Braggers' Points up for grabs

There will be opportunities for West Midlands teams to earn extra BL points during the next few weeks, with a point being awarded for the highest transfer fee paid out for a new player (unfortunately I never thought to also do this the other way round as Villa could have had a point for Milner).

We also said there will be points awarded for international appearances by West Midlands club based players (no bench warmers - must enter the field of play). Players can perform for any national club, not just England or the home nations, but the more obscure ones will need to be brought to my attention as my awareness of who's playing where may not stretch to places like Togo and Bahamas.

Fickle: about to spend 40 million pounds on players for his beloved Blues, Carson Yeung was talked into purchasing this very fetching fur coat for the winter season instead. Kushty or what?

With only days left until the transfer window closes, am I right in thinking that the most expensive straight inward transfer for a West Midlands team in the summer window has been Stoke City's purchase of Kenwyne Jones for 8 million from Sunderland? Though I hate to say this folks, the value of Steven Ireland in the sale and exchange of James Milner was around the 9 million mark. Latest news from St Andrews is that their 9 million pounds bid for Charles N’Zogbia from Wigan has been turned down. So will Villa or Stoke grab that extra BL point or are we in for a few surprises between now and Tuesday?