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Great news but hope he lowers his profile... Talks a little freely for my liking...

Carr said on radio we got Cisse for £8m...

He can't really force him to stay can he? No he can't, but it's almost as if he's pimping him out.. He's resigned to the fact that there's very little he can do in this situation and its almost fully Martinez's decision. Not buying that. He's practically been advertising Martinez to Liverpool. Now I understand Whelan supposedly has a soft spot for the bin dippers, but considering his interest in Wigan he could play it a bit more subtle. Wonder what the Wigan fans (if indeed they do exist) make of it all.. I don't think Whelan does hidden agendas and always seems one of the most straight talking chairman around and man of his word... He's realistic about Wigan and knows they can only grow so much as things stand... He's always said he'd not stand in the way of him joining a bigger club... I was one of the few not surprised when he turned down Villa last year even when given permission to talk to them as Whelan predicted as much... Basically Whelan portrays an image of having great working relationships with his managers which probably works in his favour when trying to hire them so he is now doing no more than highlighting that he's kept his word to Martinez...

I think one season is being generous... Once we sold Carroll his game seem to degenerate... Terrible signing and thats not even with hindsight... The fact we had to pay the £800k loyalty bonus to Man City to pass on to him set the tone for the whole 4yrs...

Word going around its 12 games...

guthrie shirley ? From what i've seen of him he's more of an attacking style with goals coming from well timed runs into the box... Was actually going to post that he's a cross between Guthrie & Lovenkrands... maybe similar to Yossi Benayoun...

Lovenkrands replacement sorted...

Probably will be officially...

Due to his dip in form the later would be a very sensible option to explore...

Not if the agent leaks the info to the press putting the club in the position to confirm or deny... Bit like what happened to us with Ba...

@davidmcrossan: RMC radio reports that the 100 school kids watching France train at Clairefontaine reserved their loudest cheers for Ben Arfa.

Brendan Rodgers says he doesn't want to hold talks with them...

Not getting a new contract at Man Utd...

He's the one that scored 4 goals in that Leeds 3-7 Forest game a couple of months ago. 4 great goals as well... Remember asking on here afterwards if anyone knew much about him... Astute signing by Reading...

He started his A-Levels yesterday and passed them today. Easy. http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20120516/cheick-achieves-english-goal_2281670_2774300?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Heading back by the sounds of it with Craig Gordon going to Celtic...

Word going round Bobby Zamora could be going...

Is that true? Bet he doesn't then. I think so unless there has been a change in law with players contracts... http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/sport/newcastle-united/2009/06/28/toon-s-owen-wage-shock-79310-24002635/ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-20525076.html

if i could understand french i probably would In short... @PhilippeAuclair: 'Haved you talked to Mathieu about NUFC?' 'Yes' Said good things?' 'Yes' 'And was he interested to hear what you had to say?' 'Yes'.

YC has just done a hour radio show in France (RMC) and has hinted that his mate MD might be joining us... Might be worth checking out...

Yep...Was a very flat performance which may of all changed if Cisse had score either side of HT but the performance got what it deserved... Disappointing end to the season... We seem to be a team who needs to score first or we end up struggling...

Not sure if having such a low vantage point helps sometimes like i did but I totally agree I thought we were very disappointing all over the pitch... I also thought it was a terrible decision (who ever made it?) to wear a strip in what could of been the most vital game of the season which has very poor visibility... Actually joked about it on the way to the match but thought the times we will actually need to wear it were very low... Couldn't believe we decided to debut it on Sunday... Just blended in with the crowd etc and completely disappeared in the more shadowed areas of the pitch... Never understood in an age when fortunes are spent to gain an extra 1% from players that you pay no thought in the colour of the kit you choose to wear... Always believe you should were socks and tops that stand out in the conditions you are faced with...

Let's hope he signs for someone shortly or we will have to pay him an extra month's wages similar to Viduka and Owen iirc...

5pm

Would be a cracking signing, wont be possible if we dont get CL mind. The French journalist claimed Liverpool were in the driving seat for Belhanda...