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Hell i wouldnt mind Wallcott at Liverpool but doubt we will go in for him, Does seem stupid that Arsenal have let there players get down to 1 year left on the contract in the first place
 
Icm76 said:
Read the player profile I linked earlier:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...d-transfers-scouting-report-for-javi-martinez

With all the Martinez' skill, the key negative is his lack of agility. Arguably he could be a better CB than DM and I can see why Premeirship clubs would see €40M+ as being poor value for a DM/playmaker who can't react or recover position quickly enough.
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The Bleacher Report? Really? :o

Martinez is quality, borderline world class (not my definition of world class but the general definition)
 
BaZ87 said:
How many home grown players a club has isn't that important as very few clubs actually use up their 25 man squad. The only important number is the amount of non-home grown over 21 year olds - you can only have 17 of those.
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Not a lot of clubs compete in 4 competitions, not a lot of clubs compete in 4 competitions + extra super cup, world club cup. The clubs that do will have a full squad, and the ones that can win 6 cups a season will have as many top class players as possible.

I think you can bet a team that spends over half a billion in a few years wants to be one of those teams and certainly needs a full squad.

More than half a league has no european football which can easily be 10+ games a season, more than half of the league won't have a significant cup run, which in both cups can be 15 odd games. The amount of times a team hits the Europa league, has a run and see's their league form suffer badly is, well, not surprising. City with a run in the CL to the final, a run in both cups to the final and going to the world club cup could be what, super cup, charity shield, I think hits 31 if the world club cup is 3 games. 31 games compared to a "normal" club having as few as 40 games, 38 league and one in each cup minimum. so 40 vs 69 is the possible difference and that is just club games. How many international games do City players play in vs, Bolton, Sunderland(not as big a difference as you might think at first glance). How many play in summer tournaments, etc, etc.

But again I'll point out the homegrown players give you flexibility.

Lets say City have all 17 slots filled, so they can't buy, Ibra, without leaving someone fairly crucial out of the team. So if and when you can find someone good enough who is also homegrown, if you add them to your squad. IE paying 7mil for Clichy rather than 10mil for Maicon, could be the difference between being able to add someone like Ibra, or being forced to fill out the squad with the best English striker available..... who is no where near as good.

Anyone, any team can find 8 homegrown players, there are thousands of English footballers and hundreds of foreign players like Clichy who count. but there are a handful of TOP homegrown players who don't diminish the quality of the squad by being included, and by using them you leave yourself more room for quality foreign players.

A team going for everything needs the biggest squad possible, and the best quality homegrown players they can lay their hands on, the only really damning thing is that they've bought Milner, Barry, potentially want Walcott. There are better English players, but not available. You look through La Liga and there is enough quality Spanish players throughout the entire table, just more of it at the top. In England outside the top 2(before City were there) the English talent is pathetic, and Utd/Chelsea have their fair share of useless English players anyway.
 
Malaga are in talks with Santa Cruz and only something "radical" will stop him moving there. Failed medical incoming :(

AC Milan in talks with NDJ as well according to Sky Italia.
Sad to see him go but we made an offer and he refused it.
 
Alan Pardew admits transfer activity may be over

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/newcastle-s-transfer-business-could-be-done-admits-alan-pardew-1-4876498

Is this tactics, or admitting defeat? The debucy one is confusing me, player wants to join Newcastle, Newcastle want player. I don't understand the reason behind leaving it until the last minute to do a deal, I can't see Lille budging on the price. So I can only suspect it's a dead deal. Carroll won't go from Liverpool, as I'm sure they won't want to look stupid in selling him back to us for £10-12m. And Douglas' agent has now said he will be staying in Holland...
 
rossk26 said:
Alan Pardew admits transfer activity may be over

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/newcastle-s-transfer-business-could-be-done-admits-alan-pardew-1-4876498

Is this tactics, or admitting defeat? The debucy one is confusing me, player wants to join Newcastle, Newcastle want player. I don't understand the reason behind leaving it until the last minute to do a deal, I can't see Lille budging on the price. So I can only suspect it's a dead deal. Carroll won't go from Liverpool, as I'm sure they won't want to look stupid in selling him back to us for £10-12m. And Douglas' agent has now said he will be staying in Holland...
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I really don't get what has happened with that Debuchy deal, if we had the money for Carroll surely that is more than enough for Debuchy...
 
lemonkettaz said:
Really hope we keep hold of Cabaye and Tiote, if we lose them both we will struggle, without surprising replacements
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I agree, it looks like we are planning for the future, Bigirimana looks to be the next Tiote! And Anita looks like a similar player too, so we look set to be reluctantly selling him in the coming years.

But surely if we had a player in mind to replace Cabaye. Wouldn't we just buy him anyway?? Lots of games this season and competition for places is a good thing. We got Cabaye for £4m last year, we just need another this year ;)

lemonkettaz said:
I really don't get what has happened with that Debuchy deal, if we had the money for Carroll surely that is more than enough for Debuchy...
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That's what I thought. We clearly have £12m cash ready to spend. So spend it on someone worthwhile. Lille want £8m, offer them £7m, I'm sure they would take it. Then use the rest to buy some cheap gems! We desperately need cover in defence and a striker.
 
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Dembele and AVB


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http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/spurs/News/dembele-deal-agreed-29082012.page

We are delighted to announce that we have reached agreement with Fulham for the transfer of Mousa Dembele.

The Belgium international has won many admirers with his performances in the Premier League since arriving at Craven Cottage in August 2010 from AZ Alkmaar, with who he won the Eredivisie league title in 2009.

Dembele originally joined Fulham as a forward, although his ability to drive forward with the ball and his eye for a pass saw him played in an attacking midfield role last season, a move that proved a huge success. In total, he made 74 appearances for the Cottagers, scoring seven times.
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