The Guardian's point of view
It's all happening at Arsenal, who are about to sign
Juan Mata and Phil Jagielka, but as we've mentioned that elsewhere, we don't need to cover it here. Yes!
[Rumour Mill swings feet up onto desk, being in that sort of mood today.]
Chelsea are looking to pinch
Javier Pastore from under the noses of Paris Saint-Germain. They're also after
James McCarthy of Wigan, whose contract talks aren't going well. This news has also alerted Arsenal, who need a new midfielder now
Cesc Fábregas is doing one, and Liverpool, who don't.
Robbie Keane's attempt to become the first professional footballer to join the 92 Club continues apace. The only player to employ a full-time man with van rather than chauffeur might be moving to QPR.
Craig Bellamy's attempt to become the second professional footballer to join the 92 Club continues apace. The only player with
a Pickfords loyalty reward card might be moving to Sunderland.
Manchester United have a few irons in the fire: AIK striker
Teteh Bangura, Internazionale midfielder
Wesley Sneijder, and Napoli's
Marek Hamsik. Joey Barton seems to have fallen off the radar, for some reason.
The West Bromwich Albion manager, Roy Hodgson, needs a goalkeeper. You'd have thought seeing he owes Liverpool some moral credit, he would take
Brad Jones off their hands, but Football's Nicest Man (TM) can't be bothered with that and is picking on the Birmingham carcass instead:
Ben Foster is the bit of meat he's after ripping from the bone.
Hodgson's successor at Liverpool is sniffing around the decaying St Andrews too; Kenny Dalglish is interested in
Scott Dann again, having decided to finally bolster his defence now Liverpool have taken to losing every match they play 3-0.
Actually, it's bedlam at Birmingham: Fulham, Bolton and Stoke are all after
Cameron Jerome. Resident Guardian Blues fan Tom Lutz is sitting in the corner of the office, crying, rocking, holding his knees, repeatedly muttering something about the Carling Cup.
And that's your lot for another week.
