"No players to sell,no stories to tell"

The English football season, save for the occasional International friendly tacked on at the end finishes around the end of May.So where does the football junkie look to get his fix?,The answer of course is the transfer merry go round that subsequently ensues.

Most of the speculation you read will be bullshit of course,some wishful thinking,and some actually fact.So who will be this summers movers and shakers?,unusually Manchester United showed there hand early on by chief executive David Gill's pronouncement of a hectic summer in the transfer market.Common consensus being of at least three top quality signings offset by the shipping out of some of the fringe players.A goalkeeper being a necessity,Athletico Madrids young custodian De Gea being mentioned in reports.Chelsea?well the first signing they will be making will be a manager then we will see what sort of spending mood Mr Abramovich will be in.
Liverpool are in dire need of a makeover,to many average players on long expensive contracts being the problem there,not so easy to get rid of players on big wages,especially if there mostly below average.As for Arsenal their signings will have to address the glaring lack of steel and mental toughness required to win the really big prizes,it wont be helped by the expected selling of Fabregas to Barcelona.All of which brings us to Manchester City;they have the cash to blow anyone out of the water,lets be fair,but you wonder what way they will go?.signings the team actually needs?or simply "Hollywood signings"to no great long term impact,Robinho anyone?. Any way folks.sit back,set your bullshit antennae and enjoy it all;everyone loves a merry go round.See you in august.

paul scholes

Where to start about Paul Scholes? Manchester United have had many great player over the years From  Carey and Rowley to the youth of Edward's and the rest of the busby babe's whose promise was cruelly cut down on a snow covered Munich runway. Right through to the holy trinity of Best law and Charlton,and on to Cantona Robson and keane,The list is endless,esteemed company indeed.
Safe to say our little ginger prince can rightly take his place amongst those legendary figures.My own first memory of him was at a youth team friendly against Bangor City FC. A United team which featured players such as  Gary and Phil Neville and David Beckham.I remember thinking that he looked like he should be smoking fags behind the school shed instead of playing professional football for manchester united;my opinion changed of course when he nearly scored from the halfway line straight from kick -off !,He went on to thrill,beguile,and enchant us for the next 18 years winning every honour in the game,and the total respect of player's and coach's around the globe.Sir Bobby charlton once said of him"Pauls name on the teamsheet bring's a smile to my face,"and the great sports writer Hugh Mcilvenny once wrote "Scholes is a player who makes football fans quicken their step on the way to the stadium".All this was done with the minimum of fuss of course,a rarity nowaday's of a player prefering to do his talking on the pitch;no wags or celebrity lifestyle for him.As the t-shirt say's in his honour "plays,shower,goes home.'The great French midfielder Zinedine Zidane called him the best player he ever played against.  

Scholesey, it's been a pleasure.