Is Xisco heading back to Spain?

When you hear a rumour about one of your players leaving the club the tendancy is to feel a little bit anxious. Not this time though, not from me anyway.

Rumour has it that Spanish flop, Xisco could be heading back to sunny sunny Spain, and if there turns out to be any truth in the rumour I'm sure I won't be the only one to say viva Espana!

Various rumblings have been heard on Twitter regarding a potential move back to his old club amid rumours that the 24-year-old is undergoing a medical at the Riazor. Fingers crossed that there are no hitches and we can finally fob him off on somebody else.

I've had a little look around for some news on this, and the only thing I could find was this article written in the Spanish publication 'Marca'. I'm unsure how reliable it is, but hopefully it's bang on.

There had been rumours a few days ago suggesting that Middlesbrough were looking at taking him on loan. Alan Pardew rebuffed these suggestions, but he did say that he had been in touch with several Spanish clubs over a potential move away from the club for Xisco.

I did used to feel sorry for Xisco to be honest. He was brought to the club for £5.7 million and was awarded a wage that, in hindsight, he should never have been offered. He struggled to make any real impact as the club imploded and hardly featured as the club limped out of the Premier League. He spent last season on loan at Racing Santander and never really featured prominently for the side as they narrowly avoided relegation.

Now my sorrow has been replaced with anger. I'm angry that he seems to not be interested in playing. I'm still angry that he feigned injury to avoid representing the shirt that you and I both adore. People will stick up for him, but at the end of the day lad hasn't been deemed good enogh by ANY of the managers he has worked under.

I hope there is some truth in this. It may only be a loan deal, but it would at least shift a proportion of his wages off of our books. Xisco has taken our resources up for far too long now and has offered very little by way of a return. Hopefully he won't be our problem for much longer!

Rant over!