With so much going on, it’s difficult not to contradict ones self

As you are well aware, it’s the transfer silly season, and the newspapers are all going to town to find the latest Premier League scoop. We don’t profess to be the Patron Saints of transfer prediction accuracy, but sometimes one can’t help but marvel at the ways they fill the column inches. Observe:

A headline from The Guardian, Dec 31: “Hughes says City will not pay inflated prices for players”

A headline from The Guardian, January 2: “City start spree with £10m Bridge deal”

Ok, so that contradiction isn’t really The Guardian’s fault, but here’s another one we spotted at The Daily Mail. This morning they ran with the headline:

Bridge goes so Chelsea boss Scolari moves for “Russian Ronaldinho”

That’s fine in it’s own right, but later they bumped that story down for the following:

Chelsea boss to target Fabiano using the cash from Bridge’s move to City

So, Chelsea are using the Wayne Bridge £10-12m transfer cash to buy the “Russian Ronaldinho”, and the £15m-rated Sevilla striker Luis Fabiano? They better be hoping for some hefty discounts.

(The Daily Mail’s contradiction might not have been so bad if they didn’t choose to run the two headlines next to each other)