At last some real transfer action after a couple of weeks worth of rumour. The Arsenal deal is the smallest, with confirmation that 19 year-old Carl Jenkinson is joining from Charlton. At least he’s a tall defender even if it wasn’t the most exciting of announcements. It will be interesting to see where he comes in the pecking order relative to Squillaci, Ignasi or Eboue. He looks a decent buy and we may not see any big Arsenal deals until the futures of Fabregas and Nasri are sorted.
Meanwhile Manchester United look like they have won the signature of defender Phil Jones, despite a big bid from Arsenal apparently. Jones will have to fight his way past Evans and Smalling to break the partnership of Vidic and Ferdinand. Not that Ferdinand looked that special for England the other day!
Liverpool have taken Jordan Henderson from Sunderland for £20million. That’s about two thirds of what Barcelona reputedly want to pay for Fabregas!
