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    Transfer Rumour Discussion Thread

    I think there needs to be a fundamental understanding of pass and move with every single one of the players. They don't need to be Modric, but they need to at least understand how to do more than run in a straight line. It's not enough to have a forward with good movement if the midfield can't...
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    Franco Baldini - New Technical Director

    Re: Franco Baldini Pjanic's a little slow/timid for the AM slot, no? Kinda like Siggy - elegant and strikes a lovey ball but not that dynamic or imposing. Or at least that's the impression I've gotten from Roma fans, though they've also said it's a mental thing with him. I think AVB could...
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    Jackson Martinez

    He is so out of our budget it is unreal. Not so much because he is so coveted but because it is PORTO and they make Levy look cuddly.
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    Gareth Bale

    Re: Gareth Bale If we can't get Bale to sign an extension, then I think 75m+ is a very decent sum given the amount it would depreciate next summer even if Bale improves. BUT how good it is really depends on whether we could simultaneously sign the ideal replacements without their wages and...
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    could be complete with just one mega signing?

    I prefer a smaller squad with a stronger starting XI than a larger but diluted squad with a lot of utility players. I don't think we need a 30m+ proven mega-signing, but to sustain our future we need to sign at least one or two on the list of 'first team' 19-23 year old hot prospects (Bernard...
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    Paulinho -José Paulo Bezerra Maciel Júnior

    Yeah their fans are excited about him. I'm not sure what we'd do with yet another box-to-box CM, I'd hope we are prioritizing the playmaking and vision part first.
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    Valencia...

    Soldado's not leaving Valencia, according to Valencia ITK. Banega however is on the for sale list. I'd actually like two creative midfielders - one a deep-ish playmaker like Banega, and another a true playmaking no. 10 who can play out wide (Bernard could fit this, though he seems more...
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    Gareth Bale

    Re: Gareth Bale No effing way would Real give us 85m. :eek: Crazy talk with elections coming up. BUT that would afford us Bernard (LWF/CAM), Draxler (CAM/LAM), and Lamela (RWF) which would leave us sorted for years and years (IF we were able to attract them and wring out deals with their...
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    The Blue & Yellow ITK Bonanza Thread

    Apparently Air Asia, from Tony Fernandes's Tune Group. Don't really care who it is tbh, so long as they give us lots and lots of easy money. Fernandes's amazingly naive overindulgence in QPR is a fairly promising sign though I'd fear for him in the same room with Levy....
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    Kyle Walker

    I don't think he'll ever be that great since his technical ability is not outstanding enough, BUT if he works on his decision-making and positioning then he can still be a big player for us, we just need a more cultured, possession-oriented LB on the other side. Assuming Bale plays RWF most of...
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    Victimpool FC - Klopp leaving, grown men crying

    They actually play better without him, and it's not like he's ever available for more than two-thirds of the season. If I were Liverpool I'd drive him down to Spain for anything approaching 50m. That'd mean we have to move faster with our own targets though, since we tend to compete in the...
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    **Official Other Games Thread, Season 2012/13**

    Soldado is such a homeboy though, I don't think he will ever leave Valencia, much less Spain (though his agent will use us for contract negotiations). It's a shame since I think his style would be perfect for us :(
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    Gareth Bale

    Re: Gareth Bale AVB desperately wanted Moutinho and Willian, both cultured pass-and-move types; at Chelsea his list included Modric, Oscar and co. Our transfer committee decided to play moneyball though (or at least save some money) and went for direct goalscoring stats, without considering...
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    Christian Eriksen

    Brazilian media's saying that another club's gazumped BvB for Bernard (20m+ vs BvB's 12m offer), probably Emirates Marketing Project pulling a Chelsea here :( and loaning him out for playing time. Eriksen is a big Roma/Totti fan so that's actually a possible destination if they sell Pjanic (possibly to us!)...
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    Transfer Rumour Discussion Thread

    Pjanic tends to be more CM than AM, no? Not a prolific goalscorer (4 in 27) but more creative than our current CMs. The lack of final product wouldn't be an issue if we bought a wide playmaker like Bernard (please GHod PLEASE [-o<) so we'd have two main goalscorers in Bale (RWF) and whoever...
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    Gareth Bale

    Re: Gareth Bale We should have a % sell-on anyways. I don't have a problem with selling Bale if the fee offered was truly ridiculous, given that this is the Dortmund/Porto model that we should be emulating, but the problem is that we will find it very challenging to sign players of similar...
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    New DoF?

    Power = funds. Cortese is an ambitious man and he wants more backing to achieve it.
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    Villas-Boas, Levy & Lewis to thrash out Tottenham summer plans

    I don't think Levy gets to decide whether we "back" AVB or not, it's not like he's pocketing our money for himself and doling AVB allowance from time to time. It's Joe Lewis that needs convincing. I'd like to see him invest in us the way Lerner did for MON, since we're much more likely than...
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    New DoF?

    I swear that everyone is trying to become like us, a decade later ;) Probably because the money at stake is making clubs shift to more long-term thinking. I assume Everton will use a DOF too, esp if they appoint Pereira. Southampton's chairman in particular fancies himself a more Mafia-like...
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    Danny Rose

    I agree, every time I've seen him I have had issues with his ability in possession. I know that Sunderland are not exactly Swansea but Rose's average of 36 passes are a far cry from BAE's usual 50-60 or so. We can't afford another non-passer in this team ... as far as I am concerned we are...
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