Mole_Toonfan

Its rumoured it only counts CL clubs so it would count them out

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It will do, Valencia dont have the money to sign both.... hopefully nobody else other than ourselves take an interest *cough..Man Yoo...*cough.

Linked with Twente's RB Rosales again ( more so his agent has linked him to us) i personally do believe Debuchy is our first choice but it makes sense to identify several players at once in case your prime targets don't come off. Which is what i expect we are doing with all the positions we are interested in strengthening.

IF we sign Debuchy, decent right hand side like. Get Mbiwa as the Right-sided CB aswell

Tbf a lot of people said the exact same when Bruce left....

I doubt Gourcuff will play over Nasri when the actual tournament kicks off.... i expect to see. Lloris Debuchy Mexes Rami Evra Cabaye M'Vila Ben Arfa Nasri Ribery Benzema I personally prefer to see Clichy to Evra but i dont think Blanc will do that, none the less still a very impressive side on paper.

It isnt but not bad isnt good enough for Pardew and with good reason some of the best sides in world football are just as good without the ball as they are without it at the top level its a must.... If Hoilett where to come here he would have to improve his defensive side just like Ben Arfa did. Also yes if everyone stayed and we signed Mbiwa and Debuchy id be delighted.

Nah not really and that is a negative but i always considered that Pards would be able to turn him around like he did with Ben Arfa but like you say he probably wouldnt have as much patience with him as his ceiling is not as high.

I'd like to see Moses or Hoilett come as an extra option but not as Ba's replacement i dont think they are THAT good. If Ba were to leave i would expect a higher quality of forward to come in as his replacement.

Whilst you're completely right... that's never stopped them signing that kind of player before. In fact, Arsenal tend to deal exclusively in Attacking Midfield players. Indeed iam naive in the sense that every club will only buy what they need instead of what they want.... Arsenal dont need Hoilett which in a sense should make them steer clear but your right it hasnt stopped them before.

This, i dont want to see Ba leave in no situation i feel he's a great player and contributed so much to this great season of ours. I personally was just discussing who i would like to bring in if he were to leave, in no way do i want him to leave though. Anyone who thinks it will be easy to replace him is not all right in the head tbh, no offense.

Doubt we would have to worry about Arsenal as far as a possible move for Hoilett goes..... they have enough wide players as it is and quite frankly have alot more to worry about than signing thier 10th or 11th winger lol. The teams i see getting involved are Spurs, Chelsea and Liverpool.

This, i got excited just seeing this thread being bumped

In other words the media speaks BS for a living ( not like we didnt already know that)

Gerrard and Van Gaal? please make it happen it would be Luca Toni and Van Gaal all over again

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. Wonder what the Wigan fans (if indeed they do exist) make of it all.. All 5 of them?

Yeah i worked it out its around 90-100k a week still great money but nowhere near the stupid amounts the stupid mackems thought it was

I was told he's getting 6m euros over 5 seasons noway thats 400k pw lol 400k per week would be 20.8m a year he's supposedly getting 30m euros over 5 wtf

Wouldnt say that tbh, someone that can play Left and Centre of front 3 would be enough..... but it cant be a pure number 9 it has to be someone who is versatile enough to play wide left or upfront. Probably why we have been linked with Luuk De Jong so many times.

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/18093271.jpg Relevant to practically every post on there

If Ba leaves any CF we buy for me has to fit into the 4-3-3 so i dont consider Gamiero a possibility the side has changed we are no longer replacing Ba the centre forward ( well we are but its not the priority) we are replacing Ba the left-inside forward.

I dont see that a major issue due to Marveaux's injury record we cant rely on him in the same way we can with Ba. At this stage if we can get Marveaux fit i see a rotation role for him for either wide spot( depending on situation) and in midfield. I dont expect him to be someone that can be considered as the first name on the team sheet but provide a different option to our current players in a number of positions.

This is really simple..... if Ba were to leave we replace him with a CF that can play wide that way when Ben Arfa roams inside it becomes a 4-3-1-2 and when Cisse needs rotating that CF that can play wide plays CF instead of Cisse and the wide spot is taken up by Marveaux, Jonas or any other wide player we have. Same scenario goes for if Ba stays.... he plays wide usually but if Cisse is injured, suspended or needs resting he plays CF and Marveaux, Jonas etc etc comes in to the wide spot. That way we can have two high profile CF's in the line up usually and we can keep them happy while playing 4-3-3 but if something happens to one of them then we just bring in a wide player and play a traditional 4-3-3 with 1 CF and 2 wide players.