Lescott bid

Just as the demand to improve the team saw us jettison our own young talented 'keeper in favour of a more experienced - and, admittedly, much better version - in January, we may well be about to do exactly the same at centre half.

Because if we sign Joleon Lescott, for whom we are alleged to have made a bid in this morning's papers, it can only threaten the place of Nedum Onuoha - Academy graduate and our best defender of 2009 thus far.

In The Guardian Andy Hunter writes of a £15m bid being made this week, allowing Lescott to double his wages from £40k/week to £80k/week. And in The Sun Phil Thomas claims the same things: a £15m bid 'within the next 48 hours', and the same wage improvement.

He certainly makes sense as a Mark Hughes target: Premier League experience, soon to turn 27, athletic, competitive. And there's no doubting that we need an experienced head at centre half to replace Richard Dunne. I just wonder if we'll be able to prise him away: Everton have a very settled squad and don't really need to sell. Maybe we'll have to go higher than £15m. But if we're prepared to spend £18m, is there no-one better we can get? On a side note, if we really want one of Everton's centre-halves we should go for Phil Jagielka. Apart from the fact that he had a better 2008/09 than Lescott, he is, as far as I'm aware, a City fan.

Presuming we do get Lescott, it's a straight choice between Onuoha and Kompany to play with him. I'd probably rather have Onuoha, but until he gets the new contract to reward his 2009 form and secure his future at MCFC, we may be best assuming Kompany. I'd rather have either of them than Kolo Touré though.