The Rumour Mill amusingly snarked that they did the deal at a meeting of Oligarchs Anonymous.

Townsend was absolutely torching Tblisi's left back time and again. He and Naughton also appear to have a good understanding which was nice to see. As much as I love Aaron Lennon I'd like to see Townsend get a run out against Premier League competition. Funny, it's hard to predict what the starting XI will be for the…

Agree 100% on Lamela v. Willian.

Yeah but Willian was practically sitting at Tottenham with a pen in his hand. This is unusually late.

Shaktar sold him to Anzhi Makhachkala in January.

Pjanic in the streets of North London?

I specifically checked this out to laugh at the Mets' endless commitment to Bobby Bonilla but it was nowhere to be found! Boooo!

And I believe friendlies don't count, so Falcao could have been moved on up until he played in a competitive match.

I have a feeling this is only the beginning of what will be a highly entertaining AVB - Mourinho Oedipal drama this year.

I mean, I'm all for their being more bad blood between us and Chel$ki but I'm not even mad about this. It's so audacious and scummy as to just be comical. On the other hand, Willian is obviously a complete mercenary, and Kia Joorabchian is an utter scumbag who we don't want to be involved with. You just know he'd have…

One factor you're not considering is the £30 million revenue increase from the new TV deal that came in for all Premier League clubs this year. It doesn't make a difference at the richest clubs, but for lower-revenue sides looking to add depth or make a marquee signing it's a huge windfall. Look at the business that…

Wenger is the perfect manager for the Kroenkes. Great re-signing of Flamini on a free today, real statement of intent.

Bale is just the hottest commodity available so Real Madrid want to buy him to show they're the big dogs on the block. This is all about Fiorentino Perez's ego, not Bale's value as a player.

The shenanigans over the Willian transfer are for more interesting than the will-he/won't-he over Bale. Willian was literally sitting in the office at Tottenham waiting to sign his transfer papers while the clubs dickered over who had to contribute more to Kia Joorabchian's pound of flesh when Abramovich called Anzhi…

Andros Townsend's performance today takes the sting out a bit.

They've actually reduced weekly wages, and will so even more signficantly if they sell Adebayor.

Not at all. Check out the net spend here: http://www.transferleague.co.uk/premiership-tr…

Levy hasn't spent the Bale money already. If anything, that would be money paying for Lamela and Willian. Neither of those transfers has been completed yet. The other signings net out to something around 25 million, there's been a bunch of wage reductions, and Adebayor and Assou-Ekoto are both likely to be moved on.

There's a book about the history of the Spurs shirt called Old Lilywhite and Blue. Maybe there's something similar for Woolwich.

I know right? There just has to be someone out there obsessively cataloguing this information.