Calderon's at it Again

All's fair in Love, war and football. Spot the mistake. It's amazing what teams do to unsettle possible targets, they use agents to release rumours, papers to release rumours, they announce their targets and they meet their targets before agreeing a fee with the club, but most Clubs know that they can only get away with so much, that there is a line that shouldn't be crossed. We saw this with the whole Chelsea and Ashley Cole saga, Chelsea's mistake wasn't that they were illegally talking to Ashley, but that they did it so publicly that they were bound to get caught, silly boys. But there is one Club that seems to consistently cross any sort of line, any guesses who? That's right, Real Madrid.

So, what have they done now? Well, today our favourite President, Mr. Roman Calderon, announced that if Capello was fired from Madrid then they had some candidates lines up, including Ronald Koeman, Michael Laudrup and Arsene Wenger. Where can we start? Firstly, Capello has got to be pissed, he's just brought the club their first league title in 4 years and has 2 years left on his contract, but his job is being thrown around like he's already gone. If the President and board had any sort of respect they'd be reassuring Capello that his job was safe and starting to plan out their defence of their title, but no, instead Calderon makes a casual remark about future managers that he knows is going to be all over the press the next day, so that if Capello does leave, he's already started to unsettle any future targets. He's a clever man, but soon opposition clubs are going to get tired of his constant chatter and a backlash will start.

This comes off the back of a photo in a Spanish Newspaper called "AS", which showed the Milan player Kaka holding up a picture of a newspaper proclaiming Madrid champions. Milan have reacted furiously to this, stating that the Newspaper took an official picture of Kaka and photoshopped it to show him holding the Spanish newspaper. Basically, the whole thing's a fake, and the Spanish press are up to their usual fun and games, but it definitely has the Madrid tinge to it, and since Calderon has already come out and stated that Kaka is one of his top transfer targets, I wouldn't be suprised if their was some sort of link between the photo and Real Madrid. Of course I don't have any proof of this but hey, it's just a thought.

Lots and lots of transfer rumours flying about today, way too many to comment on i'm afraid, so use the links to the side and take a look at the football news. The one I'm interested in is Man Utd's continued link with Fabio Quagliarella, striker for Sampdoria and Italy. He scored 13 goals in Serie A last year and scored twice on his debut for Italy, with a transfer fee of around 10 million pounds being mentioned he might turn out to be a decent signing. However, he's 23 and has just had his first decent goalscoring season so a bit of a risk, in that this season might have been a flash in the pan, but if Man Utd wait around and he has another good season, is price will probably double. So, is he worth the risk? We shall find out soon. Toodlepip.