It didn't take them long. Down in the dumps over their failed pursuit of Kaka, Man City have jumped right back on the horse again with speculation linking them to Didier Drogba and Miguel Veloso.

A double-your-money deal for Drogba (try saying that fast) appears to be in the offing according to the Sun. Giving the Ivorian a whopping £180,000 a week to throw a strop and chuck coins at people.

Veloso, meanwhile, would command a fee of £19m and, having just spent £17m on a different promising defensive midfielder in Nigel De Jong, City evidently want to play a unique 1-5-4 formation with five central midfielders to sure up their 'soft centre'.

Having wasted £14m on Craig Bellamy, City might be kicking themselves that Emile Heskey is going to Villa for a measly £4m.

The Times report that Heskey's contract situation will see Wigan accept Villa's bid, but you can rest assured that if City had been interested they wouldn't have taken less that £12m.

We can bring you news that Jimmy Bullard has inked a deal with Hull, yes Hull! £5m was apparently enough to seal his move and, presumably, a substantial increase in wages too. Not to say that it was all about the money, but it wouldn't have been a surprise to have seen the shaggy-haired playmaker hanging around outside Eastlands, begging to be let inside.

The Independent reveal that West Ham are just dying to spend some cash on another player no-one has ever heard of, Brescia's Savio Nsereko, and, having been in Italy for talks for the past few days, the club could be lumbered with a £10m fee. Although that may just be the wine bill.

And we know it really is silly season when the likes of Carlton Cole are linked with an £8m move. The Hammers striker is scoring at the moment, but surely that doesn't make him suddenly one of Europe's hottest young strikers. Spurs, say the Daily Star, are the team who may just be foolish to waste more of their money on the Chelsea-reject.

Great stuff from Mido too, who is hardly enamoured by the prospect of lining up for Wigan, or even Boro, and has sent an inquisitive text message to Spurs chief Daniel Levy asking for a return to White Hart Lane. The Sun will tell you that the Egyptian is so desperate to play for the club again that he's even offered to go through a striking masterclass from Mrs Redknapp. With Darren Bent of course.

Someone who definately can put the ball in the net is Icelander Eidur Gudjohnsen, although he has snubbed a move to Blackburn. You can hardly blame him when he's playing for the most in-form team in the world at the moment, Barcelona; but the Daily Mirror say Big Sam has a £6m bid for Red Bull Salzburg striker Marc Janko ready and waiting anyway, so he's not all that bothered.

Rovers are sending scouts out to Cairo in a bid to keep their shirt-name printers in business, with bids for Mahmood Abdel Razek and utility man Ahmed Al-Muhammadi. The Daily Mail think that Big Sam might just have caught on to the fact that Egypt have a few decent players, although if he was really clever he's try and snap up Mohamed Aboutrika.

Newcastle are keen to sure up their leaky defence with another potential disaster case, Celtic's Bobo Balde, who is out of contract at the end of the season. The Herald also think Manchester City striker Ched Evans will head to Parkhead, after agreeing a £1.2m fee with Gordon Strachan.

The Toon have, however, already signed Peter Lovenkrands on a deal until the end of the season. The former Rangers winger, fresh from a spell in Germany, is surely the kind of young, fresh talent that Dennis Wise has been scouting for months to improve the club's position in the league. Except that he's 28 and managed just six starts for Schalke last season.

Finally, while everyone was thinking that players would be for sale this January, it might just be clubs instead.

We were caught out in August when City were sold on the last day of the transfer window, and now the talk is that more Middle-Eastern investment could be on the horizon for Liverpool and Chelsea. As the City fans made us all so proud, we can't wait for the Reds and Blues' faithful running around their respective grounds with tea-towels tied to their heads.