Song bought on my iPhone won't sync to my iTunes Library

I bought a new song two days ago on the Wifi iTunes Store from my iPhone. When i connect the iPhone to my computer (iMac 10.4.11), the song won't transfer to my iTunes Library. My setup :
iTunes set to "Manually manage music and videos" (as proposed by an apple support guy before)
"Transfer purchases" menu does nothing. Nore does "sync" (of course).
The song still appears on my iPhone ("Purchased").
Let me add that this is not the first time i buy a song from my iPhone and sync it.

Yes sir ! Same account everywhere.
While i was waiting for an answer, I found a way to get my song in my iTunes library by using DiskAid.
Next time i'll experience the same issue, i'll try de/re-authenticate.
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