"San Siro fans are left to ponder on the transient nature of all things football, but in this soccer culture that raises ephemera to a level of importance that falsely attests to their true worth, here is a player deserving of elegiac treatise," said Harry Redknapp last week, in a tribute to Neil Ruddock.

The old ones are the best, eh? No, like ourselves, Harry probably said "You wot?" on reading the moving au revoir to George Weah, who joined Chelsea on loan last week, on AC Milan's official website (as featured by internet site Football 365). We can't be sure but we reckon it translates as "football's a funny game - the lad done well for us, he gave 110 per cent for the club and we're gutted that he's gone".