



It’s not all glamour, y’know. For every ringside seat at a world title fight or an inside-the-ropes bib at The Ryder Cup, it’s moments like transfer deadline night where the humble sports hack pays his dues.

At present these words are being tapped out on a phone in the domestic arrivals hall at Glasgow Airport where a small gathering of reporters (I’d suggest a bevvy of journalists is the most appropriate collective noun) wait for the arrival of Celtic target Odsonne Edouard.

And wait. And wait.

Working off limited intelligence (something yours truly does every day, in fairness) we are expecting the Paris Saint German striker to

step off a flight from London this evening.

Which particular flight, we can only hazard an educated guess but hopes are pinned on the London City flight expected at 9.30pm.

Just as hopes were pinned on the 7.40 from Heathrow and the one from Gatwick an hour before that...

Such is the humbling desperation of covering the transfer beat, in the lengthy moments between landing there is a need to alleviate the boredom. Usually involving food or frothy coffee.

With my eyes currently whirling at the latest caffeine buzz coursing through my veins, SkySports presenter Charles Paterson has just bounded across to gleefully report that the burger he just scoffed had 1100 calories. And he appeared to savour every one of them.

Still, in fairness to Charles, this is luxury compared to some of the watching/stalking briefs he’s been lumbered with over the years.

Remember that spell when Rangers went into administration and poor Charles seemed to spend every hour of every frozen February day camped

outside Ibrox presenting live through chattering hypothermic teeth.

The biggest surprise of this week for me was that Charles wasn’t standing knee-deep in the River Kelvin reporting live from where Gary

Mackay-Steven was fished out on Saturday night.

So he’s just pleased to be hanging around indoors for a change. And, unlike one of his unfortunate colleagues on deadline night, at least he’s not got eedjits poking dildos in his ear while he tried to give a live update to camera. Yet.

After all boredom does mischievous things to a hungry press pack...