After watching Rafa dodge questions about Cisse's long term future, I think it's a dead cert that he will be out of the door by the end of the month to pave the way for Michael Owen's return.
The question is though, how much can we expect from this deal?
With him being cup tied for all European fixtures, I can't see him being worth much more than £7 million. That gives us an immediate loss of £7million. If we then pay the rumoured £12 million for Michael Owen, then that gives us a net loss of nearly £10 million!
All that for player to sit on the treatment table for a year, and for Michael Owen to try his hand abroad.
Does anyone have an opinion on our poor business dealings?