Sergio Canales, will he be another Walcott or a World Cup wonder?
There is a well-known monthly British football magazine, which I will not name to avoid further speculation that I'm in its pay, that has a column called The Boy's A Bit Special.
If they haven't done so already, and I haven't looked back more than a couple of issues, then they should consider giving some coverage to the new Spanish sensation Sergio Canales.
is making the clouds go away at .
It's worth saying quietly as he was probably the most derided England manager, possibly ever, certainly since . Nonetheless, McClaren has been one of the unsung success stories in European football this season.
After back in the summer of 2008 after, as in one of his few interviews with the English media since moving to the Netherlands, he left England under a rain cloud, he has revitalised the club from the rural Eastern part of the country.
Following a , Ciro Ferrara remains as coach of Juventus for now.
But win or lose Wednesday's Coppa Italia match against Napoli, a game that brings together the only two clubs he ever played for as a professional, his days would appear to be numbered.
The Italian media have been avidly reporting that , coming in as a trouble-shooting caretaker manager in similar fashion to the way he parachuted into Chelsea last season.
The European winter transfer window was flung open with a flourish last Saturday with Roma putting on display their .
Everybody seemed happy with the 18-month loan deal from , not least the free-spirited Toni, whose chances of being part of Marcello Lippi's squad going to will doubtless improve thanks to the likelihood of playing regularly and being back on Italian soil.
Toni has also rid himself of the burden of having to continually explain himself to the authoritarian Bayern coach Louis van Gaal.
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