A Silent Sunday.

A very quiet Sunday, it seems that everyone is still reading Harry Potter. There are plenty of conflicting reports about Arjen Robben coming out of Chelsea and Real Madrid. Real are pretty sure he's on his way to Spain, but Chelsea seem to know nothing about a potential move. I'm inclined to believe that Real are probably telling the truth, more because they have come out and already stated that Arjen has agreed terms with their club. Now, if Chelsea had not given their permission for Arjen to talk to Real then they have a clear case of tapping up right there, even Real couldn't talk their way out of that one. So it does make me think that Robben is on his way but the 2 clubs are just wrangling over a transfer fee at the moment. I expect the transfer to go through in the next few days, but then again, Real have talked a lot of crap in the past so I would not be too suprised if this turns out to be another way of unseetling a player they want.

Elsewhere Blackburn won in their first leg of their Intertoto Cup third-round game against FK Vetra. McCarthy and Derbyshire scored the goals, and the 2-0 win puts them in a strong position to seal the second leg on the 28 July. I hope Derbyshire gets a bigger role this season, he made some good cameo appearances last season and he should be able to build on that this season.

South Korea and Saudi Arabia are through to the semi-finals of the Asian Cup after beating Iran and Uzbekistan respectively. South Korea will face Iraq and Saudi Arabia will be up against Japan, and my money would still be on Japan, though South Korea should be considered their main threat.

Really very quiet everywhere else, so that's that for today, let's hope that we have a few more stories in the coming week. Until tomorrow then.