The closing of the transfer window takes up most of this morning’s headlines concerning the Blues.

That is, if we skate around last night’s miserable defeat to Everton (which this writer is assuming is a given)…

Wayne Bridge has been out of the headlines for so long that it’s hardly surprising to see his name pasted across the back pages.

The former Chelsea man has left City on loan until the end of the season and James Clarke in The Sun writes: “Wayne Bridge wants to rebuild his career after a surprise loan move to Sunderland.

“Bridge, whose career has stalled since his £12million transfer from Chelsea to the Etihad in 2009, moved to Wearside after City agreed to cover more than half of his £85,000-a-week wages.”

John Nisbet in The Independent follows a similar theme. He reports: “Wayne Bridge said he was relishing the chance to play football again, after he completed a deadline day loan move from Manchester City to Sunderland.

“The 31-year-old England international, who has played only 78 minutes this season, could make his debut for Martin O’Neill’s team against Norwich tonight.

Bridge said: ‘I’m delighted to make the move. I’ve met the manager and the lads and everyone seems great. I’m just excited to start playing football and playing a few games. The club is on the up – the manager has come in and done very well.’”

Elsewhere the always-readable David Conn assesses the madness that is the January window, referring to his beloved Blues in dispatches throughout his thoughtful insight into why this year’s month of craziness was relatively quiet.

“Any attempt to chart the new sanity for football’s future from the erratic punts of January’s transfer trading is fraught with lurking contradictions,” begins Conn.

“By lunchtime on Tuesday, the final day of dealing, there had been no breath-taking transfers concluded.”

Conn notes the Blues’ lack of incoming activity as part of a bigger plan to comply with UEFA’s financial fair play rules and is well worth reading in full.