By Sir Hardly Anyone
Right, I think we’ve done the old FA Cup malarky, except to note in passing that it is good to see that as always 160 seats are reserved at Wembley for the honourable gentlemen and their ladies of the Shire of Rutland FA. Indeed I was of course able to take up my place along with the Marquis, and his good lady the marchioness, who I once managed to insult by asking what life was like on the Red Planet.
Anyway the resultant death penalty (which they still have in Rutland) was commuted and eventually I was rehabilitated, and we, and the nobility of the other shires, took up our seats as set forth in statute by Henry VIII, after a particularly fine hunt in the grounds of the old ancestral pile. I noted they still let some of the lower ranks into the ground behind the goals, but we tried not to let it spoil the occasion.
But now, having attended the official FA banquet after the game, which naturally lasted well into Monday morning, I am returned and ready to bring you up to date with the transfers so far.
Last season the entire first team squad were tipped to be leaving and over 110 players were said to be coming in. It didn’t quite work out like that. But still we really do need to keep an eye on the cumulative outpourings of those who make these things up.
To help, transfers that have been added since we last did the list have the word NEW written next to them
Thus we have…
Part 1: The 43 players coming in
Players listed for the first time in this chart have the cunning entry word “New” written in the first column. It’s all clever stuff you know.
No | Player | Club | Position | Notes |
1 | Tammy Abraham | Chelsea | Striker | Currently on loan to Bristol City |
2 | Marcelo Allende | Deportes Santa Cruz | Attack m’f | Had 3 trials, training with first team. Signing today!!!! Actually that was two weeks ago. |
3 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Borussia Dortmund | Forward | £80m to replace Alexis. Man U want him |
4 | Carlos Bacca | AC Milan | Striker | He’s 32 years old. Was going to WHU |
5 | Gareth Bale | Real Mad | Striker | Stan Collymore tipped this one. |
NEW | Ross Barkley. | Everton | Attack mid | Been there since 2010 and played 150 games – does he really want to come to the Emirates? |
7 | Karim Benzema | Real Mad | F’wd | Definitely going to either AFC or Chelsea |
8 | Andrea Belotti | Juventus | F’wd | Sadly he has just signed a new contract |
9 | Joel Campbell | Return | F’wd | Loan period ending |
10 | Iker Casillas | Porto | Goal | To solve our goalkeeping “crisis” |
11 | Kingsley Coman | Juventus | Wing | On loan with Bayern this season |
12 | Virgil Van Dijk | Southampton | Defence | Helps us play a back 3 all the time |
13 | Ederson | Benfica | Goal | 23 year old to replace Cech |
14 | Emil Forsberg | RB Leipzig | Midfield | He’s Swedish and he’s 25 years old |
15 | Jose Luis Gaya | Valencia | LB | Man City winning the race |
16 | Ben Gibson | Middlesbrough | Centre back | £30m. Tottenham want him. |
17 | Leon Goretzka | Shalke | M’fld | £21m, 1 yr left on contract. Wanted to replace Ozil (Most quoted story by far) |
18 | Amine Harit. | Nantes | M’fld | Arsenal have given him a trial. He is 19-years-old |
19 | Napoli | F’wd | Liverpool! are on alert! | |
20 | Jakub Jankto | Udinese | M’fld | To play alongside Xhaka |
21 | Naby Keïta | RB Leipzig | Right back | Has refused to sign a new contract |
22 | Grzegorz Krychowiak | PSG | Def M’fd | New in the sense that this is the first entry for him this year, but it is the third year he has been tipped to join us. |
23 | Koke | Atl Madrid | M’fld | Replacement for Santi Cazorla |
24 | Dawid Kownacki | Lech Poznan | Striker | the new Robert Lewandowski’ |
25 | Schalke | Defender | Oh yes he has oh no he hasnt | |
26 | Kylian Mbappe | Monaco | F’wd | The new Thierry Henry Story repeated all this week. He’s the 18 year old wonderkid |
27 | Alexandre Lacazette | Olympique Lyonnais | Striker | Man City want him. Story has just resurfaced in the Guardian. |
NEW | Mario Lemina | Juventus | Cent mid | He’s 23, previously with Lorient and Marseille. |
29 | Romelu Lukaku | Everton | Forward | Dead cert to join AFC |
NEW | Henry Onyekuru | KAS Eupen | Forward | He’s 19 usually plays on the left, one for the future. |
31 | Florentin Pogba | St Etienne | Defender | Brother of Paul at Man U |
32 | Leandro Paredes | Roma | Midfield | A story from last year now resurrected |
33 | Jordon Pickford | Sunderland | Goal | Although Mr W has said he is not looking to sign a keeper. Man U, Everton and Liverpool want him |
34 | James Rodriguez | Real Madrid | Midf/wing | Juventus Milan Man U all want him |
35 | Ivan Perisic | Inter | Midf/wing | Man U desperate for him |
36 | Kasper Schmeichel | Leicester | Goal | The man to solve our goalkeeping “crisis” |
37 | Michaël Seri | Nice | Midfield | Tottenham, Barcelona and PSG want him. |
NEW | Chris Smalling. | Man U | Centre back | Played 153 times for Man U. |
39 | Wojciech Szczesny | Roma loan | Goal | Mr W. said that he is not looking to sign a keeper (allegedly) so everyone assumes it is Szcz’s return |
40 | John Terry | Chelsea | Nasty | This story from the Daily Mail |
