Sky Sports reckon that Edu is now in a bit of a quandry, after his valiant attempt to sneak into the country on a dodgy passport.

Corinthians, basically, don't want him - or, perhaps, can't take him - back. 'Edu no longer has anything to do with Corinthians. It would be practically impossible for him to play for us again,' said the club's chief executive. 'It's not just a simple case of us handing the money back, we would have to renegotiate and buy him back. The other option would be to take him on loan, but either way it would be extremely difficult.'

But Sky seem to think that there's an escape clause in the transfer contract, allowing us to wriggle out in the event of immigration problems. We guess the Marble Halls lawyers will already have the fine-tooth combs out.