A Bridge Too Far
So Wayne Bridge has gone to Chelsea. I can’t say I’m surprised. Once the contract talks were underway I resigned myself to the fact that he would leave. It’s in the past now, and we have £7m plus Graham Le Saux on subsidised-by-Chelsea wages on a two-year contract. Even at 34, he’s a quality player.
I can’t help feeling that, once again, Southampton have been beaten to the top headline spot — this time by the Damien Duff transfer saga. The Blackburn player hadn’t even signed on Saturday, but got top billing ahead of Bridge, who’d already put pen to paper. Someone at the BBC doesn’t like Saints, methinks…