Patiently Waiting

So I'm thinking I need some sort of plan for filling up this place during the summer. I mean, I guess i can look at the European championships but that still leaves some weeks, and if today's anything to go by there'll be nothing anywhere. Today we have the story about Ronaldo I posted on yesterday (recap - he's not going to Real Madrid), and Evra might sign a new contract, but then again - oh, and he says something about the Champions League Final. Excitement...

Here's the Evra story:

Patrice Evra has yet to re-open negotiations with Manchester United despite entering the final year of his contract.

Gill will almost certainly make Evra's contract his main priority after the Moscow final but doubts will remain about his future until an agreement has been reached.

"The ball is in Manchester United's court," Evra said.

Here's his quotes:

Evra said: "The big difference between us and the rest is our character. No-one in England has more than us.

"It is great to be a champion again, but all we have done is emulate last season's achievement. We are not the sort of team to settle for that.

"I'm sure Chelsea don't want to finish empty handed, especially by losing out to us again, but we have absolutely no intention of letting them win the Champions League.

"There is a real will to win and it's going to get stronger. This team has a great future."

Evra, who will resume contract talks with United after the European Championship, revealed that the heartbreak of being a Champions League runner-up with Monaco will drive him on against Chelsea.

"I don't want to walk past that trophy again without being able to lift it," he said.

"That cup is tugging at my heart. I said when I joined United I wasn't coming here just to reach a Champions League final. I was coming to win it.

"I joke that I went to the final with Monaco in a Fiat but I'm heading there now in a Ferrari."

I almost forgot there's this story in The Mail.

Bordeaux boss Laurent Blanc is lining up a move for his former Manchester United team-mate Mikael Silvestre.

Silvestre made only six appearances this season and Sir Alex Ferguson is expected to approve the transfer after United's Champions League final clash with Chelsea.