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Maybe our targets are waiting to see how the league table looks come the back end of the window...

Reckon this is it, but with Obertan right and Jonas left. I agree... As much as I prefer Obertan on the left I think AP likes Jonas helping out Santon and it may work having two French speakers playing on the same side...

Just switched game on to see Good hoof it to absolutely no one down the pitch...

I heard them talking about this on the BBC Total Sport show... Disappointing if so but time to act quickly and switch targets if so...

Not a bad shout... Think AP may swap around Anita & Jonas & Obertan though....

Out of interest would there be many takers for a more regular 5-A-Side game?... Just an idea for another time perhaps...

Honestly mate, it doesn't matter what your usual preferred size of pitch is, skill, or fitness. As I'm not one to talk on any of those fronts. Come along. Cheers... I'll definitely make the effort to come along as my game is over in Royal Quays so Coach Lane not far from there... I can always just keep the score!

I'll come along to watch... I play 10-11am on a Saturday so could even offer possible substitute cover if desperate but at my age I'm really only a 5-A-Side player... Would be nice to see you all for the first time though if the offer is there...

Give or take a few thousand quid he basically meant... £7.5m... we get £3.75... Where i guess he didn't explain himself well is its nearer £2m once you take away the original agents fees... Or did he mean that doing the deal via the agents we didn't pay Hoffenheim at the time the £5m they wanted (Stoke) and waited for West Ham to do loan deal then strike the deal once that contract had expired leaving both Hoffenheim & West Ham out the loop... Either way from following the saga the fee 99 of 100 has been reported between £7-7.5m... There was talk it escalated after end of July and that is when there was a little talk of £10m which might be so giving NUFC a couple of million insurance policy if you wish when trying to find a replacement so late in the window... But come January the fee seemed to return back to the original figure... In a nutshell and AP said as much himself NUFC got nowhere near £7.5 from the BA deal and i'm guessing that taking away his original agent fee to get him to sign we've probably made around £2m on the deal... Though if you chuck in his reported wages they probably come out few hundred thousand short which isn't bad considering the goal return.

The clause fee has never been reported consistently, either £10m or £7.5m depending on the source (it was even reported as £15m at one point..). The only thing that has never changed is the £2.5m to Ba's reps. So it seems we've either received £7.5m or £5m. That Sullivan interview is the only one that's ever mentioned 50% and frankly if you read the comment its pretty odd: Am I missing something or does that sound like gibberish to anyone else? Seems to make sense to me and is how it's been reported... As for the overall fee it's consistently been reported between £7-7.5m... My guess is we got around £3.5-4.5m out of it...

Personally I never heard that, but never mind. http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/02/dirty-david-sullivan-spills-beans-on-bas-toon-contract-and-ravel-bid/#.UOxQO1wgHCQ AP said as the deal was going through we wouldn't receive the full amount to go towards a replacement...

As long as the release clause has been rumoured it was public knowledge we would only receive around half of the fee...

I think it was nearer £4.5m for Ba... Apparently we got the lot and Chelsea paid him the £2.5m. No... We got about £4.5m... Ba got £2.5m... Agents got 500k of the initial deal then insisted on another £2m from Chelsea so deal cost Chelsea £9.5+m is what I understand...

I think it was nearer £4.5m for Ba...

Anyone know much about Ajax's Jody Lukoki that we are being linked with?...

Inter Milan sniffing... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2258690/Newcastle-face-competition-Inter-Milan-Loic-Remy.html

Someone could tweet Barton... I heard he was tweeting earlier saying he was out there...

French transfer roundup on H&J on TS 3.30-4pm... If anyone can tune in might get some info as its from their French correspondant...

Interesting that AP was quoted saying he thought the deal would've been done in time for the Brighton game... I thought it was...

Good call... And there lies the problem... We can't wait until the end of the month...

We've got to be careful it doesn't grow too large...

Aubameyang has already played at SJP this season... He looked very handy from what I remember...

To be fair to AP he hasn't had an abundance of options to replace either with...

I might be wrong but i have a feeling that in the situation we are in, buying french is a lot easier than buying anywhere else. Because it's easier to convince them to come because you're be playing with national team mates. I think thats how they are looking at it, France is basically the safety net and we think we can attract frenchies easier than anyone else. That and our wage structure...