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Skysports.com understands a host of clubs are ready to test Manchester City's resolve to keep Adam Johnson past this Wednesday's transfer deadline. With Samir Nasri's move confirmed last week, Johnson could well be pushed down the pecking order - despite the fact Roberto Mancini is a confirmed admirer of the England winger. Johnson himself has insisted that he is happy at the Etihad Stadium, but he knows his international chances could be hampered by a lack of first-team football. Now a battle to try and land Johnson is set to ensue, with top clubs from England, Italy and Spain all ready to try and convince City to sell. City will now ponder their position over the coming days, but Johnson's desire for regular football could see them allow him to leave just over 18 months after he joined from Middlesbrough. .http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12876_7136668,00.html

Glad this is a monday night, longer for our international players to come back. Fully fit team 1-2

If we where a normal club, i would say we went in for him,then realised Cissokho was interested in coming here, and tried/still trying to get him in, so we have put Pieters on the back burner in case we don't get Cissokho.

He said after the match today that he is still waiting for the clubs to agree, his manager said he doesn't know if he will be a PSV player at the end of the window.

7 points from 3 tough games, very pleased, if we had a new LB and striker we could do very well.

attacking midfielder right. Footy manager term.

Macheda and one of the two young LB's from Chelsea.

From foot01 Olympique Lyonnais has put pressure on Newcastle to have very quickly a firm offer on Monday worth the name to see if the departure of Aly Cissokho was still possible. The side of Lyon's staff since the great mystery Rémi Garde acknowledged that he hoped to maintain its left side, while not knowing at all if ca is actually the case in a few days. The firm itself was very wary of a possible change of club. "Right now, I'm here. I am involved in the OL for the rest we'll see. Do I have played my last game at OL? No, I do not think I played my last game, "laconically replied the defender Rhone, though things can sometimes go very fast, especially with the English teams in the final minutes.

No chance we are gettin any money signings like, best we can hope for is a couple of loans.

Come on lads... good luck see you after.

Fulham look solid like. Will be a struggle to break them down.

Fulham team?

You know they are playing at the same time as us? Aye kick off half 1, i will be double screening of course. Will watch them whenever Lovenkrands gets the ball.

Looking forward to Spurs vs Man City.

The best we will get is a 0-0, there is not a chance we will score with that line-up.

Fulham team?

At least Loven is not playing out wide... i don't think he is anyway?

Idiot keeps picking Loven.

We won't score.

Do it we won last week....

I am desperate for us to bring the players we need in, but a part of me wants them in on deadline day, i love the excitement of deadline day.

The Journo's on the sunday supplement reckon spurs will bring in 5 new players before the deadline.

Where's this from? from foot01.com, but pretty much every french news site is reporting it.

From foot01.

May have already been posted...... Aly Cissokho likely to play for the last time at the Stade Gerland in the jersey of Olympique Lyonnais on Saturday evening at the reception in Montpellier. According to the British press, the leaders of Newcastle and those of the OL plan to address this weekend the final details of the transfer of defender, now expected Monday in England to pass his medical examination. The protracted discussions still on the price of Cissokho, 10 th round, but especially on the payment terms. Jean-Michel Aulas wants indeed receive the money directly, while his counterpart in Newcastle want him, that much of the amount is based on performance-related bonus of defender of the OL. But both sides seem to want to quickly find a solution able to accommodate everyone.