Botheration, we didn't get Fraizer. Once Tottenham Hotspur began playing ball with Manchester United over the alicebanded egotist Dimitar Berbatov, it became apparent that they might require some form of recompense beyond that within a large money bag.
So Campbell is now going to play for Tottenham Hotspur this season, alongside Darren Bent and that other new chap they've brought in from Spartak. Someone may ask why on earth he's chosen bit-part, makeweight status at White Hart Lane ahead of A-list, icon status at Hull, a place he took to like a cat to wool, but ultimately he didn't get much of a choice in the matter.
Paul Duffen offered £7million, and as Sky Sports breathlessly ticked down the seconds leading to last night's window shutting, it seemed that Wigan Athletic and Newcastle United had also expressed a very belated interest in him. At this stage, there was no point in me shouting "But he's ours!" as a) this is the Premier League, ruthless and unforgiving; and b) he wasn't ours at all. In spirit, maybe. Even if he never plays for Hull City again, and now I think he probably won't, his place in Tigers history is secure, and he knows it. We go to Tottenham in a month and if he plays we'll make sure he knows how loved he is. I'm also convinced that if he scores against us, he will not celebrate.
For all the disappointment, we have still acquired Daniel Cousin - taller and older than Campbell and something of a temperamental character. I heard Chic Young say on the BBC that if he gets out of the correct side of the bed he's an amazing asset to any team; but if he's not on song he's a right moody, grouchy, troublesome get. Time for Brian Horton to exercise his strangulation technique again, methinks...
So, the window's shut and we've got Cousin in on a three year deal, plus McShane and Zayatte on loan, defenders who hopefully will quickly disperse the memory of Wayne Brown's tragedy against Wigan. Fraizer Campbell, however, looks set to be nothing more than a glorious memory for Hull City but hey, at least we had a go.
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