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And the El Mundo Deportivo carrying the same quotes, they are usually Barca's mouthpiece. Motta!! Motta!! Slowly but surely ... the revolution has indeed begun! THIAGO MOTTA!!!

Abidal not Malouda.

MOTTA!!!

The beginning of the end for you sir ...

-I am yet to be proved wrong and you are yet to be proved right. -Yet you speak with such venom, aggression and spite. -You are no doubt envious of my wisdom and foresight. -And soon enough I will most likely be proved right. -At which point you will feel as though you have been shat(?)upon form a great height. *An original ditty by KaKa you suck You've got to let it sink in man. That stuff is deep. You can't rush through it like that. By this time tomorrow you'll love it. I promise.

-I am yet to be proved wrong and you are yet to be proved right. -Yet you speak with such venom, aggression and spite. -You are no doubt envious of my wisdom and foresight. -And soon enough I will most likely be proved right. -At which point you will feel as though you have been shat(?)upon form a great height. *An original ditty by KaKa

£50 million this and £50 million that ... I for one think Allardyce has encouraged the top geezers to invest money in his back room staff and all the equipment and upgrades he wants for our training facilities. This is his priority at the moment. For the moment he is happy to get good, solid, dependable pros who he knows will do a job and then go forward from there. More power to him. YEAAAAAAH!!!

This mate of yours is obviously a very smart young man. I commend his brilliance which is in line with my brilliance. I think we are after Motta and I have been saying it all along. Maybe Barca have offered us Edmilson as well somewhere along the line and we are looking into this too. All I know is that it is extremely likely that we are in fact chasing Thiago Motta. Do any search on him and read up on him and he is a Sam Allardyce player through and through. Sounds just like a Campo clone. Big, strong, physical DM who is a good passer of the ball and who plays with a lot of energy. My money is on Motta.

All the signs are that the budget has been seriously exaggerated and I think a lot of people are getting their hopes up. I think Ashley will make quite a bit available and money isn't a problem, but Edmilson's the 4th free transfer (nominal fee apparently) we've targetted, 5th if you include Sidwell. People seem to be expecting a massive squad with established backup everywhere, yet the signs look very different. It's all well and good telling ourselves we're getting cheap squad players, but look at them. Viduka, Barton, Edmilson, Geremi - these are not squad players! Free first team players! Even better!

Saviola would be a healthy risk I think, if we need an injection of pace. Rather than getting srewed over by Tottenham for Defoe. They just spent a lot on Darren Bent and so they will be asking too much for Defoe to get some of that cash back. Saviola on a free would be worth a shot. I've heard quite a few say he is too light weight but I'm not buying that. Those Argies are tough cookies and they seem to do well in our league. Saviola is also a very smart and savvy player.

Not so much other Brazilians, but other European based players who may have not considered us, but seeing us sign a player like Edmilson (if he is respected name) might make a few take notice of us again. Suppose like a kind of 'Keegan factor' as both Player and Manager. I understand where your coming from and it does make sense. Some Brazilians would be nice though. Diego?

So your saying we might be using Edmilson as bait to get another Brazilian here? While hoping his knee comes good ... Could be possible I guess. Kaka anyone?

Hehehe. Go on, admit it. You fancy him don't you. I fancy him in our midfield yes. I think it would be a shrewd move.

You think these sources have the completely wrong player? I'm hanging on for dear life here buddy! Out of interest when does Saviola's deal with Barca run out? Is it end of June as well? I know Sam tried to get him on loan at Bolton last season and so he rates him. If one of our littl'uns is leaving he may well be an option too. Gudjohnsen and Saviola would be a tidy bit of business.

Still think it's Motta. Until I see Edmilson being wheeled throught he door at St. James on a wheelchair I'm not buying it. It's gotta be Motta in my eyes. Maybe even both along with Eidur.

I think it is possible as long as we accept their valuation of the player? I would have thought anyway.

