Got to love the comment from Yaya Toure's agent about Mascherano to Barcelona. When asked if it would be a problem he apparently responded with "Only for the Argentine."





Paired with this: 9.44 Hull City Phil Brown has said he will present a financial package to Michael Owen within the next week. The Newcastle man looked non-plussed when quizzed over Hull's interest yesterday but as Brown says 'anything is possible in football'. Even a tan in January.



And the sky sports transfer centre is quite amusing today.

Why is the Crouch situation relevant to the Johnson fee? Will they not pay pay you for Crouch unless you buy Johnson?

No but they didnt pay the money all in one go for Crouch therefore they owe us money so by buying a player off them it would make sense instead of them paying us more we would pay say 3 - 4mil less on the deal and call it quits on the Crouch future payments.

I think the Crouch fee would have been paid over the next two seasons, so instead of us having to wait to get that, we've cleared that off and given Pompey the rest for Johnson. If that money is coming straight out of this year's net budget, then it's only £10m net, I'm guessing.



As for your point Mark. I can't be bothered getting into the whole money and how much has been spent debate, there's so much that has to be taken into consideration. But Johnson is good and has potential to get better, it may seem inflated but when the top sides want to sign English players, they always have to pay more.

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Interesting read only one more signing to come in is how I read it going to be interesting to see who Chelsea and Man U buy mostly Man U due to there team already weaker than last seasons - Ronaldo and Tevez.

Leto, Voronon and Dossena will probably leave. Depending on the position our next signing is, I wouldn't mind seeing Babel leave.



If, and it's an increasingly unlikely if, we sign David Silva, then I wouldn't mind seeing Babel leave, but if we don't then it has to be his last season. If Rafa decides he can be Torres' back up, then I might be happier to see him stay and have one last shot at making it with us.

A very impressive young player from what I've seen so far at just 18 years old...

I think Benitez has more cash to play with than we're being led to believe.

Well the loan has been refinanced, hasn't it? And we could have the money brought back from Keane to use as well, as we didn't spend in January.

You lost money on Keane...?

I know, but we brought back £10m+ which surely shouldn't just disappear into fresh air. It was only 6 months ago, whether we lose or make money shouldn't really matter, as there was money brought into the club through a player sale, which usually means it's Rafa's to spend.