It's the 2
nd of July and already some transfers have been all but sealed up. No doubts that the biggest story of the window is Real Madrid's mass spending spree, or to by more specific the signings of
Kaka for £56m and
Cristiano Ronaldo's switch for a mega £80m, smashing the world record transfer fee twice in the space of a few weeks.
Back in Britain, Manchester United lost
Carlos Tevez as well as
Ronaldo, the Argentine rejecting a contract at Old
Trafford and could be set to join rivals City. United however did manage to win the signature of
Wigan's Ecuadorian winger
Luis Antonio Valencia, but look set to miss out on French ace
Karim Benzema who is set for Real Madrid for around £30m.
Man City have splashed the cash already as they signed long-term target - Blackburn's
Roque Santa Cruz, along with Villa captain Gareth Barry for £12m.
Samuel Eto'o and
Tevez could also be on
their way to
Eastlands. Cash-strapped Liverpool won the race to sign England right-back
Glen Johnson from Portsmouth for around £17m.
The Premier League newcomers have also been busy in the window so far. Wolves signed Irish ace
Kevin Doyle from Reading to bolster their attack along with Serbian midfielder
Nenad Milijas from Red Star Belgrade and
Marcus Hannemann after he was released from Reading as well.
Birmingham snapped up striker
Cristian Benitez along with defenders
Giovanny Espinoza and
Scott Dann. Man City keeper
Joe Hart also joined in a season-long loan.
Transfer News will return at the end of July. Happy Shopping!
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ome would call it betrayal, I wouldn't go as far as to say that, but nevertheless you have to take into consideration football rivalries. I'll be honest again - I dislike Man United. It's something I can't explain. I do however respect their success, players and manager but as a committed Liverpool fan I like nothing less than to see them get beat. But to get back to the point. Michael Owen came from the Liverpool academy, he was rai
sed on Kopite territory and for me I always thought he was Liverpool through and through. There's no doubt in my mind that he can be called a Liverpool legend. For a man who's scored 158 goals for the club you have to call him a legend. Growing up a Liverpool fan, he was my idol. A real goal poacher and not to forget a brilliant international player. But let's forget about personal feelings, to Owen the football is 
important. And I can imagine his delight to be wanted by a club like Man United, since his
most likely destination was looking like Hull or Stoke. For me, Owen is a very strange signing for United. Not because he's an ex-Liverpool favourite but because I can't see where he fits in Sir Alex's picture. With Berbatov, Rooney and Valencia plus rising stars like Welbeck and Macheda, and even talks of a new signing like Huntelaar and Ribery, Owen just looks like a spair part - which maybe he is for them. I can't imagine him in a United shirt for long, not for more than 3 seasons anyway. When he's 100% fit Owen is an unstoppable goalscorer, but when he's carrying niggly injuries he's practically useless. Whether he'll be a bench warmer, a small game player or a leading front man we'll have to see next season....
