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The Mill has become used to the existence of the transfer window in recent years. Outside of it, the gruel is not always as thick as it once was. We try out a faddy diet or two. Breathe deeply, lustily, fully. Because you never quite know what form your next hit of nourishment will take.The Mill has become used to the existence of the transfer window in recent years. Outside of it, the gruel is not always as thick as it once was. We try out a faddy diet or two. Breathe deeply, lustily, fully. Because you never quite know what form your next hit of nourishment will take.
So excuse us if we pop out for a week’s supply of kale and book ourselves onto a spa retreat because we’re in a bit of a vacuum this morning. It’s not that there is nothing going on. There is a lot going on, or a lot of talking about things going on. It’s just that not much of it is particularly constructive. So excuse us if we pop out for a week’s supply of kale and book ourselves on to a spa retreat because we’re in a bit of a vacuum this morning. It’s not that there is nothing going on. There is a lot going on, or a lot of talking about things going on. It’s just that not much of it is particularly constructive.
Take Manchester United and Radamel Falcao. A big-name match made in heaven, you might say. A loan set to be consummated next summer, you could well believe. Positive stuff all round. But apparently not, because rumour has it that Louis van Gaal’s feet are getting a little cold. Falcao, who missed the Chelsea and Manchester City games through injury, has not convinced the manager that he can handle the Premier League’s physical demands and a situation appears to have arisen whereby he must Change Louis’ Mind. Any good news? Any exciting alternatives? None whatsoever.Take Manchester United and Radamel Falcao. A big-name match made in heaven, you might say. A loan set to be consummated next summer, you could well believe. Positive stuff all round. But apparently not, because rumour has it that Louis van Gaal’s feet are getting a little cold. Falcao, who missed the Chelsea and Manchester City games through injury, has not convinced the manager that he can handle the Premier League’s physical demands and a situation appears to have arisen whereby he must Change Louis’ Mind. Any good news? Any exciting alternatives? None whatsoever.
There is more – or perhaps less. The Telegraph says that United are prepared to spend £1.4m to terminate the contract of Anderson if nobody will have the decency to even be linked with him. There is more – or perhaps less. The Telegraph says that United are prepared to spend £1.4m to terminate the contract of Anderson if nobody will have the decency even to be linked with him.
The air is similarly stifling up at the Hawthorns. Brown Ideye joined West Bromwich Albion in the summer for what did seem at the time like a rather steep £10m, and it is no falsehood to state that things could have begun a little better for the Nigerian. He has scored just once in six appearances, three of those in the Capital One Cup, and cannot make the bench at the moment. And Alan Irvine is having none of it – much as you might think a little acclimatisation is required of a man most recently used to the rather mellower tempo of the Ukrainian league. According to the Mirror, Irvine wants to get shot in January and is casting around for a replacement. Who? No idea. The air is similarly stifling up at The Hawthorns. Brown Ideye joined West Bromwich Albion in the summer for what did seem at the time like a rather steep £10m, and it is no falsehood to state that things could have begun a little better for the Nigerian. He has scored just once in six appearances, three of those in the Capital One Cup, and cannot make the bench at the moment. And Alan Irvine is having none of it – much as you might think a little acclimatisation is required of a man most recently used to the rather mellower tempo of the Ukrainian league. According to the Mirror, Irvine wants to get shot in January and is casting around for a replacement. Who? No idea.
And there isn’t much constructive news to report further south either. You might think Arsenal need a few new signings after last night’s merry old fiasco and nobody has felt like one more often than Abou Diaby in recent years. But the Mail says that he’s going to be someone else’s real new signing soon enough, with Arsène Wenger prepared to let him go when his contract finishes at the end of the season. Joking aside, it looks like a sad end for a player of extraordinary talent. There isn’t much constructive news to report further south either. You might think Arsenal need a few new signings after last night’s merry old fiasco and nobody has felt like one more often than Abou Diaby in recent years. But the Mail says that he’s going to be someone else’s real new signing soon enough, with Arsène Wenger prepared to let him go when his contract finishes at the end of the season. Joking aside, it looks like a sad end for a player of extraordinary talent.
The best spin we can put on any of this is that all four will be like birds released into the wild. But for those who like their rumours bookended with origin A and destination B, there are still a few to keep us staggering through the day. United aren’t going to let this Falcao business stop them from trying to plug a defence hitherto neglected to the point of hilarity, and are making eyes at Aston Villa’s Ron Vlaar. They also fancy a pop at Benfica midfielder, Enzo Pérez. The best spin we can put on any of this is that all four will be like birds released into the wild. But for those who like their rumours bookended with origin A and destination B, there are still a few to keep us staggering through the day. United aren’t going to let this Falcao business stop them from trying to plug a defence hitherto neglected to the point of hilarity, and are making eyes at Aston Villa’s Ron Vlaar. They also fancy a pop at the Benfica midfielder Enzo Pérez.
In perhaps the least surprising seemingly-done-deal of this transfer window, it seems that unknown Toronto FC forward Jermain Defoe could be rewarding an exhaustive stint of scouting by Harry Redknapp and pitching up at QPR before very long at all.In perhaps the least surprising seemingly-done-deal of this transfer window, it seems that unknown Toronto FC forward Jermain Defoe could be rewarding an exhaustive stint of scouting by Harry Redknapp and pitching up at QPR before very long at all.
And how’s this for a late, desperate rumours binge? Spurs, say the Mirror again, are looking at no fewer than three new forwards. The Colombian Teófilo Gutiérrez is one; Southampton’s currently-crocked Jay Rodriguez is another, Borussia Mönchengladbach winger Patrick Hermann is the third. Much-needed succour for the Mill, this, but it feels rather like the trip to McDonald’s before the yoga class. So that will do for today; we’re off to Whole Foods. And how’s this for a late, desperate rumours binge? Spurs, say the Mirror again, are looking at no fewer than three new forwards. The Colombian Teófilo Gutiérrez is one; Southampton’s currently-crocked Jay Rodriguez is another, the Borussia Mönchengladbach winger Patrick Herrmann is the third. Much-needed succour for the Mill, this, but it feels rather like the trip to McDonald’s before the yoga class. So that will do for today; we’re off to Whole Foods.