Yeah me as well, wasn't entirely certain though..... also i'd be happy with Hoilett as well but i still think we would need a CF to come in too with Best's sale.
Yeh, maybe even Guidetti on loan, with an option to buy, for during the ACON.
But the question is. How many french players do we want?! Look at the national team...
The problem with the French side is a clash of ego's. All of our French stars are starting 11 players and apart from HBA have no history of being disruptive. I trust Pardew to keep control of them all, its his main atribute as a manager. Hes a very good man manager.
If this comes off, it will make us even more attractive to other targets like M'biwa. If they see weve signed the French Right Back, others will want to follow.
There is a (very small) rumour floating round that we're interested. Probs just a lazy Porto connection.
As far as I know he struggled to come back after that terrible injury he suffered.
Agree with this. Unless the club knows we're likely to lose Ba then I'm not so concerned about not getting De Jong in - so long as we get a CB and RB.
Im really concerned about the ACON, going into that period without Ba and Cisse. I do think we need De Jong>
Think the fact that he is still here, is a major indicator that hes got a very good chance of staying. Surely if he has a clause, it would be activated earlier in the window.