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BBC reckons £12m for Kagawa potentially rising to 17m.

i fink we shud sine messy

Hulk to Chelsea, £40 million http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/9298692/Hulk-deal-90-per-cent-complete-as-Chelsea-prepare-to-wrap-up-transfer-for-highly-regarded-Porto-striker.html What a fucking joke.

not sure if srs

Couldn't do it on a wet and windy Thursday at Kimberley Park.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/may/29/shinji-kagawa-manchester-united Signing a star player from the German Champions for (according to that article) £17.5m is ushering in a 'new age of austerity'.

Source? I can't see Bilbao selling that 'cheaply'.

Looks like Kagawa to Manure is a done deal like. Interested to see how that one pans out.

Wonder what Bayern are doing with Go-miss if they're signing Dzeko.

Really don't think there's much between Lescott or Cahill.

He's openly talked about going to both City and PSG in the future. He's the game's ultimate mercenary.

Tevez will be going the other way if it happens I reckon.

Zlatan would be a significant upgrade on Dzeko.

Barry is far too one-paced and limited on the ball to be useful at top-level international football. Parker is the same unfortunately, but he's the only option in that squad.

Anyway, he's not coming here regardless.

How does he compliment him? They are very similar players in style.

Agreed.

Hart Johnson Cahill Terry Cole Lampard Parker Ox Rooney Young Welbeck

Sammy Ameobi has more U21 caps.

Thing is - Rodriguez is the kind of player I would have liked to take a punt on as a 3rd choice striker with room to step up and develop. But £7 million?! Fucking hell, it's just daft man.

Wolves paid that for him though, he'd cost even more.

A explicit example of why it's largely not worth signing English players.

12 goals in 41 top flight appearances for a midfielder who was largely inadequate at the primary functions of that position is OK, but not outstanding.

Tbf he has more pedigree than Jack Butland.

I agree completely by the way.