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So, we are obviously in dire need of a creative midfielder. Who does everyone think we could get in and who'd improve us? I still think Palacios would be a good option personally. I'd be tempted to say Veloso but even though he hardly played at Euro 2008 I think he might be a bit out of our reach.

God, these top 3 threads are depressing. Turan to Italy, Arshavin to Barca and Gomis staying.

Probably because they are a better team... 2 points better. Anyway he said it was because he didnt want to move to the midlands didnt he? He hasn't said anything. Oliver said it was because he didn't want to move to the midlands.

Can't shoot for shit. As crazy as it sounds I'll stick by that comment. I've watched all of Russia's games this tournament and a bit of Spartak and he's had some awful misses. He's the sort of striker who would succeed at a good team who would create many chances for him but if he were to come here where he'd get 1 or 2 good chances per game I'm not so sure he'd bury them.

I actually think this is a good chance for McClaren. Average sized club in a very average league in terms of standard with the lure of CL football.

Woop still 3rd!

Linked with West Brom according to todays Chronicle.

Can't shoot for shit.

On the Russian version their is a Q&A with Arshavin from today. Relevant Stuff: Q: What about your future? What can you tell us about the June 20th deadline? A: At the moment I can not tell you anything new The rest of it focuses on Russia, Euro 2008 and Zenit's UEFA Cup win.

Anyone bored enough to try find the article on the Russian site? Nothing on Sport-Express's main page.

Still 2 months away from the start of the season

all the fixtures up on .com now.

Nice easy start to the season then.

5/10.

Or we just sack him. And then sue him to reclaim some or all of the transfer fee we paid for him, like Chelsea are doing with Mutu.

That's about £4.7m, seems a tad expenive imo.

Just noticed as well that's a shit site. Looks about as reliable as tribalfootball.

I'd have him here, purely because he can play all across the back 4, which is useful.

Won't be £6 million.Willie McKay said the other day his price will be around £2m.

Good money, but it was argueably a key reason they didn't get promoted and almost missed out on the playoffs.

Down to 7th However I've got Ibrahimovic, Pavlyuchenko, Mellberg, Ramos and Puyol all playing. So fingers crossed they'll do the business for me.

Just a warning to everybody, the "In principle if they made an offer I would be interested."quote is from the January transfer window and is not new. Still fingers crossed we actually pull this one off.

Would be absolutely delighted if we got him.

http://www.fansfc.com/frontpage/frontpagenews.asp?newsid=186347 The fact it's from FansFC should say it all.

I'm 3rd in the league but left Deco, who has just scored, on the bench.