Benzema joins the circus; Rambo settling down in London
Add comment July 2nd, 2009
I hate you, BT Broadband.
I hate you, and I hate your useless call centres.
There. All better now. And what’s more, I’m back online.
I needn’t have bothered, of course, as new scontinues to drip in irregularly like some kind of transfer-based water torture. The big story yesterday was that Real Madrid ensnared Karim Benzema in their Galactic Circus. It seems to me that the rest of Europe is waiting for Real and Man City to finish their ludicrous spending before picking up the pieces.
It leaves Manchester United in awkward position, though. They’ve lost Ronaldo and Tevez, and have already missed out on both Kaka and Benzema as potential replacements. Given that the same pattern is likely to repeat with Franck Ribery, one wonders just what scraps will be left for United come the end of August.
William Gallas has underlined his desire to see out the remaining year of his contract at Arsenal. Peversely when considering his previous transgressions, Gallas is probably more likely to stay at the club this summer than either Kolo Toure or Mikael Silvestre, linked with City and Bordeaux respectively.
There’s a story about giant Brazilian Naldo potentially arriving as a replacement should Toure depart – to be honest, I’d rather we kept our current crop of defenders and focused on that midfielder we desperately need.
Speaking of midfielders, Aaron Ramsey has signed a new contract with the club. I know it seems a little soon, but I think when he signed aged just 17 there was a limit on the length on contract he could put his name to, and the club have simply moved to extend that.
The start of pre-season training is tantalisingly close now…
