I bet Harry Redknapp was beating the TV with a heavily stuffed brown paper bag when he saw Gary Cahill's performance for England on Friday against Bulgaria. As well as giving a very assured performance at centre back he managed to mark his full competitive debut with a goal. An assured goal which a lot of premiership strikers would have been proud of. Fair enough it was against a Bulgaria back four which made Arsenal's back four at Old Trafford look like the kind of defensive unit the 1985 Chicago Bears would have been proud of (NFL fans known what I am talking about). But still, well positioned, chested and steered through the keepers legs. Lovely. More than that though he was the first Bolton Wonderers player to score for England since Nat Lofthouse in 1958 against USSR. Something that wouldn't have been the case had Harry been allowed to go to £17million on Wednesday to secure his man. He better hope that Cahill stops playing like that otherwise it may well be £27million by January.
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