** Summer Transfer Window 2011/12 Season Rumours/Signings **

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The Running Man said:
what wasnt quick enough in the edit please tell me? i dont think there is anything meaningful..

But then back to my point. take midfield for instance, we had Keane and Scholes. Once they started ailing we just threw millions after millions at it.

Veron 28 million, failed, kleberson 8 million, failed, miller 2? million failed.


Time to get serious, 18 million hargreaves, failed, 18 million carrick, inconclusive, 16 million Anderson, could be okay. Scholes finally retires, time to ***** 25+ on sneijder perhaps?

Take the strike force, 9 million cole, 12 million dwight yorke (both were or were close to british records and we would have had the record with shearer had he wanted to come). then we spend 18 on ruud, 30 on waynor, 8 on forlan, 30 on berbatov. Where does it stop lol?

Are you seriously telling me that we dont just throw money at a position until we have the best or until it at least works? The point i am making is pretty obvious, when we had free reign to spend the top values we literally just hoovered up the best players around that we could find, be they local or foreign.
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I'm really not sure what your point is though? All teams spend the money they have on who they think are the best players for the best positions whilst trying to nurture homegrown talent and get the odd bargain. For as many 'failures' you're harping on about there are players that have been fantastic either as purchases or from the youth team. I noticed in your tirade of failures you didn't mention Vidic or Bruce, Pallister or Schmeichel, Sharp or even bloody Ronaldo.

In every team with every manager I can think of managers have done the same thing and have had players who haven't lived up to expectations. Arguably though Fergie whether you like the guy or not has done it more successfully than anyone else ever in top flight in England and Scotland.
 
Tunney said:
It's just that I've heard that Spurs are now very close to announcing Ade and Diarra as their new signings.
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As disruptive as he appears to be Ade could really be a good signing given how good he is with his head and how good Bale is at crossing.

As for Diarra, I really don't see him as much of a step up from Palacios. He's a fantastic defensive midfielder when he wants to be but he's far too inconsistent for a top team, loses concentration far too often and has a habit of moving out of position and leaving his defence unprotected. Don't think it's a coincidence that his managers at Chelsea, Arsenal and Madrid have looked for other options whilst he's been at their clubs.
 
Dont see why we need Diarra, already have Sandro who is already good, but could be immense, and Thudd who can do the holding as well. Sandro will be injured for the 1st month or so, but even so doubt he is needed, unless Jenas and the likes can be shipped out.

Doubt we are close to either signings. Its nothing more than "in the know" as far as I can tell, got bored of them a long time ago, all we have signed is a 16 and a 41 yr old, yet apparently we are linked to every striker under the sun.
 
Diarra is a midfielder in his head but all manager play him defensively because his passing isn't that great but he hasn't got the concentration level to do it, how did he not learn a thing from Claude 'so good they named a position after me' Makelele?
 
A little wrong yes as Tyrone Mears as far as I can recall has never kicked off in public or had a rape case brought against him or got off and prison charges, he could be a fairly decent member of society unlike the rest of the scum!
 
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i want modric gone, most fans do, as much as it pains me to say it. i don't want anyone playing for us who would rather be elsewhere. cash in, get shot, replace. he is replacable and could be a good thing for us in the long run. but if he stays, grinds in again then it's all good.
 
cm1179 said:
worcesteshire

i want modric gone, most fans do, as much as it pains me to say it. i don't want anyone playing for us who would rather be elsewhere. cash in, get shot, replace. he is replacable and could be a good thing for us in the long run. but if he stays, grinds in again then it's all good.
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Who is available in the current market who Spurs could afford and who would go there?
 
Rossi, Forlan might be tempted at one last hurrah, Sturridge could do a job, centre back wise I would say Samba or Cahill would goto Spurs
 
Andybtsn said:
Who is available in the current market who Spurs could afford and who would go there?
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i don't know who is available, i should really play championship manager i suppose

i'm still trying to get my head around why we signed pienaar and wont give kranjcar the certainty he needs over his future. he's not great but he essentially got us 6 points off the bench last season, so his heart is still in it.

i have high hopes for sandro and if we get samba our core should be more effective at keeping teams shut out. i'm still not sure whether BAE and corluka are the best options for us.

we need to get rid of keane, crouch, palacios, bassong (had high hopes for him but it ain't going to happen) bentley and jenas. that's a lot of dead wood to get shut off to free up funds, with just over a week to go to the start of the season, we're cutting it mighty fine.
 
Bloody hell, we're actually talking transfers again. Well done everyone.

ONESHOTKILL said:
Has p.s.g signed taraabt yet? Was looking toward to seeing him in prem
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Isn't he being forced to stay put? I can't see why anyone would do that, if ever there's the opposite of a professional it's Taraabt.

EDIT: Oh yes, and Adebayor at Spurs? Oh god yes please let it happen.
 
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