Money Already Made

Really not much around at all today.  

Phil Jones is coming after all (surprise, surprise...), despite the Mail on Sunday's hysteria yesterday, report everyone today. The Telegraph:

weekend talks involving senior figures and legal advisers from United and Blackburn resolved the impasse between the two clubs.

Blackburn’s owners, Venkys, had been investigating the possibility of a legal challenge to force United to raise their bid substantially due to their perception that the Premier League champions had benefited from leaked information surrounding the escape clause in Jones’s contract, which was inserted into the 19 year-old’s deal following a renegotiation in February. ...Jones’s insistence that he was only prepared to leave Ewood Park for Old Trafford is understood to have ended all doubt.

It forced Venkys to accept the futility of their attempts to seek more money from the sale of their precious asset.

While The Mirror claim that:

Blackburn and Manchester United are ready to agree a compromise £20million fee to end their bitter dispute over Phil Jones.

But that's in The Mirror, so take with a pinch of salt.

The Mail reckon we're still after Alexis Sanchez, though they admit he'd prefer Spain, so don't hold your breath.  They also say that Arsenal will offer Nasri more money to try and persuade him to stay.

The Guardian report that the Glazers are contemplating floating the club on the stock market in Hong Kong, which, they've been advised could see them making twice what they paid for the club:

A float would provide a profitable exit for the Glazers, which bought the club in a highly leveraged £790m deal in 2005, although the family may retain a stake and use the proceeds from a share offering to reduce debt of £490m. ...In 2010, a list of the 10 most valuable sports brands compiled by Forbes magazine ranked United second only to the New York Yankees, and Wall Street bankers have been pushing the float idea to the Glazers in recent weeks.

United has a huge following in Asia and analysts say there would an enormous appetite for the shares in the event of an initial public offering (IPO).

And finally a non-story in the Sun.  Vidic is staying:

his agent Silvano Martina said: "He's a player everyone wants. 

"I talked to him about a hypothetical transfer and he said 'I am the captain of Manchester United, earning well, I've won almost everything.

"Why should I go to Italy when Italian football is going through a turbulent period?' This response removes any doubt about where his future lies - he stays where he is."