Liverpool were the first to break the record at around 5:45pm when they announced that they had agreed a fee of £35million with Newcastle United for striker Andy Carroll. This then enabled the Merseyside club to accept the £50million bid Chelsea had offered for Fernando Torres, after he had handed in a transfer request at the weekend.
I still can’t believe that Liverpool have paid so much for a striker who’s only played half a season in the Premiership and has yet to really prove himself. Whereas I’m not surprised Chelsea were willing to pay £50million for a Torres because he’s a world class player who looked like he didn’t really want to be at Liverpool anymore.
I just hope he doesn’t help Chelsea stop United from winning the title!
I’m also concerned to see Man City in second spot. However it’s early days and things can change again and again over the course of the season. I think that if Chelsea get a few injuries (OK, Fat Frank has been out for a few weeks) they will struggle against tougher opposition on the road. Especially if Drogba or Anelka are out for a period of time. Next May I reckon United will just pip Chelsea and get revenge for last season. Especially as Chelsea are the only team which have started with a bang and not really suffered a dip in form yet, largely due to their inferior opponents to date.
Oh, and wouldn’t it be nice if Liverpool got relegated too.
Come the end of the season I’m predicting the top 4 to look like this:
Man United
Chelsea
Arsenal
Man City
]]>Watching the game on Sky Sports yesterday, there was a comment that Arsenal WERE dangerous last season with their formidable partnership between Van Persie and Emmanuel Adebayor, now of Manchester City. They brushed aside AC Milan in the Champions League, and were a team that were nearly perfect, bar maybe 1 or 2 signings. Bring on the summer transfer window at the start of the season and what did they do? That’s right, they sold Adebayor and didn’t recruit anyone as a worthy replacement.
Arsene Wenger is a great manager, but I still feel that he has a stubborn streak that is leaving his side a little short when it comes to challenging for the Premier League crown. Hopefully my words won’t come back an haunt me.
So who will win the league this year? My bet in on the winner of the Manchester United vs Chelsea game at Old Trafford on 3rd April this year.
]]>Chelsea and England captain Terry is alleged to have had an affair with Perroncel. The allegations are yet to be confirmed but Perroncel has held talks with publicist Max Clifford over dinner regarding the affair and her story is likely to be released soon.
Terry’s wife Toni Terry is currently in Dubai with their twins following the allegations. Capello is is keen to get crisis talks out of the way so he can concentrate on England’s build up to the World Cup in South Africa this summer.
]]>In this time Ballack has been playing in the role and since the new manager has come in a new formation is being played.
Now Harry is said to be monitoring the situation, this must show that there is an opportunity to strike as there is very seldom smoke without a fire.
Spurs are said to be thinking of balancing the books by selling Roman Pavlyuchenko, who is said to be linked with Zenit St Petersburg.
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