbatov could sashay his way to Zenit St Petersburg, where his all-action style is likely to endear him to fans who are still pining for Andriy Arshavin.
Mark Hughes plans staging his annual Craig Bellamy reunion bash at Loftus Road, and may invite Jermain Defoe along too.
Beleaguered Milan are also said to be after hardy Arjen Robben. In defence, meanwhile, the plan to replace Silva with Montepellier's Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa has been rumbled by the fact that Montpellier know exactly how much they got for Silva and are demanding at least the same. So instead Milan may join Napoli, Manchester City and Zenit St Petersburg in jostling for the services of Martin Skrtel, meaningLiverpool may have to find themselves a new scary centre-back. The name Johan Djourou has been mentioned, but that is hardly the sort of frightening that Brendan Rodgers has in mind.
That erstwhile suave Italian you saw marauding down your high street today with a tomahawk in hand and murderous expression in his eyes was the warrior referred to in today's Daily Mirror as Roberto Mad-cini, who is apparently "on the warpath" after having a "major bust-up with his Manchester City bosses" over the club's failure to, so far, sign Robin Van Persie. Word is the club's chief football administrator, Brian Marwood, wants to clear out the likes of Emmanuel Adebayor, Carlos Tevez, Roque Santa Cruz and Edin Dzeko before bringing any other forwards in, both to prepare for the new financial fair play rules and avoid having to build having to build an extension on to the club's dressing room. But that doesn't wash with Mad-cini, who will bawl and bawl until officials play ball.
Bayern Munich will help Marwood's cause by taking Nigel de Jong off City's hands and unleashing him on the Bundesliga.
Ryan Babel could be set to remind people that he is a real live footballer rather than just a relentless pop-up ad on twitter by joining eitherNewcastle, Tottenham, Fulham or Swansea. And for the last in this Dutch-based mini-series, Feyenoord's manager Ronal Koeman has given Aston Villa one more week to convince Ron Vlaar that a season-long relegation fight is just what he needs.
Manchester United may not really be able to keep up with the rich new kids on the block but they can still try to keep up appearances and so have managed to get themselves linked with 20-year-old River Plate midfielder Ezequiel Cirigliano, who will ultimately join either Manchester City or PSG.
Dimitar Berbatov could sashay his way to Zenit St Petersburg, where his all-action style is likely to endear him to fans who are still pining for Andriy Arshavin.
Mark Hughes plans staging his annual Craig Bellamy reunion bash at Loftus Road, and may invite Jermain Defoe along too.
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