This man would love it when a plan comes together. Photograph: Scott Heppell/AP
When the Mill rode into Transfer Tittle-Tattle town today, it was deadly quiet.
Too quiet. A one-horse town where even the horse had left.
Nothing but wafting tumbleweed, a hot and hazy shimmer and a scabby dog with a limp cowering to the sinister, [...]

Kevin Keegan has been unhappy with Newcastle’s failure to attract key signings. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images
Kevin Keegan’s reign at Newcastle has come to an abrupt end after meetings with club owner Mike Ashley today, according to Guardian sources.
After making his unhappiness with the club’s failure to sign three or four major targets this summer [...]