Well, Jeremy already started us off with the Juve gossip of the day but here's some commentary on the rest...
THE REAL DEALS - Wow, Cannavaro AND Emerson for £13.7m? That's a great deal for Madrid. Given what Chelsea has done to the market and his star turn at the World Cup, I'd think Cannavaro would be worth that by himself. No impact on our favorite Premiership fantasy game but ponder, if you will, the thought of Cannavaro being worth less than what Feyenoord are asking for Kuyt...madness. Robben, Fabregas, and Kaka being thrown in as "on the way" seems to be a bit much, even for Real.
LEFT BACKS IN THE CHANGING ROOMS - The only interesting tidbit in this piece is the rumor that Wayne Bridge will be moving to Spurs to make way for Ashley Cole and Roberto Carlos. If that were to happen, Spurs would be significantly upgraded on the left of defense and Bridge's fantasy value would be improved over last year with more clean sheets and better strikers on the other ends of his crosses.
POOL CHASING PENNANT - This one has been on-again/off-again for most of the close season. Liverpool would be better off, Pennant would be better off, Birmingham would get a nice return on their investment given that Pennant is unlikely to stay in the Championship with all his talent, it will give Brum a head start on finding replacements as they look to get back to the top flight. As for fantasy value, Pennant's will go up if he starts consistently. Crouch will get more service and have less attention paid him given that Gerrard will also be lurking.
AND THE REST
Huth to Boro back on - Mark October on your calendars to start considering the giant German for your squad.
Gravesen back to Everton - Do you ever get the feeling that there are a default set of rumors that someone has on a dartboard and that if there isn't anything else to write about they throw a dart and recycle the rumor? Me too...and this one has been in moderately heavy rotation for the last 18 months or so. Please feel free to nominate others for this category...
Mido to Blackburn (again) - They need a striker, he needs a team, we all need the comic relief...make this one happen Mark
Julio Arca is in talks with Boro - I like the Barton to Boro rumors more for Boro but this is not a terrible thing if it happens instead
All I can say is Calderon is pulling off a stunner of a summer transfer season, with Capello the obvious cog in that whole thang. Who wouldn't want to play for moneygrip with all that money to grip on top? The elite of Madrid and Spain must really think they can challenge Barca for the appealing brand of ball. I know I'll be taking my over to GolTV for Sunday evening matches to see how it plays out.
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