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It won't come out if Sven wants his contract paid up. Do you know something I don't? Standard procedure. Get your contract paid up, keep your mouth shut. But if he digs his heels in and forces Shinawatra to sack him, surely he'll get his contract paid and he can say what he wants?

It won't come out if Sven wants his contract paid up. Do you know something I don't?

Beasant was £800k iirc.

Obviously more to this than meets the eye. No doubt it'll all come out when he walks.

Forgive my scepticism but I've heard that every summer since about 2002.

Can't say I'm particularly devastated about him not coming up here. Would have been ok for nowt last year but I don't think he's worth an awful lot and isn't any better than what we've already got - which needs upgrading anyway. Edit: Jesper Olsen.

you can't really look at things that way.....look at our defence that finished 3rd under robson. Just a general remark. That back 4 is roughly the standard of back-4's that are currently competing in the UEFA Cup.

You can challenge for a champions league spot with a poor defence but quality going forward. The opposite can't be said though. Agree totally.

It opens when the domestic season ends doesn't it? Clubs can arrange transfers to go through on a particular date though surely?

Dunne's better than what we have so I'd be happy to see him here. Not sure about paying upwards of about 3 or 4 million though because of his contract situation. He's a solid defender who should be in his prime and a back 4 of: Beye Faye Dunne Enrique should be good enough to challenge for a UEFA Cup place imo. We also need work on the midfield though. Would like to see this happen and get tied up as soon as possible.

Never mind, it's not the end of the world. It would have been nice to have signed him but we can't offer him the London lifestyle. No point twisting about it.

can we have a floural pattern? There's only so much ou can do with black and white stripes though isn't there? Any shirt we bring out is inevitably going to look like something we've already worn. Doesn't bother me too much because I stopped buying the shirts a good few years ago tbh.

I see your point but I'd rather play our strongest team and get as many points as possible.

Aye, it's a bit monotonous having black and white EVERY year... I think we should go with lilac just for a change.

It is getting a bit silly like... If there's any new updates then we'll try to change the thread title accordingly. I can't see too much happening in the next 48 hours anyway. By all means discuss the possible transfer but when something concrete happens, we'll change the title. Deal?

You just need Cruyff 14 on that Chelsea keepers one!

Looks like they've run out of blue ink. It's far too light.

One of my favourite threads of the year. Like seeing the new shirts.

And quite right too. I like Leazes Terrace.

Rangers do look as if they're the weakest of the 4 left in it. Few, if any, match-winners in that team tonight.

Not sure if we're going to end up signing this lad but the very fact that we've had a real go at doing so is very encouraging imo. Something's obviously happened in the way of discussions/negotiations and it's sending out the right signals. Also like the fact that much of it has happened before the press has really got hold of it. The signs are good.

Yes. HTT and his fat fingers locked it temporarily.

Just the 5 Arsenal players then...

Played better than him. Next.

That's buying money.