All Things Footie | Thursday, June 28 | Jordan
There's more to football than
Vieira......Or maybe not. Arsenal are to take action against dodgy agent Marc Roger for allegedly contacting Real Madrid offering Paddy for sale - an illegal action under FIFA guidelines which could lead to the troublemaker being banned from the game for some period of time. Meanwhile Arsenal are hopeful that Wenger can convince the snooker ball headed frenchman to stay.
Arsenal are reported to be after (some say have had a bid accepted) 21 year old Japanese star Junichi Inamoto, after watching him the the Confederations Cup I reckon he'd be a good signing - not even considering the vast marketing oportunities that a Japanese international in the ranks would provide.
But what about
United have confirmed they will be approaching Lazio's Argentinian playmaker Juan Veron now he's been cleared of passport irregularities, with a bid of around �20m expected. Lets hope someone hijack the deal at the last minute - just to annoy Fergie.
The smaller fry
Leicester have increased their �1m bid for Coventry striker John Hartson to a more robust (to suit the player I guess) �3.5m.
Sunderland have signed French forward Lilian Laslandes for �3.6m from Bordeaux. A good signing I reckon, he's looked good in the CL for the last couple of years.
John Aloisi has completed his move from Coventry to Osasuna for around �1m
Gerry Francis has been confirmed as Bristol Rovers' new boss, the mulleted ex Tottenham manager left Rovers 11 years ago to join QPR, he's back to get them "on the road to recovery".
And finally..... I just read a really good article on Soccernet, you can too - just click here.