Five Cantonas

Patrice Evra has comitted himself to the club until at least the end of the 2013/14 season. Evra, pictured left in convict mode, has been our best left back since Dennis Irwin, but rumours abounded that he was set to join Real Madrid in the summer.

This presumably means Evra will be staying, although should he leave, any fee we receive would now be inflated. It also presumably ends our interest in Emilio Izaguirre, given that we also have John O’Shea and Fabio who can play left-back, and neither are likely to be leaving.