Friday Night Review.

Time for another Friday Night Review, if you're not sure what it is, then read last Friday's post! here we go,

1. Lucas Leiva [Gremio - Liverpool] Undisclosed
2. Luke Young [Charlton - Middlesbrough] £2.5m
3. Freddie Ljungberg [Arsenal - West Ham] £3m

Lucas may have signed for Liverpool a while ago but his transfer only came through this week, and what a signing he should prove to be. Liverpool already have a great midfield and Lucas will add so much to that. He's a powerful, quick, and a good passer of the ball, who also gets a fair few goals from the centre of midfield. He may not have a huge impact this season, but I've picked him because in the seasons after that, he will really become a top Premiership midfielder.

Luke Young is the type of player all teams need, an unsung defender who gets on with the job with minimal fuss. He defends well, and attacks when needed, which is exactly how your full-backs should start out. As he gets to know the Boro defence better, he will attack more but he will be a key figure in keeping Middlesbrough in many games this season as they will need to keep clean sheets, since they don't have the attacking flair at the moment.

Freddie may have lost that yard of pace and is getting more injury-prone, but he still has a very clever footballing brain and understands the game so well that he can never be ruled out as a threat. A new lease of life at West Ham will help him out, and the timing and positioning of his runs are a joy to watch, he's exactly the type of player West Ham will need if they are serious about pushing their way into a UEFA Cup space, and 3 Million is a good price for him.

On to other news, It looks like Bernd Schuster has got into the swing of things over at Real Madrid. He's barely a few weeks into the job and he's already talking about the future of a player from another club, fantastic! The player in question is Michael Ballack, and Schuster seems to see him as an ideal signing who would provide the key link between the midfield and the strikers in his side. Unfortunately for Schuster, I can't see Chelsea letting a player like Ballack go. Yes, he may have had a difficult first season and he is also on a very high weekly wage, but Chelsea don't really care about the money, and he is a class player. He has taken time to settle, but there is no way Chelsea would let him move on after 1 season, unless Real paid a huge amount, and I can't see that happening. Yet again, it's just more crap flying in westbound from the direction of Madrid.

Good news for Chelsea fans, John Terry has signed a new contract that will keep him at the club until 2012. He has been a rock for Chelsea and he has his best years ahead of him so this is obviously good news. Chelsea fans will now be hoping that Lampard signs an extension soon, but no need to worry too much, these things take time.

Manchester City look to continue their squad strengthening with the 7 million pound capture of Georgio Chiellini from Juventus. He would be a reat signing for City as he has the physicality and technical ability to really adapt to the Premiership game, but I'm not entirely sure why Juventus would sell him. A top Italian left-back with a great future ahead of him is not the type of player you want to get rid of when you've just been promoted back to Serie A. The deal is in the early stages so we'll have to wait and see if it goes through, but if it does Juve's loss is City's gain.

Over at Newcastle, Obefemi Martins has stated that he's "not going anywhere" and that he is very happy at Newcastle. Great news for Newcatsle fans as he had a storming first season and can only get better. However, we do know how fickle the world of football can be so fans shouldn't start celebrating his stay until the transfer deadline closes and he's still wearing Newcastle colours.

ANd that is that for another week. The Weekend will probably be pretty quiet, but any news that does come out, you can read about it here. Night all.