TRon

I think you are wrong. Not a cat in hells chance he would choose any of the NE clubs over Liverpool or Spurs, Villa pay big wages and will be desperate for a wide man.Everton possibly on a similar level but on a pure footballing perspective not sure why any player would choose any of our teams over Everton, who will finish above both of us as per normal next season. ^ burn

It's not bias, it's good judgement. I know wearside can't bear the possibility that Newcastle might be considered more attractive than Sunderland but it is for most players wages aside. There's also the added attraction of Newcastle's growing French legion. Zog himself sold the club to Cabaye, not to mention his mates have let it be known that he'd love to come back.

How ironic would it be if the mackems couldn't sign Zog because they couldn't unload Kilgallon in time? The player they were stole from us at the last moment by spunking daft wages on him a year ago?

That's my take on it, plus from the little I've seen on YT I like the look of him. Fans can be harsh as we've seen on these boards and other clubs. Remember the early discontent at Mascherano and Teves at West Ham?

FWIW I wouldn't be unhappy with Erdinc either. If Cabaye likes making quick passes into the space then this lad seems very good at getting behind defenders. You'd like to think Carr has done his homework and likes what he sees.

Wouldn't surprise me if we'e thrown Erdinc's name out there as a decoy then we sign El-arabi.

Thanks for that image. Aye it's another Bontempi special.

Read the quotes: We have been asked to make him an offer but there has been no progress since then. I still hope we can do something but at the moment were still waiting for Jose. I dont think theres anything more I can really add on that situation at this stage. Nothing new really. That doesnt actually say that they have made him an offer, only that they have been asked to. It also says they are waiting for Jose. If the club are lying and Enrique wants to stay I'm sure he could come out and say so.

The Telegraph seem to think Wenger is confident Arsenal have won the race, pipping us and Liverpool an he should sign in the next few days. Not too fussed tbh, it was worth a go but it's no big surprise if he's chosen them.

Gyan is valued at 20 mill now, and he got what? 11 goals? It's one thing valuing him at £20m but is any club going to pay that? I don't think they'd get much more than the £12-13million they paid for him.

Because the goal keepers in the Premier League are so much better than in France? Unless your Gomes or one of Arsenal's keepers then anything that doesn't have real power on them will most likely be saved. His placement will have to be spot on because I can't see him being able to put a ball back across the face of goal and into the far corner over here where as where he plays now he seems to be able to score from wider positions then just face on. I can't see many keepers here being beaten like that. Do you know that he doesn't have a good strike on him, because in the article that Baggio posted it said that he had a strong shot.

BLACK POWER. White Power coffee colour power!

Will the club want to pay two top class left backs for a full season in the event Enrique decides he's going to see out his contract?

Fine. We get him for one more season then.

I reckon he'll definitely get goals. He's got great movement and he's quite clever with his finishing going off the clips there.

He's gone one way or the other. Just a question of whether it'll be this summer or next.

He might just fancy seeing out the last year of his contract then taking his pick of clubs when he walks a way on a free.

For the same reason the Enrique sale isn't going to go through in a hurry, this one won't either. No club is going to panic and throw more money than is needed at a player who can walk away for free in 12 months. Frustrating but it works both ways.

Spot on. The thought of him and Ba as our strikeforce is worrying (for us) though. Why? Is it not a massive improvement on what we had year? Especially with HBA being back too? I rarely watch PSG matches, but from what I've seen of him - he (Erdinc) just seems to be a run of the mill, average striker. I just don't see what his oustanding attribute(s) are meant to be. Scores a few goals from crosses and works like Tevez used to, but hope he doesn't end up as a lone-striker for us, not sure he'll score enough goals... He looks fairly quick and direct from the YT video. I know you can't gauge much off that but from the way he took some of the goals I wouldn't be too disappointed if we got him.

We'll sell him to the club her wants to go to for a compromise fee, probably £6-8million. It won't happen till the season's about to start though.

That Mevlut Erding looks like a little powerhouse. I could see him getting goals in the premier.

Eh? What have (ridiculously inflated) transfer fees got to do with it? Ba will be on high wages (higher than Carroll was, I'd wager) and has a goal scoring record that more than matches anything Carroll has produced in his career to date... If he's leading the line next season it will be his responsibility to replace Carroll's goals if he starts the majority of our matches, and rightly so. No, not rightly so. We need a top class player to replace Andy Carroll. It's as simple at that. Ba is a good player with significant injury problems. Andy Carroll wasn't considered top class until he'd played 3 months in the premier league. He's hardly got off Liverpool's bench since moving.

He looks class mind.

he looks more of a Ben Arfa type not a striker.

what a sad prick.