Transfer - Wilson Palacios (to Birmingham?)

Arsenal FC have NOT completed the signing of Honduran international winger Wilson Palacios. The player was to apparently join the club on loan with an option to buy at the end of the season. Initially thought to be "missing" in August by an apparently jumpy South American press, the forward was actually on trial in London with Arsenal almost adding yet another new nationality to the ranks.

Arsene Wenger was pleased with his performance in training and has decided to offer the player a route into joining ANOTHER club. Birmingham City. Arsene Wenger picked up the phone and called his new best friend Steve Bruce and sent the South American winger to Birmingham for more trials and apparently a transfer to the newly promoted club.

It is not currently known whether his international caps will immediately allow the player a work permit to remain in England. What is known is that Palacios once scored the Honduran "goal of the century" and at 23 would be expected to compete for a place wide of mifield for Birmingham.

I sincerely hope Arsene Wenger has secured some sort of transfer fee for this player having discovered him in the deepest reaches of the Americas. I should think we arent in the business of providing Birmingham with their entire first team.