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I really can't see any club being prepared to pay £7 million for him and pay him more than the £50k a week he is currently on. Whichever club he signs for will not be able to insure him, so I think it is just too much of a risk for any purchaser.

Spot on.

Can't say I have seen much of Clyne, but I know he has been highly thought of for quite some time now. Has there been any particular reason why no club has made a move before now, bearing in mind he has been on the scene for a relatively decent amount of time?

They could shift Vermaelen to LB or at least play a 3-5-2 formation (they might do already, I don't know).

Belgium should, relatively, have a very good national team at the moment. Courtois in goal, a defence including Vermaelen, Kompany, Vertoghen and Alderweireld. Midfield of Defour, Hazard, Fellaini, Witsel and Dembele. If Lukaku comes good...

I'd say it's more than half of Spurs' fanbase that want rid of him to be honest..

Err. Roy's won quite a lot..

His managerial 'achievements' are mediocre at best.

Really need another striker in addition to our current strikeforce and 2 more strikers if Ba leaves. No way we can survive the ACON with just Shola (assuming Best and Lovenkrands have gone).

Williamson's blazer..

I still don't think there are many clubs out there who would take a risk on him to be honest.

Every other week? Not really..

What a loathesome creature he really is. And a terribly terribly average player to top it all.

He seems to be snatching at every chance he has now.

Brilliant. Got to love Sammy.

In what context was this push? For absolutely no reason or did the ballboy do something?

So we get a scenario where because Man Utd, Arsenal etc were successful at the right time in the PL history, they get to form part of a small group of teams that earn significantly more money than everyone else? Bollocks to that - absolutely no reason why someone shouldn't be able to fund a team's success in a non-organic way.

How do you not know if you do or don't have to go into work tomorrow? Because I work as a lawyer and unfortunately that kind of thing happens a fair bit if you have a deal on. For example, was meant to be playing cricket today but had to pull out last minute to work a 9 hour day. Oh right. Wasn't the best story..!

How do you not know if you do or don't have to go into work tomorrow? Because I work as a lawyer and unfortunately that kind of thing happens a fair bit if you have a deal on. For example, was meant to be playing cricket today but had to pull out last minute to work a 9 hour day.

Worried I am going to have to go into work tomorrow.. just have no idea when. Going to be so annoyed if I miss this.

I'd agree with that. He is not injury prone.

Think it's a real shame that Essien has had so many injuries over the last few year.

I think it would look great and ultimately I would love it to happen - but I don't think we need or would fill a 60,000 stadium on a regular basis. It would be completely dependent on us being quite good. Unless it will allow cheaper tickets to be sold to youngsters etc and make NUFC more accessible for more people. If we are sitting in 10th place next year, I can't see us getting 50k+ attendances every game.

How much would it cost to extend the Gallowgate? Must be a pretty large amount - but I suppose if you get an extra 10,000 seats it would generate a fair bit of money coming it. I thought that there were problems with the foundations behind the Gallowgate though that would make it hard to do. I suppose you also have the issue of the metro as well.

I genuinely think this is my favourite set of players I have seen. I loved the Bobby team which obviously had some absolute legends and seemingly good guys in it (Shearer, Speed, Solano etc) and the Keegan team (Ferdinand, Lee, Beardsley etc), but they both had their share of players I didn't like that much (more the Robson team in all honesty). But this bunch are just all so damn likeable.