£17 million has been spent this summer by Rafa on one player. That's 17 Trevor Francis' or Cristiano Ronaldo's pelvis to you and me.
The signing of Johnson is indicative of the evolutionary attacking mentality that Rafa has been allowed to develop over the course of the last year, and one which seems set to continue in the short-term at least.
But sitting in my wet hotel room - we are a nomadic website, just in case you were wondering - I was thinking that in fact, I would be more than happy if we were to sign no one else for the duration of this transfer window. Would you?
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Mercy, Lord alive and gadzooks. It would appear this afternoon that the protracted Alonso saga or 'Xabi-gate' as I have just decided it will be called from now on, has reached a conclusion after Real and our negotiators reached an impasse over their respective valuations of the bearded wonder.
Guillem Ballague the preeminent male grooming expert and part-time football correspondent has reported on his own website that Madrid (who, lest we forget have spent a king's ransom this summer), failed to stump up the extra eight million Euros Rafa demanded to lose Alonso's services.
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For Manchester United??
In a shock rivaling that of the knowledge that Pat Butcher is dating Mrs Bucket off 'Keeping Up Appearances', it's been announced this morning that perennial poppadum legs and zero-times Champions League winner, Mickey O is having an 'extensive' medical somewhere in rainy Salford this morning.
So will the former prodigal son, turned overrated Judas* be the answer to the second biggest team in Manchester's problems? Have we dodged a bullet by not getting involved? Will he play more than 20 minutes in the season? Are tomatoes more horrid than mushrooms?
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