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Linked with any player from Chelsea, Arsenal and City who are surplus to requirements. More guesswork IMO.

Ryder says Rafa was in good spirits today and the club are still working behind the scenes. Panic over, again.

Clement has had links with Chelsea since 2000 as well as being assistant manager and 1st team coach for them. He knows that. Don't humour him.

Speaking before the hearts game apparently.

I don't know what your point is and I don't care.

Didn't Abraham just choose Swansea because of Clement and Chelsea didnt want him coming to us? I mean, it's been a shit window but let's not just make shit up.

Not falling for this shit again. He's not leaving, well not yet anyway.

He won't like. If we don't sign players, he will go.

Silence is deafening from Rafa. No reassurances.

Traore, Murphy and Ojo all being played down.

You see, I have no doubt we will sign 6/7 players. Its how far down the list we have to go and whether Rafa will have what he wants. We need a flurry of signings, very soon. Something like Reina, Samaria and Murphy would calm everyone down. I still feel it will happen at some point. Being a Newcastle supporter means that you must expect an apocalypse around every bend but we will see.

Is this Murphy kid any good? Can't remember him last year? Sounds like we might be signing him.

He used to go round my nana's house after a game before he turned pro. Oh aye.

It's a no brainer for Everton, if they can afford the wages. At the very worst, he will graft his bollocks off and at best he will rekindle some of his old form. As someone else pointed out, he needs to slow his game down and stop chasing the ball around so much.

If it ain't broke....

You just have to listen to the twat speak to know he's a mackem.

That's not true. The dynamics of the position change a lot when you're on your wrong foot. Navas in particular was terrible on the left for Sevilla. In fairness, you will know alot more about Navas at Sevilla than I. I can understand players like Beckham struggling, whos game was very much crossing based. Players who dribble and try to move past people should be able to adapt. A bit concerning if we end up too heavy on right sided players.

They and Atsu are all better on the same side I think most wingers can swap wings pretty easily, without impeaching their game. Put it this way, all three are a vast upgrade on Gouffran on the left and are capable in that position.

We can't have been put off that much by his wages, otherwise we wouldn't still be talking to him. If Rafa has had a word, hopefully we can get it done.

Would be a class signing for no fee. Take some pressure off Richie on the other side.

With Darlow being off to Boro, Traore makes too much sense not to be true. We will be using Darlow as leverage. From what I've seen, he'd be a decent signing because he's quick as fuck. Hopefully Rafa can smooth the rough edges and make him useful.

Probably guesswork based on O jogo. They reckon we have bid 20m or something and Benfica will accept but they have talked shite so far.

By getting Rooney off the books, wages won't be a problem. Makes sense for Man Utd point of view.

If we need 6 players and have say 70m to spend, it doesn't take a genius to understand we must get the best deals possible. I think that is what is going on right now. It's not that we aren't willing to pay 20m for someone, it's what we have left in the kitty, which concerns them. If the club needs to understand that 20m is the going rate for a good player, perhaps we need to realise that 70m or whatever isn't a massive budget anymore.

Whether he was or not, 5m is probably the going rate for a first choice keeper in the championship, especially since they could get 10 years out of him. I'm sure it won't be far off the final figure.