Arshavin, Keane, Jo...

Well, we got our striker and for that I'm grateful. Jo is in from City until the end of the season when presumably we hand him back because we really don't want to be spending £19m or whatever ridiculous value is put on Jo's head in July.

I'm delighted we got someone because I just couldn't see us maintaining our push for 6th place relying on Victor and Tiny. OK Jo's scoring record at City is appalling. 3 goals in 9 appearances and those three came courtesy of 2 against Omonia Nicosia and a single in the 6-0 rout of Portsmouth, a bit after Pompey thumped us 3-0 at Goodison. But the whole Jo at City saga comes with the caveat that he was signed by the previous regime, and therefore we're told that Hughes 'doesn't fancy him'. We have to assume Sven or the Thai did. Let's hope it was Sven. So Jo hasn't had a fair crack at the whip. He'll get that at Goodison because we have no alternatives.

Some trivia-related nonsense springs to mind. I think he's our second Brazilian (behind Rodrigo - for those low on memory, read this), surely has the shortest name of any Evertonian, and must be the most expensive player we've ever borrowed? Another thing, I can't think of any other signings we've made from City since the days of Kendall's first return when he nipped down the East Lancs and came back with Mark Ward and Alan Harper in the boot of his car. That's quite rare in over 15 years.

We'll hopefully get our first sight of Jo against Bolton on Saturday because he's ineligible for Wednesday night's Cup replay. Probably a good job because he'd likely get sent off for being on the same pitch as Shabby Alonso which seems to be the FA directive we didn't get told about for this season.

Say It Is So, Jo..

Lame title I know but, hot off the press (and there seems to be legs in it), we may have a striking option arriving imminently.

Everton are apparently in talks with City over the possibility of borrowing Jo for the rest of the season. Not sure Jo was getting much of a game at City before Bellamy's arrival, but now his opportunities seem even more limited and Hughes appears not to fancy him, in the manager's vernacular.

He's tall and obviously has some talent and IF he arrives, Moyes will need to rebuild his confidence, and work out a system to incorporate his ability. He won't be eligible for the FA Cup.

I like him. Jonny says he's mince. Could be that sort of player.

http://twitter.com/mencityfc and here at the Telegraph.