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No chance of him joining us now.

He doesn't look particularly fit. Would be interesting to see him try and cope in the Premiership.

Precisely. Shame they don't have the balls to do it.

Get real.

Surely we can't sign him now?

He may be a better player, but he certainly doesn't provide or deliver what Ronaldo does.

Or presenting someone with a project that already has a clear outline and aim?

It would be far harder to sign De Jong imo, he is considered the backbone of the team at HSV by some. I did mention Engelaar in the summer targets thread the other day and personally think he would be a great addition to the squad. http://www.newcastle-online.com/nufcforum/index.php?topic=50015.msg1359162#msg1359162 Some interesting responses.

Srna and Corluka crying like bairns.

This, is how I remember him. Quality keeper.

I think Arshavin will replace Hleb. Unlike Nasri, Arshavin will bring experience to a young side, he's a better player as well.

I thought Arsenal were the blueprint?

Who/what/why? Arshavin and Wenger, figure the rest out yourself.

Shit.

I think that is about the best we can do this summer.

He's short, but certainly isn't soft. If he came to our club I would prefer to see him on the left in a 4-4-2, or on the left of our 4-3-3. Providing we sell Duff he would give N'Zogbia someone to both compete with and look up to.

If we are going to take rumours seriously, it does seem as though it is only us and City interested. Arshavin probably knows this and with them chasing Ronaldinho and already having Elano and Petrov in the squad surely that puts us in pole position? Arshavin: "At the moment I cannot tell you anything new."

Seconded. Magazines like this simply can't compete with the internet.

He isn't Luka Modric. He's the calibre of player that even we should be able to sign.

Apparently we've had a £2 million bid for Chimbonda rejected.

We need him to play shit tomorrow.

If he gets us more than £8 million.

Engelaar's second assist of the night.

I'd hope we use more than purely wages as a tool when bargaining like. Like showing them the facilities, the potential, the future. Get Keegan to sell them the club and the area. Don't just throw money at them. Looks like he's definitely available then anyway. As per Arda; if we wanted him and we don't get him due to f***ing around then I'll not be pleased. We do have great training facilities, an incredible stadium and in my opinion one of the greatest cities in the world to sell to prospective players, but in modern football money is more important than ever. We will have to offer significantly higher wages than teams which are playing in a tournament that he won last season.

Shiteam is that you ?? Remind me who has finished above us over the past two seasons? Oh yeah, villa! A Whole two seasons ! Fantastic ! Villa have a far more promising future than us. Do they s****. Right now they do. They have the much better squad, a stable manager, are in momentum and regaining lost respect in the footballing world. That was ultimately the point I was trying to prove.