Radio heavyweights set to join battle

"We shall fight them on the airwaves, we shall fight them on the billboards… we shall fight them on Twitter."

Never mind Bale to real, the real surprise of this summer's transfer season was Newstalk's audacious swoop for Pat Kenny.

The radio kingpin kicks off his new show at 10am this morning and has been urging listeners to 'move the dial', while back over on RTÉ Radio 1 his successor in the morning slot, Seán O'Rourke, is also nervously clearing his throat and checking his tie in the mirror.