Rout off

So it looks as though Wayne Routledge will definitely be leaving us, finally, with Swansea his destination. Personal terms have apparently been agreed, with a medical to follow. The Swans will be his seventh Premier League club - yet incredibly he's still yet to score at this level...

No news on Mevlut Erdinc or any possible serious approach for Jermain Defoe, but it's a case of friends (or at least team-mates) reunited at Villa Park, where Toon old boys Charles N'Somnia and Shay Given will once again be sharing a dressing room.