Update on the transfer window

The biggest news coming down in the last couple of days is that Javier Mascherano has finally secured a move away from Liverpool and England to Barcelona and that Brazilian midfielder Diego, who failed to impress after his move from Werder Bremen to Juventus last summer, is on his way back to the Bundesliga to play for Wolfsburg.

Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson lit into Mascherano after stating the move would be finalized this weekend ripping the Argentine defensive midfielder for refusing to lace up the boots against Manchester United earlier in the week. Hodgson cited a two players he had coached in the past that had gone through similar incidents as he talked about the negative influence of agents. His tirade was rather amusing, here's a look.

Liverpool did get good news that Dirk "Diggler" or Dirk Kuyt will be staying after reports had linked him with former manager Rafa Benitez at Inter Milan.

Emmanuel Adebayor, a villain to Arsenal fans such as myself for leaving the club for Manchester City, appears ready to leave the Eastlands now after just one season. After City's massive spending spree, Adebayor appears to be one of the players left out in the cold and now is trying to move to either Real Madrid where he likely wouldn't play much or to Juventus where he probably could be a featured forward. Regardless I have to laugh at Adebayor because he's a bit of a bozo, a very good player no doubt and someone that could have been truly superb I think at Arsenal where he was a perfect fit, but he continues to seek out greener pastures where he just isn't good enough.

Robinho, another Eastlands wantaway, could be headed to Barcelona or AC Milan, but apparently must wait to see what Zlatan Ibrahimovic is going to do, according to most reports. Manchester City confirmed both clubs have made inquiries about Robinho. However, AC Milan have made clear their first choice target is Ibrahimovic with Robinho as the backup plan. I think it's obvious then that if Ibra moves Barca would swoop in for Robinho, who I think would be a natural fit for the blaugrana on the left hand side. Think about how delicious it would be to see the combination of Messi on the right, David Villa at central striker and Robinho on the left working together with incredible pace and dribbling ability - maybe a few highlights.

My boy Austin and Tottenham supporters alike today are probably shedding a tear or two that their London club could not muster the funds to snatch up Brazilian bomber Luis Fabiano, who currently plays for Sevilla. Fabiano has stated several times of his intentions to move to Italy or England, and at first did not want to move to Tottenham when the club was interested. But upon finding out Tottenham were both a London-based and Champions League qualified side, his tune changed. Regardless Spurs boss Harry Redknapp revealed his club don't have the funds to meet Sevilla's asking price of £25 million plus.

One player that will be leaving Sevilla for London is France international defender Sebastien Squillaci, who will fill the Gunners desperate need for another central defender.