It's the Idrissa Gana Gueye power move: wrap it all up and announce it weeks later - but just long enough to get the jittery jittery so that their eventual relief magnifies their gratitude.
As such, they intend to bid approximately 2 million English pounds less than the fee agreed between Villarreal and a rival club who will already have agreed personal terms with the player.
A source at Everton has referred to this as the "Alan...
I don't think he is beaten by the Brehme deflection, for starters...
Peter Shilton played very competently for England - in particular against Cameroon - but the Germans provided a test too far for his aging frame and slowing feet.
He was also...
If Harrison comes back - and there is nothing credible to say he will - then Moyes will be toast come the inevitable downturn. It's a risk that I don't think he can afford to take having handed deals to Coleman and Keane - especially if we do not...
Terrible for Musiala but very little sympathy for Bayern. Who would have thought that needlessly flogging players in a cynical money-grabbing tournament during a heatwave could increase the chance of injury.
Bayern took the filthy lucre. Now...