Rumblings from the Pitch

Well since 2.0 gave the green light on more football talk I thought I would take it and run with it.

For those who don’t know today is the last day of the transfer window in professional football. Basically the players are owned property and if the money is right you can get sent off to Ukraine to spend the winter in Kiev. Overseas there is no free agency, unless you are a weak player and get cut.

There were some interesting rumors floating around today…. One had Real Madrid Swapping Ronaldo for Inter Milan’s Adriano, looks like time has run out on this blockbuster transfer.

The Biggest news of the day has the Hammers making a big splash landing both Carlos Tevez (Anthony Kedis mutant evil twin brother) and his Argentina teammate Javier Marcherano. To give a little perspective this would be like the Toronto Blue Jays landing both Ryan Howard and David Wright. (Two top notch young players with HUGE UPSIDE going to a perennial middle tier team who has had some glory in the past). These players had been linked with the likes of Man United, Chelsea… and so on. All the big guns wanted there talent. The Hammers might now be the clear favorite to win the UEFA CUP. They already have a nice strike force with Bobby Zamora this move only makes them more dangerous in the final third of the pitch. Look for the Hammers to make some noise in the Premiership.