*presses finger to ear* I’m hearing that Gerard Deulofeu has been spotted coming out the newsagents on Filbert Street empty handed having seen the appalling selection of out of date sarnies on offer and the deal is OFF.
What I can’t quite understand from the latest ‘news’ - why on earth are reps from Watford and Rennes meeting in...Rome?! London and Rennes are far nearer to one another...
I'm in Rome right now, waiting for a panini in a cafe near Piazza Navona and there's no sign of Gino. It's not happening.
Rome is stunning. In fact I will organise my next coaches' meeting in Rome. The Colosseum will be much more use than my colleague and smell better too. Mind you so will the Ventian canals!
The penguins here are now gobbling down on sarrdines - probably in tribute to Ismaila's arrival at Watford. Either that, or they're plotting a cunning scheme to turn his head and bring him to Antarctica.
Man at Esso has just texted me. "The condor has flown West from Leipzig. The treacle has soaked into the sponge and Fritz is ready to comply. Also diesel down to 126.9p" Make of that what you will.
The good news is the deal is agreed. Now we just have to be patient and wait for a bigger club to offer the same amount. We’ve done all the hard work.
That's the song Geri Halliwell did, right? Another Watford connection. That's good enough for me. It's a done deal.
Daily Mail (I know) reporting £24m fee which I reckon is the closest guess at a Pozzo fee so far. We're not going to break a transfer record by nearly £20m - just not the way they operate.