Goodbye Campbell, We Hardly Knew Ye

Somewhere between Ronaldo and Tevez signing for City, we've sold Frazier Campbell to Steve Bruce for a cut price of £3.5 million. That figure could rise to a princely sum of £6 million depending on a myriad of factors.

I'm a little disappointed he didn't leave for Hull. For awhile it seemed that Hull could have offered more. I suppose we should be glad for the lad to find a home. It was painfully obvious that he's not at the level we want him to be.

Despite the fact he's not really been given a fair enough chance at Old Trafford, I've not been impressed with his style of play in the recent Under 19s European Championship. I certainly wasn't impressed with his short stay with Spurs and definitely underwhelmed when he played for us in the beginning of the season. The only time he actually looked like a player was when he played for Hull the season before. It was a different time at a different level altogether.

With the arrival of Owen, and the development of two young bucks in Welback and Macheda, Campbell has become surplus to requirements. It gives me the greatest of pleasures when a young player rises the ranks, but in this case, it's the best scenerio for him to leave.

Manucho
Speaking of strikers, anyone knows what's going on with Manucho? He's wowed me in the Africa's Cup of Nations and has literally disappeared from the face of the earth. I know he's had a short time in Greece and practically wasted half a year with Hull. I'm looking forward to see how he's developed, if at all.

I'm sure Rooney and Berbatov would spearhead our attack next season, with Owen close behind. And two young bucks waiting in the wings for their chance to shine.

Eto'O
I don't like entertaining rumours, but am growing uneasy on this whole Eto'O deal. He's probably leaving Barcelona and City has already pulled out from the chase for his signature. All indicators seem to point this way. I personally hope the rumours remain as that....rumours. I'll just say outright that I'm not an Eto'O fan and it's going to take a whole load of convincing if he does arrive.

Moreover I'd rather we spend the money on a midfielder. As it stands, Fletcher alone isn't enough.

United Seals Obertan Signature

Who?

Exactly. I'm about as clueless as you guys out there. I've never seen him play.

Given his age, 20, I suspect he's one for the future.

Thankfully we didn't fork out a bomb for him. We spent £3million instead of the £10-8 million the media reported would we spend. As far as I'm concerned, it would probably be quite awhile before we even see him in the first team. At 20, he's not exactly old, but if he can't even feature in Bordeaux's first team, how the hell is he going to fit in with us?

I suppose we can only hope he improves well in the near future to justify the risk we took on him. On the bright side, it's not really an expensive risk for a club of our size. Maybe in a couple of years, he might progress enough to take over from Carrick. We can only dream.

I'm Going Gaga Over Owen!

I really don't understand United fans sometimes. Half the world is up in arms over this deal, which to me is a really good one. No, I take that back, it's a fucking GREAT deal! I absolutely love it.

This signing works for me on so many levels, it's almost a wet dream come true. I'll just note them down on point form since this news filtered down to me right in the middle of the freaking night.

1. We didn't spend any crazy money on some freaking over-rated lazy shit piece of ass named Benzema. I'm not saying Benzema is a poor player, but to sign him for anything even close to the amount Real paid for him is ridiculous. From the few Lyon games I've had the chance to catch last season, he comes across as a lazy, disinterested player. We already have one of those named Berbatov.

2. Owen is a free agent. We didn't spend jack squat.

3. Owen is a low risk-high reward signing. He's a proven goal scorer and we paid nothing to have him on our books. If it doesn't pan out, we just let him rot in the reserves. If he starts banging in goals, we look like fucking geniuses. You gotta be a freaking idiot not to like this move.

4. Owen is at his lowest point in his career with practically everyone writing him off. You can bet he's going to come over to Old Trafford and work his fucking butt off.

5. The Michael Owen/Liverpool fanboys can all come suck my majestic cock. It's going to be absolutely hilarious how they are going to react. Even if you can't agree with any of the above (in which case you probably suck anyway), this reason should justify the signing. Too good and too funny to be true.

6. By the unwritten laws of scoring against your previous club rule, you can be sure Liverpool fans are already quaking in their shoes at the prospect of facing Owen. Fucking love the irony.

7. We are probably not finished with adding to the squad. Fans are acting like this is the be all and end all of the signings for this season. We're going to let the chips fall where they are before we make another move if possible. I think this is prudent and wise, considering the silly money that is fly around, especially in Spain. We cannot and will not be pushed into a position to spend silly money on silly players. Past experiences with Nani, Anderson, Carrick, Hargreaves and Berbatov in the last couple of seasons should really have opened Davd Gills eyes on how to do business in the market, although I still think it's not beyond him to make another wild purchase.

Valencia Deal Completed

Looks like we've made our first deal of the summer. We've reportedly signed Valencia from Wigan for a fee of £16million. I'm not overly rolled over with this deal but I can see Valencia a useful part of the squad with the departures of Ronaldo and Tevez.

Speaking of Ronaldo, he's well and truely gone in a deal where everyone comes away a winner. Real Madrid gets their man, Ronaldo gets to fulfill a dream and we finally get to fleece someone in the market. I would like to thank Ronaldo for all the goals he's scored and the contribution to the club while he was here. I wouldn't exactly wish him all the best, but he wouldn't be getting any hate mails from me either. I'm just finally glad that we can have a normal summer from now on.

While I'm doing parting shots, everyone who has been reading knows that I really would love to have Carlitos back, but his recent tirades to the press has been pretty awful. We all know he's bitter to the core and we all know he's somewhat been given a rough time the past year. But he's throwing away all that goodwill out of the window. With each interview, he's burning bridges faster than I can strip to a Hot Chocolate song.

The best thing he can do right now is to sign up (with Shitty or whoever), suit up and, for the love of god, fucking shut up. And I do bloody hope we never sign another Argentinian. Veron was bad, Heinez was awful and Tevez is starting to stink. Let's just stick with second-rated Brazilians.