The answer is that they’re all interested in signing a certain striker from Valencia. If the player is that good, you have to question why Los Che are considering farming him out on loan to a Premier League club, and the fact that Stoke and Hull have been linked to the forward may suggest that he’s not exactly on a par with Fernando Torres.
Nevertheless, Setanta have either been listing random clubs or have actually discovered that a veritable quintet of top flight clubs want to land Nikola Zigic. The Serbian has been courted by the Potters over the last week or so, although he looks like he may have a choice of clubs to join if this source is to be believed.
Valencia had only been interested in a permanent transfer earlier in the summer, but now they have announced a loan deal is acceptable.
“I expect a decision in a few days,” Valencia vice-president Fernando Gomez told Levante newspaper.
“We offer the chance to go on loan to any of the interested English clubs.”
If you were Nikola Zigic, who would you choose to sign for? Surely it would be brilliant to sign for Stoke and help them survive relegation? Or maybe Aston Villa are the most attractive option, with Martin O’Neill continuing to make progress with the Midlands club? Decisions, decisions…