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He did so well at convincing me he's an "ITK" until now. Suppose him and "jonno" will talk about it later.

Hope he does stay, he would be a massive asset to the club. Sadly, i still think when West Ham make their ineviteble move that he will change his tune but for the time being this is great news.

At the time, i thought it was an amazing piece of buisness for 5m, i do believe he is another player caught up in the turbulance of this club. However, time or excuses are long gone. If a 3-2m bid comes in i'd let him go, otherwise he's a semi useful squad player at best.

Would be a good signing and no suprise to see him going for 10m but if the big four are in for him we have no chance.

Dunne is out of contract at the end of next year. He's just going for cheap this year because it doesn't sound like he wants to stay there. Jol do you honestly think anyone takes a bit of notice of your ITK bollocks, take a lesson from Brummie and King Harry etc, other clubs fans who come on here and don't irritate the living fuck out of me. If Spurs are in for Dunne then tough shit for them.

YES I AM No seriously, i think he has alot about him. His finishing ability looks fantastic, similar to Eduardo in the style. He also drops deep and help create as well as having a good set piece on him. That's a lot for a 21 year old in his first 6 months.

KK returning, one of the most amazing moments in WORLD football this year. Beating the mackems.

Forget football, what an amazing human. God bless.

Same age as Berbatov then. I reckon around the 15m mark and i'd pay more big fan.

2 or 3m i think, the same as McCarthy and Bentley iirc. Look at Warnock too, turned him form a pure bit part player at Liverpool, he's now had an england call up.

Can't seem to fathom the Huddlestone situation. Everytime i have seen him play he has looked good, yet slightly inconsistant (age). If Spurs are letting him go then i'd take him without a doubt.

On the one hand Blackburn are shite financially but Santa Cruz probably isn't on bad wages for them and they couldn't replace his talent. He would be a hard target but a valuable capture. I'm not sure on his age? but you can't put a price on goals and this guy produces bags of them. Look at Torres, seemed alot of money for his price but an absolute bargain now.

Please no. Haven't seen enough of Zarate to be convinced that he's worth £10m or however much his club are asking for. Damn you really quashed my arguement with a laughing smiley. For me Thomas Gravesen would still have something to offer our squad, not our first 11 but our squad. Zarate is hugely talented, it would be a risk but who isn't these days?

As i have said countless times the equation is simple. I want him to stay but if he doesn't want to we are flogging him abroad, i'd even take a cut price, he aint joining Spurs.

I've said a few time that Santa Cruz would be my first choice. Regardless of who we sign i'd still play Viduka when fit, he is staying for next season right?

I think Martins will stay but not Owen. I also agree with the sentiment of trusting KK. However, i'm certainly not prepared to jump the gun on a foriegn footballer, like i may have in the past. I'd actually prefer us to sign Crouch, who is a massive goal threat. I'm quite happy to be proved wrong if we do sign Gomis though and will give him the chance.

All that cash on a RB and we will be lucky to spend that on a new striker. Agreed. It is THIS that KK was refferring to, after the Chelsea game. We simply can't compete with that in the market.

Mauro Zarate Wilson Palacios Thomas Gravesen on a free

WOW did you get that from your ITK?

Vote Crouch because i have never seen Gomis play.............. probably like the 43 who have voted fo him.

Ne5, out of interest, do you believe the club can get back in to the top four and if you do how much money do you think it will take? I'm no fan of a full scale clear out but a Chelsea esq spree seems the only option, unless we are going to go down the Villa, Man City (until getting rid of sven) route of building for a couple of seasons, then making a push.

Get the feeling they have toned down the crisis talks. They are now putting the "arse kicking" slant on the whole thing. Makes me sick but exactly what you would expect.

Wouldn't call Barry a UEFA cup player like. I could see him fitting into say Chelseas midfield quite nicely and if Man Utd didn't have Carrick and Hargreaves them too. He's no worse than them, in fact he's got a few qualities they don't.

Someone unproven and inexperianced? *Devils advocate*

Aye was shocked to see him say that. Maybe it was taken out of context to sound like he wanted to sell though. Mind you i think i read somewhere that he would consider a bigger offer. O'Neills body language suggests that he believes Barry wants to go. If i was a Villa fan i wouldn't worry O'Neill's a good manager and Barry, albeit a very good player, isn't a world beater. I could see them getting 20m for him. I can't see him going for anywhere near that amount, £14 million max and that would be too much. I think Liverpool will try and push some of their cast offs in as part of the deal, possibly Finnan. O'Neills too particular in his dealing to accept a cast off. Maybe 20m was a bit off but no reason why he can't fetch Hargreaves, Carrick fee. What was that 15+?