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Dear god.

Babayaro?! Jesus wept.

Aye can you imagine his reaction when he saw all that ghetto speak. 'What the fuck does that mean son'?

The Chronicle is like a Steven Taylor mouthpiece these days, no bugger else talks to Oliver.

Fuck him and his agent. He was never going to come here (post Euro 2008) but some of the stuff they've been coming out with since is bordering on the ridiculous. I hope he signs for Barca/Chelsea and is absolutely fucking shit.

Brrrrrrrrrap!

Agree with that. He'd be a good squad player but only if it's a small fee and modest wages. Spending about £2m replacing Emre with Sidwell wouldn't be wise imo. Aye and he's probably on mega bucks at Chelsea and won't want to take a paycut.

Wait til September 1st then.

Outstanding player, thats where it ends! Proabably my all time favourite NUFC player, absolutely loved him.

The way we did the Jonas deal so quietly makes me think most of these paper stories are rubbish and we're just doing our own thing.

Christ, I thought at 51 days I was bad!

Surprised it took them that long.

Poor man's Terry Mac tbh.

Thats what i'm talking about.

Really? Anton and Dawson will be the CB pairing most of the season then if King/Woody's injury record's are anything to go by.

What a random appointment.

First rule of journalism, never reveals your source.

I trust Keegan and although I don't really have reason to, I trust Vetere, Wise and Jiminez to be acting totally in the best interests of the future of NUFC. Lets hope its a good signing to start things off.

Completely out the blue, good news.

I still don't rate him at all, but to think we replaced him with fucking Smith is criminal.

He's a fucking scubber. I thought that was savage tbh, the way he kept going back for more even when on the ground was disgusting.

He's a fucking embarassment to the football club.

More to the point, where does Essien fit in? It's the same at Man United where they have Hargreaves, Carrick, Fletcher, Scholes etc. Chelsea are building a squad for an assault on all 4 competitions. Letting Lampard leave purely because they've brought one player in just doesn't make sense. Makelele will be going I think, so can they really afford to sell him? What do you envisage the midfield 3 being like (assuming no more transfers and that Scolari will stick with 4-3-3)? I'd have thought: -----------Essien------------ ---Ballack----------Deco----

Where does Deco fit in though, Gol?