Mourinho Covets Our William!

I've just been listening to Talk Sport and the tale of a 'jolly' either last night , or the night before, at which messrs Ferguson and Mourinho were present. Somebody apparently put the question to them both 'Which player would you most want to sign now?'

Dear old Fergie, bless him, came out with Robin Van Persie, no less. Not a surprise really, given that old purple nose has seen his team, minus Keane and Van Nistelrooy, over achieve thus far. One assumes that Van Persie would, in an out and out striking role, bring much to to United's table. Nice to note though that in a off-guard moment he rates our Robin so highly.

Mourinho produced a more hilarious response. 'William Gallas', he is reported to have said. This begs the question. Does he hold his former player in such high regard that he is angered by being backed into a corner over the deal that took Cole to Chelsea?

Cole is clearly struggling to win over the Stamford Bridge faithful. The Chelsea forums are full of praise for Bridge and questioning the wisdom, and cost, of Cole's capture. Now Mourinho is fanning the flames. Well, here's my view Jose. If you really rated Gallas you would have paid him what he was worth. Same as us really, if Cole was that critical to our team. Given that we had Gael Clichy, and had the opportunity to add Gallas to the squad, he clearly wasn't!

I accept that Mourinho may have held a higher opinion of Gallas than the paymasters at Stamford Bridge. In fact I am delighted with the deal that saw him join Arsenal. Insiders tell me it may be worth more to us (or more precisely, Gallas) than the reported £5m plus Ashley. If this is true however, then the special one may not have the rock solid relationship with his employers that we are being led to believe. Shame!

Here is a message for all you Chelsea fans out there moaning about losing Gallas for Cole. We're chuffing delighted. It was the deal of the summer. BILLY IS A GOONER!