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I thought I read somewhere in this forum that he was classified as HG. I guess I stand corrected, if that's incorrect.

We are swapping a backup HG player for a foreign one. I personally would prefer Song. Upgrade on Mikel, knows the league, will cost much less and is HG.P.S. Mikel isn't as bad going forward as you think. Watch him play for Nigeria and your opinion will change quickly. We play him as a DMF and instruct him to break up play instead of creating chances.

We're in for him by the look of things. Will do a job, but not what I was hoping for.

LOL!It's always a must to try and beat our local rivals.

True, but I think there's a overwhelming majority that are happy we stayed clear at those figures.Song would be an upgrade on Mikel. CS is a friendly according to the FA, but it's always important to put down an early marker and earn our first piece of silverware. Our recent performances haven't been great.

For £49m (potentially)?!We dodged a bullet IMO. Happy we stayed clear.

Should have never got Willian and Juan and got Reus. Would have ACTUALLY done the job and would have cost much less.

I'm surprised Stoke haven't made an offer to buy him outright.

It all depends on Rafa. If he wants Pepe and Ramos starting, Varane will be stuck on the bench. I personally doubt he wants to be playing back up a year before the Euros in his home nation.

True, but he has a valid point. There are very few players that would happily stay put if a huge offer came in. Reus, Pogba, Varane (possibly), etc. If any club put their money where their mouth is; they would come.

We need to strengthen without a doubt. If we don't make some decent signings, we'll be fighting to keep hold of our title and won't be doing much in Europe either.I hope the board work their magic in the next few weeks prior to the start of our EPL defence.

Things have gone quiet with him. I guess he'll be offloaded soon enough. Shame really

I'm sure he's off to PSG. Cavani for him could potentially do it for them.

Happy to see its finally a done deal

When Pep was in charge. His stock has fallen massively since then.

Reus, Di Maria, Griezmann (if must). They're all available if the price is right. Simple as!

We've had enough of them. We need to spend big eventually, but on PROVEN quality.

Is he going to Turkey, or is it just another rumour?

I hope he either goes to a mid table Prem team, or a team in Europe.

So happy City got him. Overpaid for an average English player.

That's supposedly his new buyout clause.

Ba situation all over again.

Aranguiz is a decent player, but going from Brazil to England is a massive jump. I don't think he would be the answer.Cesc is the only player we have that can score or assist on a regular basis in that area of the field, but a quality CM/AM signing would change my stance.

In your opinion, but I disagree. Cesc should be playing the #10 role.

I'm surprised there haven't been any concrete rumours about him leaving as of yet. I wonder if he'll stay at Lyon for another season seeing as they're in the CL.