Standing in his way are those four summer captures - Jamie Redknapp, Milenko Acimovic, Jonathan Blondel and Rohan Ricketts - not to mention the likes of Gus Poyet and Darren Anderton.

BBC: Johnnie Jackson

When mathematician Vincent Blondel studied the location and billing data from one billion cellphone calls in Belgium, he found himself documenting a divide that has threatened his country's ability to govern itself.

WSJ: The Really Smart Phone

This social impasse, as reflected in relationships documented by calling records, "had an impact on the political life and the discussions about forming a government, " said Dr. Blondel at the Catholic University of Louvain near Brussels, who led the research effort.

WSJ: The Really Smart Phone