Could it be? Might it be?

By: Kevin | July 11th, 2009

Sport is reporting that the Monday meeting with Villa and Llorente et al, will almost certainly unlock the doors for Villa to make his move to us.

Of course it is Sport, which has only a little bit of lean, right?

El Mundo Deportivo is a little more reserved, saying there will be a meeting, in which Villa will meet with folks and talk about some stuff.

You Spanish speakers should feel free to say “You mis-translated it, knucklehead.”

–Monday is the apparent “do something, dummy” deadline for Filipe, who is trying, without rocking the boat too much, to force a transfer. Apparently the fiscal brains over at Depor are wondering why the hell Lendoiro is turning down 10 million Euros. His answer, apparently, is “Because yo mama,” or some such. The agent is antsy, the player is antsy, the board is antsy, Depor’s coach is antsy. Everybody wants this thing to happen except for one obstinate club president. The price offered varies, depending upon where you look, anywhere from 8 to 10m. Lendoiro is in effect saying that we’re cheapskates.

Does that strike anyone else as kinda goofy?

–Speaking of keeping ‘em down on the farm, expect the official Keirrison announcement this week, at long last. No, it won’t be the last transfer of this summer, but it will almost certainly be the first. In an exclusive interview, Sport talked to the Brazilian ~~sensation~~ question mark, who said “I was always Barca.”

Coaches, agents and club officials are all very clear that it would have been impossible to keep him there. Keirrison’s affection for us is clear from the contract clause that would make anyone else pay 50m Euros for his transfer, and E3.50 for us. (Note: This last price is purely speculative.)

–Still no news on the Eto’o front, with less than two weeks to go before the start of training camp. Now that Citeh has pulled out of the “race,” and AC Milan has said “Too rich for our blood,” an interesting situation is developing with our Cameroonian striker. Could he be the best player that nobody wants? Our price, between 25-30m is right, so what’s the holdup? Good question. Expect many, many questions at Guardiola’s first media availability, right?

–Is anyone aware that we will be playing for SIX trophies this season? Bojan Krkic is. When asked by a clearly misguided young’un at a recent event, how he was going to feel when the Evil Empire won everything, Krkic replied: “They can’t win everything because Barca will battle to win six titles and [The Evildoers] can only win three.”

For those keeping score, that’s Spanish Supercopa, UEFA Supercup, Club Worlds, Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League.

Too bad “La Sexta” is already taken by a television station.

Finally, a picture that needs no introduction: