Well now, when it comes to football, one man has for many years been the most noticeable, the most controversial, and occasionally the most successful blogger this country has ever produced. His pithy words and abrasive style make him as famous off the pitch as he is on it. This man is Escapini. "I love football. Football she's a cruel mistress. She's, she's more than a mistress. She's a wife, she's a mother, she's a daughter, she's an errant child. She's a… she's a… she can make you laugh, she make you cry. She can bring tears me eyes. She can bring blood to me shoulders. She can bring a kettle to the boil." "Cause football is about nothing, unless it's about something and what it is about, is football."

1 min readPublished 2 May 2011, 17:39

Everton

Shake Up In Italy Sparks €20M Premiership Raid

Further to yesterday’s suggestion that Everton’s Leighton Baines is wanted at Eastlands, from Italy comes some background activity that may add to the reasons why.

According to Corriere dello Sport… Juan Manuel Vargas could be on his way to Roma and should Fiorentina let him leave then Pantaleo Corvino Forentina’s Sporting Director will set about finding a replacement. Number one on his wish list is none other than one Aleksandar Kolarov.

Corvino told the Italian press, “The cycle started in 2005, which saw us become protagonists in Italy and in Europe is over,” he said. “Now we would like to start another one.” Whatever that actually means.

€15 million for Kolorov? A good bit of business if Leighton Baines can be lured from Everton, but an unnecessary one if he can’t. I would be surprised if David Moyes’ resolve proves weak and after the whole ‘Lescott’ business I can see the Goodison transfer door being kept slammed firmly shut.