toontenacity

Do you not think a CM is just as vital as a CB? Assuming we do play 4-3-3, jonas would have to be considered a weak link in a deep-lying midfield role alongside tiote? and after him we only really have youngsters, Bigi Mehdi etc. If we got Anita, suddenly that midfield three would look awesome:

Tiote - Anita

  Cabaye

Lee Ryder reporting we've made an offer between 5-10 million

NEWCASTLE

Steve Harper 14 Mar 1975 Goalkeeper

Tamas Kadar 14 Mar 1990 Defender

Danny Guthrie 18 Apr 1987 Midfielder

Alan Smith

Goal.com reporting these are the players we've released

He's just managing expectations, as it will be pretty impossible if we're being honest, with Chelsea and Liverpool both looking to strengthen considerably

Fellaini is about as unrealistic as Hazard- everton bought him for a good £15 million (?) and has had a cracking season so no chance of getting him on the cheap? Plus I doubt he'll see us as much of a step up at this stage. Great player though, even if his hair is inferior to Colo's.

Holden was class before his injury, could be one to look out for in January

I'd love us to sign mark Davies, assuming wages/price arent too extreme. We were linked with him a while ago but what's the latest? Would be a big upgrade on Guthrie in my opinion, useful for rotation in midfield, hard worker, creative and won't complain at not starting. Also would be nice to have some English blood!

Would be nice to have cisse,ba and de jong but in reality we should only get him as a replacement for Ba, as funds are best spent elsewhere

Proud

Looking forward to this, we can just go for it, if we lose not a disaster, city's team is sickening

If Francois Hollande wins French presidential election next month, could be expecting a big influx of French based players into England, as he is considering implementing 75% tax rate