Fab staying at Barca

So ends Gollum's attempts to recruit a big name. Now he's off to Everton to prise away Fellaini and Baines basically leaving Everton with half a dozen relegated ex Wigan players and those players that bigger teams don't want.

If Utd lose Rooney to Chelsea, they really should be up against it.

I'd like to see Everton's team decimated so they no longer pose so much of a threat to us, especially given our last away game is at Goodison and we might be needing the points.  But if they're going to lose their last two decent players, I really hope Kenwright doesn't do his old employee a favour and bends the rags over a big barrel.

And then Rooney stays, poisons the atmosphere and keeps wrenching a mill a month out of the swamp.

The cherry on top will be seeing the rags lose their CL spot to Spurs

And it was nice to see Real Madrid give Chelsea a lesson last night. I think we've by far had the best preseason with new players in nice and early.

Fingers crossed we start the new season flying!