July 26, 2008
News and notes
After a superb curry and a lot of wine I fell asleep on the lounge floor and the day’s troubles were gone. Now I’m awake and drinking Just Juice pineapple (a favourite since I was very young) and looking nervously at the sunny street below and wondering what to do with the weekend. Do we have news? Some:
Rangers manager Walter Smith on Steve Davis:
“We haven’t been able to reach an agreement with Fulham on Davis, which is disappointing. It’s frustrating, because we know that the lad would like to come to Rangers.
“Fulham came back to us on the deal, but we can’t agree on the financial aspect. So that’s where it stands at the moment. It’s disappointing for both parties because Steven has indicated that he would like to join us.
“It is still early, though, in the sense that there are still five weeks of the transfer window to go. But that’s where things stand just now.”
Nathan Ashton has gone to Wycombe on a permanent deal. Good luck to him. He played once for us and we won. So that’s good and I’m sure he enjoyed it.
The Star says that Everton will use part of the Andy Johnson money to buy Joao Moutinho.
Johnson is expected to complete his £10.7m switch to Fulham in days
And TiFF moles say he was at Motspur yesterday. So, one way or another, it looks like we’ll be signing him. The natural reaction is to think that it’s a lot of money – and it is – but when you see what the likes of Roy Keane are doing at Sunderland, it’s a serious reminder that you have to keep blasting away at improving your squad in this league or you’ll be left behind. And with Johnson up front we’ll certainly be better than before.
Our Roy recently talked about flirting with the idea of a holding midfielder. Well that midfielder could be Vincenzo Grella of Torino, says the Indy.
Channel 4 – which has always had a finger on the Italian football pulse – says we’ve made an official offer for Grella.
The Indy story also reminds us that Fredrik Stoor is not with us yet. But he’ll sign next week, finally.
Right, there we are. Still a lot going oh, eh? Whether this lot manage to gel in time for the season is anyone’s guess.
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