Football transfer rumours: Frank Lampard to Manchester United?

LONDON. January 10. KAZINFORM As The Mill is aware many - and possibly even all - of the greatest stories ever told rely on some form of suspension of disbelief, a process of narrative faith , a desire above all on the part of the reader to believe. For example: religion in all its forms.
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The film Inception, proof that a single apparently tangible object can be woven together entirely out of a series of holes. Or the myth of individual human happinness, that notion of happiness as a kind of unwavering lifestyle option largely dependent on having really good hair and expensive matching furniture, which after thousands of years of brutality and melancholia was suddenly invented by magazines in the 1960s. Plus of course to this list can be added pretty much any story on any given transfer window Tuesday that appears to be supported only by journalistic insider-dom and a general sense of fevered enthusiasm.

Having said that, The Mill desperately wants to believe the news in this morning's Sun that Sir Alex Ferguson wants to sign Frank Lampard, who will be available on a free in the summer. Not content with one superannuated ex-England midfielder, Ferguson has offered Lampard a one-year deal and remains "convinced he can still do a job at the very highest level". Yes, yes. But can he ever form a productive midfield partnership with Steven Gerrard, both of them being genuinely - genuinely -world-class players? The Mill awaits further sensational signings. Perhaps Trevor Sinclair is available, Kazinform has learnt from the Guardian.

Also in the Sun, the Year of Pep kicks off in earnest with the news that the former Barcelona manager Guardiola "could be targeted by Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United AND Arsenal." Who knew? "I will return because I am young. I am well, watching football as a fan and enjoying those magnificent players," Guardiola has said, scotching the notion that he's been watching much Premier League recently, at least not the bits where one team spontaneously implodes and decides to lose 7-3. Guardiola, or rather "Guardiola-Lionel-Messi-and-the-world-champions", to give him his full managerial title, won 14 out of 18 available titles in his time at Barcelona.

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