Sandro (again) and Oscar Cardozo

get your coat oscar; you'll need it.

Speculation (and I hasten to say speculation); seems to suggest that Mr. Levy’s move to sure up relations with Internacional in the last window was another savvy decision from our shrewd chairman as the major press seem to have heard wind of movements which might suggest that the capture of Sandro in the winter window (to sure up the enforcing side of our midfield), would seem to place us in pole position. Specifically it is said that interest around the tall hard tackling midfielder is growing with Arsenal (naturally) and Barcelona (always the sign of a good player) reportedly registering their interest. The working relationship between our two clubs would seem to have some benefit for us; and I can only assume this would (hopefully) mean first refusal on their players or in an extreme circumstance only first refusal on Sandro himself. Only time will tell on this one.

In other news; reports today are linking ourselves as well as the cash rich Manchester City with a move for Oscar Cardozo of Benfica. Anyone who’s played Football Manager (I’ll stop making reference to this shortly for fear of my reputation), knows that the tall Paraguayan knows how to find the net when he wants to with an impressive ratio of 50 goals in 87 games for his club. Whilst his international record is much less impressive; you can argue this may be due to the distinct lack of creative talent in the international squad with only Wolfsburg’s Santana really making any headlines on the european stage. A move for Oscar would certainly be in the vein of replacing Roman Pavlyuchenko who for the most part can be assumed to have a critical time ahead of him in the next few games, (specifically due to Jermain Defoe’s petulance against Pompy). It can certainly be ascertained that Harry and the management would potentially be keeping an eye on replacements in what remains a bit of a sticky diplomatic situation. Needless to say Oscar fits the bill; as there is a fairly low chance lack of appearances/ being a forth striker would limit his appearances in the World Cup; and it is also fair to say that as a prolific goalscorer he would be interested in challenging himself on a larger more prominent stage. Watch this space.

Here’s Sandro’s first and only goal for Inter. Not bad for an enforcer right?