This is the place to post your questions or thoughts and I will do my best to respond later in the week. Here are a few subjects that you mind want to comment on.

The Tevez and Mascherano transfer continues to be a source of discussion and controversy. It seems that the “big” clubs were offered the Argentine pair but baulked at the contract conditions. It is also interesting that of the “big” clubs who were offered the players, the only team commenting on the situation is Manchester United.

As mysterious as the transfer of Tevez and Mascherano to West Ham United is, why would United supposedly be willing to pay $35M for Owen Hargreaves (a player available on a Bosman transfer for part of last season) and pass on Mascherano who is already three times the player Hargreaves is – and four years younger.

Here is an article by Alex Bellos on Kia Joorabchian who is now attracting publicity like Paris Hilton attracts photographers.

With talk of a West Ham takeover David Bond looks at the how the latest move to buy a Premiership team is raising the level of concern of many. It seems small potatoes given the goings on over the last few days but tucked away in today’s headlines is something that will have far wider repercussions. Andy Webster has successfully invoked a previously unused clause in FIFA’s transfer regulations that allows a player to move to another club by giving adequate notice at the end of the third year of a longer contract by giving his notice within 15 days of the last match of the season. FIFA adopted the new regulation 17 in 2005 to stay onside of the EU’s concerns. By the way he has joined Wigan from Hearts.

Fernando Torres has reportedly signed a one year contract extension that will keep him at Atletico Madrid until 2009. More importantly for Atletico it means that they have reestablished some value in the player and can sell him next summer for a substantial fee.

Former Inter Milan and Italian great Giacinto Facchetti has died at the age of 64 after a short but serious illness. Facchetti was at the time of his death the President of Inter.  Facchetti was the “contradiction” of the great Inter team of the mid-sixties. While Coach Helenio Herrera may have perfected – not as extensively reported invented – the catenaccio system Facchetti became the poster-boy for overlapping full backs. During his career at Inter he averaged around a goal every six game. He also captained Italy 70 times in 94 appearances. Coming up in the next few days we have Jamaica playing Canada in Montreal today in a CONCACAF friendly, Euro 2008 qualifying continues with Italy traveling to Paris to play France in Group B.