Shearer Will Not be No. 2

KK has confirmed that Alan Shearer will not be his assistant at Newcastle. He may land another role, but that is to be decided. Suggestions are, that Shearer didn’t want to give up his BBC pundits job. Take note Geordies, Shearer would rather cosy up on the couch with Hansen and Lineker than come and learn how to run your club. link

Woodgate to Spurs

Jonathan ‘Sick Note’ Woodgate looks to be on the move, again. Spurs are said to have had an offer of around £7 million accepted. With Ledley King back from injury and Michael Dawson pairing up well, its an odd one, particularly as they have both Younes Kaboul and Ricardo Rocha in reserve. But then Spurs go through phases of collecting players in the same position. link

Chimbonda the Modern Day Footballer

Pascal Chimbonda, the Spurs and France full back wants out of Tottenham, in exchange for a windfall move to Newcastle. The Sun reports, with a great picture, that Chimbonda said “I am definitely leaving Spurs. It’s all about the money. I don’t care about the final, I don’t care about the cup.” Chimbonda’s career has a distinct trend of upping and leaving when he wants to, but that’s the way the game is nowadays. Spurs let the chump go, pass the problem on. Newcastle beware! link

Quickfire Transfer News

Rafa Benitez joined the queue of top managers wanting to take a risk on Theo Walcott. Wenger, Sven and now Rafa must all see something in the 18 year old, shame he can’t show the fans on the pitch. Arsenal rejected the bid from Liverpool.

Middlesbrough look to be very close to signing Afonso Alves from Heerenveen. An agreement on a transfer fee is all that is holding this up, said Southgate. All? Not much then Gareth, just a few million quid!

‘Arry is after Milan Baros on loan from Lyons, ‘Arry has seen that Baros has played in the Premier League and not quite made the grade. So he looks a perfect signing for ‘Arry.

Liverpool have the cash now to sign Javier Mascherano permanently, after the club’s American owners secured the loan to refinance their takeover. Tom Hicks and George Gillett will be flavour of the month with the Kop now….

African Cup of Nations

Anyone who has followed the fist few games in this tournament will know that African football is very entertaining. It’s packed with goals, its fast football, and the platers play with commitment and passion. And of course match fixing……

The big news in Ghana centres around a match fixing allegation made by the German manager of Benin. The German told the BBC that he was asked if he would help fix the result of his side’s match against Mali, and said he would be willing to give Caf details of the man who made the approach. link

Last night Guinea upset Morocco, 3-2. That leaves Morocco with an uphill task to qualify, although a win against Ghana in their last match would guarantee progression. Ghana are on the back of two opening wins, last night they took the points against Namibia 1-0.

Tonight Ivory Coast take on Benin, but the tastier fixture is Nigeria v Mali. The Nigerians were tipped by many to feature well in this competition, but would go out tonight with a game to go, if they lose and the Ivory Coast win. But then Berti Vogts is the manager.

WAGs (wives and girlfriends)

OK, we’re coming clean. Some of the WAG stories this week have been lame…… But not this cracker!

Ashley Cole once Arsenal and England’s finest, has been on a slippery slope since his mega bucks move to Chelsea, no more so than today. The Sun have headlined with a story about Ashley cheating on his wife Cheryl Cole, with a hairdresser. The hairdresser said “He’s wild - really rude in bed. He knew exactly what he was doing and was pretty good, despite not being very big.” Chelsea responded by barring a Sun reporter from attending a press conference today after the tabloid ran the story. Chin up Ashley. link

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