The final deal isn't dead by a long way, though, as Millwall Manager Mark McGhee has promised to follow his interest up with a possible transfer in the close season.
Now if this isn't a challenge to big Juan, what is? Those who feel the remaining 5 games will be played out as non events or friendlies, even, will take heart from this. Juan will be out to prove his worth and if he can carry on the goalscoring form he has shown recently his worth can only go up. With Killie at Dens, St Johnstone away, Dundee United at home our first 3 games, all teams he has scored against this season, he can make his mark before any moves are settled.
God has sent you back to finish what you started, Juan Sara and enable the fans to give you the tribute you deserve. And they should show their appreciation of a giant who missed as many as he scored. But that just shows how good the man could become if he can improve on that.
Go out with an explosion of goals, mate. No one at Dens will ever forget a man who scored a hat trick against United. And when the Millwall rumours started to come in your only thought was the Tayzurri. You said you loved the Dundee fans, and would be sorry to leave, this won't be forgotten in a hurry. Too many have left, Caniggia among them, with little or nothing said from the heart for the club who resurrected their careers.
Meanwhile the Bonetti saga goes on. In tonight's Evening Telegraph he states his time in Italy has been nothing less than "work, work, working here all the time..." No named players yet, but by the sounds of it they must be pretty good as Ivano promises to reveal all in two to three weeks time.
So perhaps the rumour mill is coming to a grinding halt to be replaced by good news from the Bonetti Bible once again. Only time will tell. I, for one, would welcome the man back with open arms.