A quiet few days on the news front to such an extent that even the hacks cannot find anyone new to link us with. Must be very quiet for them not to be able to do that, I’m sure you’ll agree. All of which made it quite easy to remember the promise of not touching the Computer yesterday to spend Father’s Day with the kids. Families, who’d have ‘em.

The biggest rumour seems to have emenated from the mouth of an Agent, so forgive me if I’m a tad sceptical of the source. Barry Silkman deflected attention from the Stevens Report by claiming to be working on a big transfer for Arsenal. My own suspicion, if anything pans out, is that it is a move out of the Club for someone rather than someone coming in. On that subject, perhaps Jose Antonio Reyes’ brace to clinch the title for Real yesterday will persuade someone to make a concrete offer for him now the Spanish season is over. Nothing like a headline grabbing cameo to boost your ‘ratings’. And with the season completed there, no doubt that the rumours about Henry will increase to a level akin to that which The Who achieved at The Valley in the mid-70’s although Ludovic Giuly kicked France Football squarely in the nads by a strenuous rebuttal about how he had given Henry advice about buying a house. Given that he is subject to rumour of a move to Scotland himself, perhaps Giuly’s house selling technique needs a bit of working on. The rumour mill though shows that no-one is immune to it, France Football’s reputation as a decent magazine has taken a severe battering with the constant rebuttals of its stories yet they show no sign of self-control so if a respected magazine is caught in the tawdry millstone, no-one is safe.

Justin Hoyte and Nedum Onuoha were the recipients of some racial abuse from the Serbs during and after yesterday’s Under 21 International; Mijhalovic’s legacy continues to live on. Whilst UEFA will no doubt investigate and hand a fine of a couple of thousand dollars, until someone receives a ban for this, I am sceptical that they will actually have any impact on the problem. If that seems harsh, and racism is a ’social’ problem as opposed to purely one in football’s remit, their inability to eradicate it on the playing area does not fill me with any confidence in their strength of character to effect change.

’til Tomorrow.