United ready for Owen swoop By GORDON SMART June 29, 2007 SAM ALLARDYCE is braced for a double raid on Newcastle strike duo Obafemi Martins and Michael Owen. Manchester United are set to offer £4million plus Alan Smith for Owen, while Arsenal have already lined up a £13m bid for Martins. The pair have buy-out clauses and Toon boss Allardyce said: “Everyone knows the clause situation Oba has. That leaves us in a very poor position. “If those clauses are invoked, there is nothing we can do about it. “I want to plan for Owen and Martins to start the season. “But at some point between now and the end of August, I might lose those types of players. That would be a massive blow.” United are on red alert as Owen, 26, has yet to comment on suggestions he could invoke his £9m get-out clause. Nigerian ace Martins, 22, has a £13m buy-out agreement — and Arsenal see him as Thierry Henry’s replacement. http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2002390000-2007290817,00.html

Wow. This is exactly what I said was likely to be happened once that Alan Smith story came out and Alan Oliver said we would only get him if Owen/Martins left. I had a feelign a swap deal in some form or the other was on the cards with Owen going the other way. Wow indeed. More bothered about the post tbh. Oh I see. Totally missed that.

Wow. This is exactly what I said was likely to be happened once that Alan Smith story came out and Alan Oliver said we would only get him if Owen/Martins left. I had a feelign a swap deal in some form or the other was on the cards with Owen going the other way. Wow indeed. Stop bumming yourself, it's not happened yet Well I'm certainly not hoping it happens as we should be able to do a little better than that, but I can't help but feel it is inevitable. The good thing is that it would end all the speculation and we can just move on. I'll tell you when I started worrying ... when Udinese won the rights for Quagillera and they said they definitely weren't selling him. Man United were chasing him for £10 million. I had a feeling they would come in for Owen after that. On this occassion I wouldn't mind being wrong about this. Believe me!

Gudjohnsen, Viduka, Alan Smith and Shola. You might be looking at our strike force for next season right there ... certainly goals in that quartet but we wouldn't really have a potential 20 goal a season guy anymore. Aaaah well. I could live with it. Let's hope it pans out if this is indeed the case!

Wow. This is exactly what I said was likely to be happened once that Alan Smith story came out and Alan Oliver said we would only get him if Owen/Martins left. I had a feelign a swap deal in some form or the other was on the cards with Owen going the other way. Wow indeed.

Well I'll be damned ... Just been on the back pages of one of the papers tomorrow that Manchester United have offered Alan Smith and £4 million for that little toe rag Owen. I knew it I knew it I knew it I knew it I knew it I knew it I knew it I knew it!!! Exactly as I had presumed (see above). It was so freakin' obvious! Alan Smith has returned from holiday yesterday and voila! I knew once we didn't deny the move for Alan Smith and instead Alan Oliver said we would only get him if Owen/Martins left that Owen would very likely be going to Man U with Alan Smith coming this way. So we potentially have a situation where Owen might be replaced by Smith and Oba martins by Gudjohnsen. What do you guys think about this???

Update: Motta is asking for a free transfer but Barcelona want a fee for him. Hence the hold up. If Barca demand a fee we will try and off load Luque onto them. Remember where you heard it first people!

It's Motta and he will essentially replace Emre. We will still get another DM most likely Diarra. Please don't make me have to tell you this again! Motta, Barton and Diarra midfield next year. Nailed on!

Motta is the same type of player, but is younger and hasn't quite fulfilled his potential at Barca and so will still have something to prove. Motta was signed from Brazil and because he never quite emerged as a first team star his wage demands will be very reasonable too. It absolutely has to be Motta, if we are indeed interested in a Barcelona defensive midfielder. Edmilson wouldn't make sense on any level. Has it been confirmed Motta will be available on a free then? The last I heard Barcelona said they would be open to offers for him. Also Oliver's article mentions the fact that the player has Italian heritage. I know for certain that Motta does (hence the name) but i'm not so sure about Edmilson. Is this the key evidence in this cock up! Will be interesting to see how this plays out ...