Somehow I should have guessed!

Israel for the first European game! Always something to make things interesting. I hear many players that featured in the World Cup have yet to return to their clubs - seems sensible but difficult to see it helping them early on. At the end of the season you may get the same affect, to a lesser degree, as with Ashley Cole - he looked sprightly in the WC unlike most other English players. A high price for Arsenal though! All part of the fun me thinks.