41 | Corentin Tolisso | Lyon | M/fld or F’wd | French international, dreams of Arsenal. Still being mentioned |
42 | Arda Turan | Barcelona | M’fld | He’s 30 years old |
43 | Jack Wilshere | Bournemouth | M’fld | 75% of guys in the pub want him back |
Part 2: The 14 players already said to be on their way out
No | Player | Club | Notes |
1a | Alexis | Man C | Guardiola making £50m offer his summer priority |
1b | Alexis | Chelsea | Will play out contract and go on a free to Chelsea. |
1c | Alexis | Man U | Has already agreed deal |
2 | Krystian Bielik | Birmingham | City keen to extend loan for another year. |
3 | Bellerin | Barcelona | Barce will sign him; no, he is happy to stay |
4 | Campbell | Fenerbahce | Currently in talks to sign |
NEW | Francis Coquelin | Valencia | This story has been going on and on and on and |
NEW | Olivier Giroud | Marseille | He wants to play more games. |
7 | Jenkinson | Newcastle | Just promoted, need players |
8 | Koscielny | Marseille | He’s just had enough |
9 | Ospina | Fenerbahce | Some are just saying “to Turkley” |
10 | Ozil | Real Mad | They realise they should have kept him |
11 | Lucas Perez | PSG | He’s an “outcast” according to “reports” |
12 | Wojciech Szczesny | Napoli | Every newspaper seems to have this one. |
13 | Nathan Tella | Southampton | Deal done and completed |
NEW | Theo Walcott | West Ham | Ray Wilkins says he must leave to protect his career |
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- The FA Cup…
- Being in Wembley, part two. The once in a lifetime experience.
- The Cup Final: what was it like to be there? Part One: pictures from the upper tier.
- It is time that we dealt with the anti-Arsenal in the ground and in the media. But we need the board’s help.
- José Mourinho on Twitter in March, “Chelsea will win the FA Cup. Spurs will win the title.”
Dead dog
Three priests hold a meeting to discuss where life begins.
The evangelical priest says, “No question about it, life begins when the child is born.”
“No, no,” says the Catholic priest, “it all starts when the sperm meets the egg.”
“You’re both wrong,” says the Rabbi. “Life begins when the children have left home and the dog is dead.”
Smart rat
It was a practical session in the psychology class.
The proffessor showed a large cage with a male rat in it.
The rat was in the middle of the cage.
Then, the professor kept a piece of cake on one side and kept a female rat on the other side.
The male rat ran towards the cake and ate it.
Then, the professor changed the cake and replaced it with some bread.
The male rat ran towards the bread.
This experiment went on with the professor changing the food every time.??
And, every time, the male rat ran towards the food item and never towards the female rat.
Professor said: This experiment shows that food is the greatest strength and attraction.
Then, one of the students from the back rows said:
“Sir, why don’t you change the female rat? This one may be his wife…!!! ”
??
The professor stood straight up his finger pointing towards the student and said “You got an A.”
They say it happened on a fine Sunday morning.
A guy went into the confessional box after many years.
He pulls aside the curtain, enters and sits himself down.
He was stunned!!!!
There’s a fully equipped bar with crystal glasses, the best vestry wine, Heineken on tap, cigars and liqueur chocolates.
On the side a fine photographic display of buxom ladies who appear to have mislaid their garments.
He hears a priest come in: “Father, forgive me for it’s been a very long time since I’ve been to confession and I must admit that the confessional box is much more inviting than it used to be”.
“GET OUT” !!!! The priest screamed at the top of his voice.
‘YOU ARE ON MY SIDE OF THE CONFESSION BOX!!!!!'”
And that ladies and gentlemen , is how Riley was banished to hell !
Wrong use of d word ‘F..k’.
Rocky has broken his leg and his buddy Bob comes over to see him.
Bob: How are you doin ??
Rocky: Fine.
Hey, do me a favour.. Go upstairs and get me my slippers. My feet are freezing!
Bob goes upstairs and sees Rocky’s hot twin sisters lying on the bed.
Bob: Your brother sent me up to have sex with you girls..
Twins: Prove it!
Bob (Shouting): Hey Rocky.., both of them ??
Rocky (Shouting back): Of course! What’s the point of fucken one???…
I like that John Terry’s position is not goal, defence, midfield, nor forward. Just nasty.
He was in his full kit on Sunday, some say he tried on a Koscielny jersey in an attempt to be a ringer but was caught out as non playing arsenal players were in suits…
Stan Collymore writes for Mirror Sport. Has there ever been a more powerful validation of journalistic credentials?
Benzema – Nah. Back to France to finish his career in the Motherland.
Casillas – off to Merseyside. Ewww.
Ederson – City. almost a lock.
Gibson – Ushited’s top priority, apparently for around £30m.
Lacazette – agreed personal terms with Atletico, hasn’t he?
Rodriguez – as above, but with AC Milan.
Lukaku – Chelsea
Perisic – valuation not matched. Won’t stop Untied, they pay whatever anybody wants them to pay.
Smalling – no thanks.
The C*nt Terry – clearly a not very amusing joke
Wilshere – haven’t missed him one bit