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[timetowaste]

u no it makes sense, on 17 January 2012 - 11:58 AM, said:

It doesnt really matter what he wants, he is under contract at Chelsea so if they tell him to come back then thats what he does.

Yes he is but I wouldn't mind giving him another year at Athletico to give him more experience in the big leagues, at least with Vorm or Krul we know that they can perform very well in the premiership.

[Lane]

BlueSkies, on 17 January 2012 - 11:46 AM, said:

Why would we want him. We have Cech and Courtois.

well the journalist who made that story up probably has no idea we got courtois

[Adamrb]

Lane, on 17 January 2012 - 12:16 PM, said:

well the journalist who made that story up probably has no idea we got courtois

Agreed. No need for us to throw cash at another keeper. Anyone know how courtois is doing? Haven't seen much la liga this year...

[BenR55]

http://www1.skysport...-striker-claims

"There is a lot of choice for this January market,"
"Since I signed for PSG I have received hundreds of calls from agents proposing their client: Falcao, Tevez, Torres, Berbatov, Pavlyuchenko, Cavani, Llorente.
"All want to come here: there is money, there is Paris, there is a good coach." - Ancelotti told Gazzetta dello Sport.

Seriously Torres has been offered?! I would be fuming now after all the time we've spent trying to get him playing and scoring he left - only for a ridiculous fee (40m min). Hope it is his agent and not the club touting Torres around, I for one get excited when I see his name on the team sheet. One thing Ancho forgets to mention is the quality of the French Ligue 1 - Pastore came out few months after he joined and questioned the quality of the league and knows if hes to reach heights people have set for him that he wont accomplish that in France especially if there is only one club spending money.

Edited by BenR55, 17 January 2012 - 12:40 PM.

[Zeta Orionis]

Probably just the agents. They know PSG have lots of money now and if they get their client a big money move, they get a big slice of it.

[Remodez]

That's more of a Ancelotti wishlist than anything concrete, I would take it with a pinch of salt.

First of all, no club in their right mind would bid for Falcao. It would cost at least, £60m to get him away from Athletico (His agent is greedy and so is he and that's without even considering the wages), a team with which he just signed for.

Llorente...really? I want some of what he's huffing. So unrealistic it's actually laughable. And as for Torres, he has no reason to leave and Chelsea have no reason to sell.

The rest are already well known to leave either in the summer or next Jan so no surprise there.

[TheWestwayWonder]

BlueSkies, on 17 January 2012 - 12:49 PM, said:

Probably just the agents. They know PSG have lots of money now and if they get their client a big money move, they get a big slice of it.

Agreed, The agents are just pimps sniffing out where the money is. I doubt it would go any further than that unless the club were fooling us all and realy did plan to offload him.

Wouldnt it be crazy to see Torres kind of forced on Carlo last year, only to wind up with him again, by choice, 18 months later?

Anyway, its going to be fun to see what PSG can do. Unlike City or Malaga, they have a very cosmopolitan, attractive city that many people would give anything to live in. That plus their money should turn them into a European powerhouse very quickly. Maybe Lyon's record of seven successive league titles will be under threat

Edited by TheWestwayWonder, 17 January 2012 - 03:52 PM.

[Ben]

TheWestwayWonder, on 17 January 2012 - 03:48 PM, said:

Agreed, The agents are just pimps sniffing out where the money is. I doubt it would go any further than that unless the club were fooling us all and realy did plan to offload him.

Wouldnt it be crazy to see Torres kind of forced on Carlo last year, only to wind up with him again, by choice, 18 months later?

Anyway, its going to be fun to see what PSG can do. Unlike City or Malaga, they have a very cosmopolitan, attractive city that many people would give anything to live in. That plus their money should turn them into a European powerhouse very quickly. Maybe Lyon's record of seven successive league titles will be under threat

He wasnt forced on him. Wilkins said he wanted him.

[u no it makes sense]

Like Jose at the time saying he wanted Sheva?!

[Ben]

You know where you can stick this swap RM!!!

http://www.metro.co....l-with-chelsea?

[mad_mac]

Ben, on 28 January 2012 - 05:26 PM, said:

You know where you can stick this swap RM!!!

http://www.metro.co....l-with-chelsea?

Good lord that would be terrible

[Ben]

mad_mac, on 28 January 2012 - 08:42 PM, said:

Good lord that would be terrible

Ridiculous rumour of the day. Pepe is 28 as well. Now if they wanted to give us Di Maria & Ramos or Benzema we could consider it.

[Andreas]

Rumours that we want adam Johnson, city asking for 14m.. bullsh*t most likely.

[Adamrb]

Andreas, on 29 January 2012 - 10:13 AM, said:

Rumours that we want adam Johnson, city asking for 14m.. bullsh*t most likely.

Probably bs but I'd love that deal. Far better winger than downing, and he cost 20m.

[midlandblue]

Can I throw one more name into the mix, he has been mentioned before on these pages and it seems he could be available...Steven Pienaar

[footballoholic]

" I don't regret turning down Chelsea at all. I turned Chelsea down for personal stuff. "

[Ben]

footballoholic, on 29 January 2012 - 12:07 PM, said:

" I don't regret turning down Chelsea at all. I turned Chelsea down for personal stuff. "

What a mug he is, & he would prob have got a lot more playing time at ours. Pains me to say it but Spurs have a smashing midfield. The way Malouda has been so hot & cold he would have got a chance. Still not good enough for us though.

[Spiller86]

Andreas, on 29 January 2012 - 10:13 AM, said:

Rumours that we want adam Johnson, city asking for 14m.. bullsh*t most likely.

Of course we're after him doesn't mean they'll sell though

[Andreas]

John Guidetti.

14 goals in 13 games for Feyenoord and just bagged a hatrick against Ajax, thats an interesting striker for sure, on loan from Man City though.

[Spiller86]

It's a tenuous link at best, but I quite like the idea of it, so I'm going to post it anyway.

http://www.andina.co...Id=n6xx3Bbf9hc=

Jefferson Farfan is a player who people on here have a mixed opinion of, but he's available for free and is one of the best crossers of a football available and make no mistake we need a couple. He'd give us options on the right in my view, even if that is just a bench option.

I regularly look at Valencia at United and think, why don't we have an old school byline cross winger like him, in Farfan we would add that string to our bow.

http://www.football-...ootballer/1130/

http://www.whoscored.com/Players/5725/

That shows some of his numbers from this season, his statistical profile as developed by whoscored fits exactly the kind of profile we require as an option in a wide player in our squad.