Kimbo

A swap would just be replacing one problem with another. If we want Zigic we can get him without sacrificing Jose. Financially it wouldn't make sense either as we would still have to buy another left back.

Crouch is just a Zigic imitation.

Exactly he has the potential to be 10x times the player our "next big thing" Zoggy can be. I like him cos he seem to have the natural ability to score goals, am sure he has at least 7 goals this season as a sub. I would disagree, Dos Santos is a bit like Freddy Adu to me, his reputation comes from being a "wonderkid" about 3 years ago.

Hey, you're right! Only we do need another forward I remember when we signed him, i said he was crap and it was a waste of money in the main thread, someone told me my comments were disgusting. Humble pie all over their face!

Hey, you're right!

He has got some talent to be fair, he wouldn't be THAT bad. He's not the player he was, he's had his time, why should we be the club to give him one last big pay day. We've been mugs before to too many other players. I know, i'm just saying he won't be as bad as Smith. Even if he has 1 leg he would be better than Smith.

He has got some talent to be fair, he wouldn't be THAT bad.

Should we give a toss about Dos Santos? Barca fans think he's lazy, weak, and over hyped.

No quotes = Bullshit. I don't really want him anyway.

I've never seen him, but apparently he's a DM so this is a welcome rumour. We've not been linked to enough DM's.

Well no, nothings been resolved.

That's what?

Well whether he is the "best" player at the club is very debatable, he's the most high profile but not the best IMO. And nobody is being punished here. It sounds like the club want to use a wage cap, if Owen is the only player earning over that wage cap then naturally he will be offered lower wages. The message that it sends out i hope would be that we're not mugs anymore and are an efficiently run club. I think you massively overrate the importance of Owen to be honest, if he decides to leave over the wage issue then so be it, he's not irreplaceable like some people seem to think.

No, because messing about with N'Zogbias contract will make very very little difference to the ultimate aim of cutting down the wage bill. The likes of Owen though...

Since when was N'Zogbia on high wages?

It's not about business, it's about judging a players talent. It was suggested that Ashley might take Kemsleys opinion Modric. The question should be how is Kemsley qualified to do that? Do people here really think Ashley is a mug?

So he would take Kemsleys opinion over that of Wise and Vetere. What a load of nonsense.

You don't wrap a billionaire businessman round your finger. He's small fry compared to Ashley.

Well he's bought Johnny foreigners in the past so i'm guess yes, yes he does.

It's probably wages, like us they need to cut down.

Zaragoza are a bit like us and Spurs, they have money to attract these types of players and they were doing alright when they signed him.

Give him more of a free role, if you do that you really see the best of those sort of players. I'm sure Keegan would know what to do with him. Nope. He would´t do that. Aimar is a pure attacking player He wouldn't do what? If he's a pure attacking player a free role would suit him.

The club can't afford to pay players 120k a week, we're not a CL club. Ashley obviously wants to run the club efficiently, if that means Owen leaving then so be it. He's not a "genuine world class player" at all, he's not Eto'o ffs.

Bollocks. Their president has already said he would accept 13 million euros. If someone pays 20 million i'll give you a biscuit. Maybe it will be more than 13 after the tournament, but not that much more.

Nobby showed some class for West Ham, it's just that he's getting on. If he would take low wages and be a back up i would take him, but i think he would probably rather go back to South America.