Dokko

We should re-sign Martins, and i think we will. Owen really doesn't have us over a barrel anymore, not with the compensation money, i'd imaging we'd want rid of him now as much as he wants to leave, only no one is coming forward as a buyer. I hope it is Citeh, they'll end up paying £12-14m as well, we'd be laughing if that happened.

Catch up eh.

Finally arrived in Newcastle according to SSN's.

Hope he does well, loads of ex toon players up there doing fantastic IIRC.

Excellent news, i hope someone comes in for him for him for £9m now and we can go look for someone else who's committed and most certainly cheaper.

He's taking this internet buying too far imo.

I like the sound of him, big, strong, athletic, just what we need in the centre alongside all our midgets. The dodgy spell at Liverpool and the not so rosy season at Lyon are my only doubt to a rather high £5.5m fee. I know Lyon paid about a million less than that a year ago, but i dunno, some doubts, but not many. Could be a good addition, as long as were getting defenders in and this guy is just being bought early on due to others interest then i think we've got a decent option in mid if he arrives for next season.

It may well be, but it has only just emerged on Eurosport's website. I have deleted my original post. I think, not 100% though, its old news re-hashed, but its just typical of this deal, everyone saying something different. Nowt would surprise me.

Ultra defensive there like!

They really don't like the guy do they? So is the money borrowed then? (that's why i posted it up as someone was asking the other day)

Isn't this 3 day old news? Don't say were going round in another fuking circle with this guy.

Not when Bent is worth (or going for) £16m. Agree about Anal though, really negative towards the kid, the cunt should get off his back and enjoy the good moments instead of laying all the troubles of NUFC at a 21 year olds (who's just left from another Country, played in a shite team with no fixed striking partner who's manager has the tactical awareness of a haggis and the management skills of David Brent) feet.

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=473598&CPID=8&clid=43&lid=2&title=Thais+to+investigate+City+deal&channel=football_home& Thais to investigate City deal By Lewis Rutledge - Created on 24 Jun 2007 Man City are 4/1 to be relegated. Click for more City specials! Thai authorities are to examine the funds Thaksin Shinawatra is using to buy Manchester City. The former Thailand Prime Minister has agreed an £81.6million deal to buy City even though concerns have been raised about the takeover. Earlier this month Shinawatra's bank accounts in Thailand were frozen following an investigation into corruption, and the powers-that-be in his homeland are now keen to learn the source of the money he will draw on. Shinawatra was required by law to declare all his assets during his time as Prime Minister, and none of the declarations disclosed any foreign assets. Thai Finance Minister Chalongphob Sussangkarn admits he is mystified by Thaksin's latest venture, but has promised to uncover the truth. "This money which would be used for Manchester City is still a mystery to Thailand, so I cannot tell where the money will be coming from," he said on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on East Asia conference in Singapore. "I am sure the Asset Examination Commission will look at the source of these funds and try to see whether they are legal funds that were taken out or by other means. "If the deal goes ahead and the money is paid they will try to look at it. "We don't know yet how he is going to finance it. We won't know until the deal is finalised."

I honestly think he's already starting to lose his pace. This season when i've seen him he looked like he'd lost a bit, nothing drastic, but a sign its downhill from here. La Liga will suit him more, he'll just waltz through defenses instead of bursting through them here. Dunno bout that, that goal against Liverpool in the FA Cup last season was about as fast as I've ever seen someone run on a football pitch tbh. Think last season might have just been a case of him losing his appetite for it a bit when he saw how far behind Man U and Chelsea they'd fallen. Could be. Could also be him coming back from injuries, it also could be that he doesn't look as fast on a proper sized football pitch instead of Subbuteo Park, aka Highbury. But these injuries he has been having will slow him down at his age, its inevitable in the end.

Manchester, lock up your wives, Sven is coming to town!

Thoughts please..... PS: Been mulling over? mackems.gif Desperate money grabbing fuker is probably being restrained by his agent who want to play hardball a bit before agreeing.

I honestly think he's already starting to lose his pace. This season when i've seen him he looked like he'd lost a bit, nothing drastic, but a sign its downhill from here. La Liga will suit him more, he'll just waltz through defenses instead of bursting through them here.

But it does, footballers do not last forever, the closer they get to retirement the cheaper they become. This was Arsenal's last chance to get good money for him, they sold at the right time, the fee is a fair one imo. Zidane went to real in 2001 aged 30 for £47 million and was class, and henry isnt as good as zidane but hes certainly up there i think £20 million would have been alot more justifiable. Zidane is 35 now, that would of made him 29 surly? And if you look at when he was born and the day he was transferred, he'd only just turned 29. well 29, but henry is 29 now but almost at 30 Henry isn't on the form of his life though, whereas Zidane was at his peak, and that's why the fee was so high. Henry peaked about 2 seasons ago, and needs the move to freshen himself up imo. I get what you are saying in general though, in comparison to the £17m Bent saga, its daylight robbery.

But it does, footballers do not last forever, the closer they get to retirement the cheaper they become. This was Arsenal's last chance to get good money for him, they sold at the right time, the fee is a fair one imo. Zidane went to real in 2001 aged 30 for £47 million and was class, and henry isnt as good as zidane but hes certainly up there i think £20 million would have been alot more justifiable. Zidane is 35 now, that would of made him 29 surly? And if you look at when he was born and the day he was transferred, he'd only just turned 29.

But it does, footballers do not last forever, the closer they get to retirement the cheaper they become. This was Arsenal's last chance to get good money for him, they sold at the right time, the fee is a fair one imo.

Exactly, first sign of trouble. It's almost petty like, wouldn't stop whining about it. For me it was an excuse, a reason to leave. Wenger's probably gutted, it was his walk away without infuriating the fans clause as well.

Harsh. I hope the c*** has a heart attack and just suvives. Better? Not really, you're just making yourself look a twat. Gutted tbh. PS: Am the 1st person ever to wish FS dead or called him a cunt. Regular trend setter me.

Harsh. I hope the cunt has a heart attack and just suvives. Better?

I hope the cunt dies.

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