@King, Di Matteo back at Chelsea as Assistant Coach to the 33-year old Coach...

Man-U are definitely ahead of most other teams in terms of getting their signings out of the way. All the same, the widely held view, it is in the midfield that the devils needed most strengthening (perhaps with the exception of the goalkeeper). I can't wait to see who they will land in central midfield, and they have already spent an estimated £50 million.

If he is to be believed, he wants to win titles. You don't win titles by staying in a selling club. There have to pay him enough to forgo trophies. But Wenger will not want to open that door. Many more will demand higher salaries as time goes by. This is a dicey one for Wenger!!!

If SAF can pull a fast one on then Modric issue then we can get off the transfer market. I'm not so excited about Nasri. I will always see him as an Arsenal player even if he moves. I always see Owen as a Liverpool player even though he joined another two teams before coming to Man U.

And the madness that is the transfer window continues...

Thiago Alcantara speculation has signed a two-year contract extension at Barcelona (to 2015) that sees his buy-out clause sky-rocket to £81m.

@ Maichblack....What you should be worried about (on De Gea) as with any other Spanish player in the EPL is when will he go back to Spain. At his age i doubt Man Utd we'll be able to keep him out of Real & Barca's reach for long especially due to the fact he'll be 25 by the time his contract comes up for renewal....spanish players always have an ambition of playing for either of the two teams at some point in the careers.

I expect the transfer window to hit top gear from next week, Man Utd have already secured three fairly "easy" signings....i expect Arsenal to wrap up Gary Cahil and Gervinho's deals very soon with Samba, Parker (hopefully), Ricky Alvarez and Mata/Hazard to follow if Fabregas leaves.