Well, Dimitar Berbatov made the right decision and signed for Manchester United. And watch out world, after their swoop for Robinho, Manchester City really ARE big-time now.

The Arab royal family that have taken them over have zillions to spend - more down their family sofa than Roman Abramovich has ever had or is likely to have, so they say.

It's all down to oil. They make £500m every time a barrel shows even the slightest rise in price!

Robinho going to Eastlands is just a statement of their intent. They tried for Berbatov just to upset United, methinks. My daughter's boyfriend, Alistair, was so upset, according to his mum, he was nearly crying when City came in with their bid for Berby. He had to take the dog out for a walk to try to calm down.

Anyway, it's all done and dusted and once England have tried to avoid humiliation and a caning in Andorra and Croatia, we can look forward to some thrilling stuff in the Premier League on the weekend of September 13/14.

Liverpool v Man United, Man City v Chelsea and Blackburn v Arsenal, to name but three. Liverpool will miss Steven Gerrard but I think they will be more of a force without Fernando Torres right now. Robbie Keane came into his own when Torres went off injured and, allied to Liverpool's best player currently, Dirk Kuyt, and a winger, then they won't be the pushovers everyone is saying they will be. What's more, they are winning while playing badly, which is always an ominous sign.