The Scoop

I missed this over the weekend. It seems Rafa has been getting down to business and Great British Pounds with Carlitos Tevez's people...whoever they are.

Meanwhile, over in Manchester, the Glazer family are giving Sir Alex Ferguson a £50million warchest to dive straight into the transfer market, when it opens. He has the hat-trick of Gareth Bale, Owen Hargreaves, and Dimitar Berbatov on his hit list.

Chelsea snap up Steve Sidwell on a free transfer as Michael Ballack may be given a one way ticket back to Germany. This article says Sir Alex says 'not so fast'.

Barcelona have tabled an offer for Arsenal's Thierry Henry.

Juventus have landed Gaby Milito from Real Zaragoza. They are also keen on Ludovic Giuly and Gilberto Silva.

Sven Goran Eriksson apparently will now be plying his trade and spending his money on wooly scarfs and mittens in Ukraine with Dynamo Kiev.