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but if we signed someone like deco hed be on higher wages. cant see anyone decent who wed get on the cheap really. It is possible though teams such as Everton and i hate to mention them Spurs all have quality players and have them in a wage structure.

huge wages of the wage bill aswell

No they got Van Persie very cheap

Expect to see us finish above West Ham Man City and Pompey dont thik anyone below us this season will finsh above us thats if we make 4-5 good signings

Its going to be a long two weeks but would ahve thought there are other people at the club trying to do the deals.

This thread not about Dunne now?

Did you know about the Enrique deal? Because I thought the first news of that came from Villarreal's website. It's not impossible to keep rumours out of the papers, obviously. Nobody is saying that waiting will specifically benefit us, just that there's nothing to worry about at this point in time. I don't know about you, but I'd rather we spent a bit longer to make sure we get the right players in, than rush out and buy s*** like Duff and Smith based on their reputations. That's partly the reason we're in this position in the first place. Alot will depend on the type of player if we are going after a big name then i would expect the press to know about it but your right and with the players we seem to be targetting we may well just announce it out of the blue.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/7427380.stm back on to Dunne

Were was this bid reported? has it been accepted or is it all just rumours?

Barcelona trying to swap Eto'o with Ibrahimovic

Fingers crossed although they are supposed to be getting Stephen Hunt

They actually ask if he would be a good signing

Great deal for Man City

were was the offer rumoured?

Aye i know but wouldnt exactly come asa suprise if we were in for either one

NEWCASTLE United's hopes of landing Bafetimbi Gomis have been hit – by the forward's sensational arrival on the international scene. Gomis was yesterday named in Raymond Domenech's 23-man France squad for next month's European Championships. The 22-year-old St Etienne striker edged out Olympique Marseille's Djibril Cisse – another player Newcastle have been looking at in recent months – with both Les Bleus' goals in Sunday's 2-0 win over Ecuador. And Gomis' inclusion puts him firmly in the shop window this summer, something which will please his club, which has reportedly already hiked up his price tag to beyond £14m. Should he set Euro 2008 alight, then United – who will not be among the Premier League's big spenders this summer – will be forced out of the race to sign Gomis, who became the first player to score twice on his France debut since Zinedine Zidance achieved the feat back in 1994. Newcastle have watched Gomis a number of times, with Kevin Keegan himself making a personal check on him in a fixture against Paris Saint-Germain earlier this month. Executive director (football) Dennis Wise has also travelled to France to watch Gomis, who has been labelled the new Didier Drogba. Drogba himself is a player United had lost out on four years ago, with Chelsea breaking the bank to sign him after he helped Marseille dump Newcastle out of the UEFA Cup at the semi-final stage in 2003-04. Another of Domenech's rising stars – Marseille forward Samir Nasri – is also being tracked by the club, while his Stade Velodrome team-mate Cisse also could come into the equation. While Gomis and Nasri's participation in Austria and Switzerland – in which France are in a group of death along with Italy, Holland and Romania – will most likely inflate their price tags, the opposite is true of the ex-Liverpool striker, who left Anfield last summer in a £6m deal. Meanwhile, Newcastle forward Obafemi Martins is understood to have been ruled out of Nigeria's opening World Cup qualifier against South Africa in Abuja on Sunday through injury.

Arsenal close to signing Nasri we were in for him as well

While the way Ashley has decided to run the club will be of benefit we shouldnt be against spending big money just because of what happened in the past

Spurs now in for Joaquin accordint to his agent

he isnt the only one

Yes for England difficult to say for Man Utd due to the job he is being asked to do as Fergie said but yes he has been over shadowed by others saying that when he has played this season Man Utd havent lost without him they have and still world class for me

Boring game time for Britains got talent

They are already asking for around 15 million how much more can they expect to get?

Is he in the Sweden squad?

USA midfielder Bradley who we were linked with today playing tonight for anyone watching lets see how he looks