I want that one... no that one.. no that one

"What ice-cream do you want?," says the fella in the white apron, driving the van which plays funny nursery rhymes out loud in the streets.

The ten year-old replies: "I'll have strawberry.... no vanilla.... no chocolate..."

So can someone please tell Chares N'Zogbia to make his mind up?

Two weeks ago it was Arsenal. Now it's Villa he wants to join.

I bet Newcastle will be chuffed to bits with his latest outburst.

Last time Joe Kinnear got into a tizzie when the player had admitted that his agent was hawking him around the Premier League.

Now he says Newcastle are pricing him out of a move with Villa, supposedly, waiting in the wings.

"The clubs that are interested in me remain the same, but it's tough because they (Newcastle) are asking for a ridiculous sum of money," he is quoted as saying.

"Arsenal and Aston Villa are top teams in the English league, so I'd be happy to join them. I don't have a priority. Both are good clubs, but I have a little preference for Aston Villa.

"They have been improving as a team in the last few years, which proves that they can do well. Aston Villa's manager is a good coach according to my friends I think he could make me better."

Just a fortnight ago his agents were talking with Tottenham and Villa, he told L'Equipe.

He added: "Personally, I have a little preference for the Gunners but, whatever happens, they are three great and ambitious clubs. It's very flattering to see them interested in me."

Two weeks ago I was told by the Villa press office that Martin O'Neill had said there was "nothing in it" with regards to N'Zogbia, so we dropped the story as quickly as a baby might drop a hot coal.

But the story just doesn't seem to want to go away.

I've no doubt Villa have an interest. And young Charles has made it clear that he certainly has a desire to move to the midlands.

But if the fee is as outlandish as he claims, and we are in a market where Craig Bellamy can move for £14 million so that is likely to be the case, then Charles will have to stay at St James' Park, picking up his £25,000 a week until the summer of 2012.

Poor chap.