Transfer window?
Samba, Mertesacker, Gary Cahill, Darren Bent, Steven Pienaar.. what do I make of it all?
Well, Myles’s Golden Rule for January is : Sign players already proven in the Premier League.
Does that make sense or does it make sense?
With David Wheater joining Bolton yesterday, does that mean Gary Cahill will be sold to Arsenal for £10 million plus £5m in add-ons?
We know than Owen Coyle and Wenger have done business before and speak regularly.
How good is Cahill? I don’t know. What’s the maximum price Wenger would pay? I don\’t know.
As a footballer, would Gary Cahill fit in? Yes.
What would Cahill think of the Colney Creche? Great facilities, precious people. Would Cahill enjoy playing for a big club? Yes. Could he raise his game? Yes.
Does he want to play for England regularly? I would hope he does. He\’s 25 and has only one cap.
Darren Bent likes the North East so much he wanted a move to Turkey last summer.
He was tapped up by Aston Villa, so he stopped trying and was sold for £18m going up to £24m. Bent is 26 and Harry Redknapp didn’t fancy him and sold him to Sunderland, so Spurs now get the £6m they’re owed by Sunderland.
Steve Bruce is furious that Gerard Houllier didn’t have the decency to call him. I’m not surprised that Houllier didn’t do that. He still blames Ginola for France’s failure to qualify for the World Cup when he was their manager.
Everton agreed a fee for Pienaar with Chelsea, but he signed for Spurs.
Bigger wages at Spurs? We assume so. Spurs and Chelsea are fighting for 4th place. Both teams know that. And I’m sure Carlo will walk at the end of the season.
But how does Steven Pienaar fit into the Spurs team? He\’s not really a playmaker and not a goalscorer either. In 20 games for Everton this season, he’s scored one goal.
He’s busy and tenacious, a good scrapper, a continuity player, a keep-ball player. But since Pienaar is better than Palacios or Jenas, he’s a good acquisition at £3m. But where is he gonna play?
Newcastle play Spurs tomorrow, maybe we’ll find out.
We’re now 21 days into this transfer window and I’ve been silent on transfers for 21 days.
I vowed privately in December to be silent on transfers in January because I didn’t think Wenger would sign anybody significant.
We shall see.
We know one thing for sure: Wenger would rather have too few players than too many.