75th time lucky

According to Mark Hughes, our manager, Manchester City FC has been linked to 75 different players since we became "the richest club in the world" (TM). At last, one of these rumours had made it into the local paper, El Diario de Cadiz, which told us on Monday that we had increased our offer (what offer? we asked), for Diego Forlan. Why he would want to return to Manchester-if indeed he does-after his brief and not very successful spell with the club up the road is anyone's guess. Meanwhile Cadiz CF, which currently languishes in a local third division, won the first leg of the first round of the "eliminatorias" or playoffs by 1 goal to 0. This was the home leg and whether it will be enough is in some doubt. The next game is on Sunday, so next week could be tough in the Cadiz supporting Pizzeria at the top of our road. We will let you know.