I think Barry’s part of the England squad anyways, regardless of what team he’s playing for next season. And I have a feeling the move to ManCity was not only because of a big wage. They might spend big money to sign some big players.

Just an update, Barry has completed his move to City and it has been confirmed on Villa’s website. Kind of a blow for us (if Wenger was thinking of buying him)

Yeah, bit strange on the Barry move to Citeh. I guess he (Barry) has no desire to play for England in the WC. It was made pretty clear to him that he needed to be playing CL football this next season to feature for selection in the national team. City will fatten his wallet, but they won’t get him to the World Cup.

On things Alonso, one day papers are reporting Cesc is calling for his signing at Arsenal, the next day everyone is saying “Real Madrid closing in on £40m Fabregas…deal almost done”. It would be difficult, to say the least, for Cesc to play alongside Xabi at the Emirates if Cesc is signed by RM. So, being the optimistic Gooner that I am, I choose to utterly rubbish any reports about Cesc even contemplating a move to Madrid this summer. Now, as for Alonso, if Barry really does complete his move to City, that will put quite a damper on any possibilities of Alonso leaving ‘Pool for Arsenal or any other team. Basically, if Barry goes to Liverpool, Xabi is most likely off the market (unless RM throws a boat load of cash at Liverpool).

Which brings us to Cana. I’d be well chuffed if he was our midfield addition this summer. Seriously. As long as he understands that he’ll need to bring it back a notch or two on the tackles, otherwise he’ll be a red card generating machine and that does no one any good. Cana is in no way a dirty player, but he’s awfully aggressive and the Premiership refs might not see that as a positive thing.