Loony Toon bid for Rooney
"We've also been linked to Rooney, but as we don't have the 30 million Everton would want (or even half of that) I'll presume that's just the wanderings of some journalist's addled mind. It'd be nice, but it isn't going to happen.

Of course, if the club would like to prove me wrong..."

I wrote this on July 12th thinking it was rubbish. However, flush with Real Madrid's money for Jonathan Woodgate we've lodged a £20 million bid with Everton, which they've rejected. Whether we go on to up the bid, or they find that they need the money and so take it, only time will tell.

On a personal level, I'm excited about the prospect of signing a player with phenomenal talent and potential. However, I'm slightly concerned at the fact that we would have an even bigger pool of strikers sulking because they aren't playing every game, and also concerned by the fact that we badly need at least one top-class, proven, centre back to replace Woodgate and organise our defence, which Rooney obviously isn't.

Still, we've got until next Tuesday to sort it out, and if we haven't signed anyone by then, we'll be in a bit of a mess (but we will have a very happy bank manager).

- posted by Paul @ 4:58 pm