Happy days Finally a statement from the club on the transfer inactvity, although I think we all knew Curbs wasn't sat at home waiting for the 2012 Olympic decision!

"The club have got some money together and it's there for me to spend. The chairman wants me to spend it and I'm trying to do it. I'm looking to bring in players that are going to add competition to the left-back spot, centre-half spot, midfield spot and the front spots."

£1.5m was added to the coffers on Tuesday when disappointingly Paul Konchesky was sold to newly promoted West Ham. A further £500,000 will follow depending on appearances and it will be interesting to see how many of those will be at left-back. The Hammers official site already has him listed as a midfielder. Oh, you have to laugh....

So, I'm having a nose around West Ham's site, you know to see what its like to buy a new player etc., and I notice that Shaun Newton has signed a new 2-year contract. Well, I liked Newts but on the subject of laughing, wasn't he the player we sold to Wolves 4 years ago because frankly he wasn't good enough for us? But, hey-ho some people think they "are a MUCH bigger club than Charlton". (scan down page). Oh, how I'm having a good day.

Anyway, I digress. Curbishley on the official site added "We've being trying to bring players in ever since the season finished really, and as recently as the first couple of days of this week, but it wasn't to be."

"It's fair to say that we're looking to bring in five players and we will be trying our hardest to do that. They are all quality players - players in the Premiership - and I think that is the biggest problem for us. All the Premiership managers are finding it difficult to bring players in because of the kind of domino effect of player transfers."

Therefore maybe Sidwell and Jagielka are not targets, which I think is a shame. So the new game is looking to see which club is buying which player, in which position and trying to work out if an existing player will be allowed to leave and consequently be one of our targets. I'll start.

Spurs are chasing Villa's Darius Vassell, so Keane to us then? Chelsea are contemplating a £20m offer for Shaun Wright-Phillips. So that is Robben to us then?

Ok, it's a silly game. However just to keep us on the edge of our seats, the club did say "that up to three new faces could be in place by next week." Oh, will they never learn?

To finish with, some more good news from the New Den.

Oh, happy days.  ¶ 15:00