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On the contrary. If we can get Ozil, Isco, James, Ramsey or Gotze in here. Then I'm all for it.

Agreed. Sterling definitely isn't going to get any better. Arda Turan is the player we should've been after, he's as good as Ronaldinho & Zidane.

YES JOSE! EDIT: Look, he isn't World Class but he would be an excellent replacement for Mikel/Ramires. Fantastic depth signing.

Spot on. He's incredibly versatile so he'll be their own version of Ramires except much better.

Lmao no chance he benches Iniesta.

Torres didn't become what he did because of a loss of pace. Even in his latter years at Chelsea he was still relatively quick. Pace doesn't explain those horrendous misses, same thing with Falcao who was lethal in his prime.

We preferred Oscar over De Bruyne. More than half this forum would swap the latter over the former in an instant. Arda is a 29 year old winger that's the exact replica of the profile we already have at the club. Shaqiri is only 23 with the best of his career still to come yet offers something very different to our other wingers. Arda is a slow ball to feet midfielder, Shaqiri is a pacy winger that exploits space. Go to Inter's forum and tell me what they think of Shaqiri's imminent sale then claim "do I even watch football". Apples & oranges. I've seen enough of Shaqiri to know there's a great player in there, it took Sturridge a while but he eventually reached his potential with Liverpool despite spending years on the bench & injury table.

How many players would start at Bayern ahead of Ribery & Robben? He left because of a lack of gametime, not because he wasn't good enough. Inter have let the likes of Bergkamp, Seedorf, Roberto Carlos, Coutinho, Pirlo, Cannavaro leave for cheap in the past. As I said in another thread they're notoriously bad at developing talent. They played him at #10 despite him being a right winger. This isn't a Marin or Moses type signing. Shaqiri has high potential. Comparing him to freaking Arnautovic is laughable.

Have you seen his build? As you said he was born to play in the League. With Cuadrado & Salah both on their way out we'll only have 2 wingers (Willy, Eden) next season. Worth a punt imo.

Bayern wanted him actually, he just chose to leave on his own accord because no one is overtaking Robben/Ribery. And Inter have sold the likes of Carlos, Coutinho, Pirlo, Seedorf, Bergkamp for peanuts in the past. They've always been historically bad at developing talent. Left footed inverted winger that's physically built enough to handle the rigours of English football. Technically gifted, fast, strong defensively & has a devastating shot from distance (something we've lacked since Lampard's decline/departure). Even if it doesn't work out he'll still have high resale value. He's shone in the Champions League (remember him knocking United out of the CL at Basel), with Switzerland & the World Cup. http://www.whoscored.com/Players/76304/History/Xherdan-Shaqiri I think he would be worth a shot & he's the type of player we usually target.

Would anyone else say no to a Salah/Shaqiri swap deal? Shaqiri ticks alot of boxes & we need the depth with Cuadrado also on his way out. I think he would be worth a punt.

Am I the only one who would take a punt on Shaqiri?

Did this guy really try and compare Oscar's situation with Willian? WOW. 2014 - World Cup 2013 - Confederations Cup 2012 - Olympics 2011 - U-20 World Cup And he got to the final of every tournament apart from the World Cup where Brazil reached the semis.

Put me on ignore then.

Yeah I'm definitely the problem, not the poster who called a player that helped us win the League with his goals/assists "horse shit" and "a crap number 10."

Polo7 claims Oscar's passes "lead to nothing" yet here's video proof showing otherwise. Unless my eyes are deceiving me he's actually laying chances on a plate for his teammates in that video.

You got schooled & made to look foolish by @CurlyHairLikeLuiz so obviously you resort to baseless and childish insults/opinions to save what's left of your pride. How about you actually put up a decent and worthwhile rebuttal instead of dismissing obvious unmitigated facts? Stats show Oscar created alot more chances/goals yet you claim his passes "lead to nothing". Explain how they're misleading exactly & why Oscar is in your words a "horse shit" player & "crap number 10".

Worst poster on TC. Ignorant points, logical fallacies galore & ridiculous straw mans to boot.

They don't play wingers mate.

Drogba actually outscored Falcao last season. This is a terrible signing imo, reeks of Jorge Mendes. Best of luck to him though, less pressure here considering expectations are so low.

Lol @ this troll equating the Swiss League with Serie A.

Useless, no good player? Yet you accuse other posters of being trolls. Salah is an excellent player & has proven it at every club he's been apart from us.

As if Juve would be interested lol. Made up rumour.

Fiorentina sacked the coach he expected to play under next year yet demand Salah to freely come back? They're a sinking ship & he's right to look elsewhere, he's not a slave.

Imo, the only truly World Class players we have are Courtois, Hazard & Matic. Hazard is amongst the very best wingers in the World(Neymar, Robben, Messi, Hazard & Ronaldo), Matic is amongst the best in his position (Kroos, Matic, Alonso, Mascherano, Busquets) and Thibo is the consensus 2nd best GK in the World right now. Costa, Cesc & Filipe Luis are the only other ones on the cusp of that elite group. Azpilicueta, Oscar & RLC have the potential to be WC sometime in the future.