LDN Blue

Yeah according to The Sun we have. £3million would be a good fee.

Let's not get carried away. There's nothing to suggest this isn't like any other made-up transfer rumour. If it is true, I'd be happy. £21million + Paulo is certainly much cheaper than the £35million they were looking for.

Ah.. That's just TX being TX

By the way - Can this please be the last/only Kalou thread where we debate him?

No-one will argue the view "Kalou tries hard" - Yes it is a great attribute he has, an it's a shame other players don't possess. But that's not enough for people to go "oh. He has heart, I guess we should keep him around then". This is a football club, not a social gathering. You're based on your performance, talent, quality & ability to improve. We all bit our tongues with Kalou, when he arrived in 2006 he looked like a player that would grow into the game, the year rolled on 07 & 08.. We thought "Right his time is coming, let's see if he delivers". These last 2 season, have clearly demonstrated he can not improve. He is how he is, a player with heart but no end result. "It's a results based game" they were saying about the firing of managers. Well the same is true with players. Kalou does not give positive results - on individual - footballing merits. Therefore he should face the axe. Whether it's relegation to the bench for the majority or being sold for a better player.

say no more ^^^

If he proves it, I'll be delighted.

What a ridiculous decision from the referee! Ramos should be sent off. Unprofessional player. Then decides to pick on Aguero. Stupid man.

Yeah! Aguero goes down easily sometimes but that was definitely a penalty! I really want Athletico to win this one..

If we ever need a replacement for Cech.. We MUST sign David De Gea. He's truly sensational, watching him vs Real Madrid, he's on the top of his game. Reflexes are better than Joe Hart

touché Ollie. If only CTV bought rights to our games. We'd be the first club to televise all their games..

like he did with Zhirkov?

But of course, it's all ESPN's fault Weren't our 7goal thrillers last season on ESPN?

he's young - why not right?

He'd have been handy in 2008

Never heard of him.. Any good?

Better than flippin' ITV

- Not yet

Wouldn't be surprised if this is some ploy to lure Lukaku

Definitely agree about that - there's no doubting the commitment. It's great to see, putting the likes of Drogba and Anelka to shame, but I've said before - There's no point in giving heart if there's no end product. I hope you're right about him being better - The last 5 years make me think otherwise. But I'll be the first to admit I'm wrong, when he proves he's more than a dribbler, with no end product.

Out of all the clubs that have ever tried, we've probably been the most unlucky team to do it. The phantom goal.. The discussions between Rijkaard & the referee.. The other screw job vs Barca & JT's penalty. - Certainly to win the most coveted trophy in football, you need skill, quality but also luck. When we played Inter last year we we're the weaker side. We can argue we should've had a penalty at the San Siro as much as we want, but we came out 2nd - We deserved it. For me, this season, we've already conceded the League. We might as well go for the Champions League. With the way the squad has been lately this seems like an impossible task - But so was Liverpool's back in 2005. While I'm not as obsessed about CL glory as PL glory, I would like 1 of those in our trophy cabinet - At least to get one over the Arsenal fans!

Its like I say, just get Drogba to take/practice them. The one thing he does well is deliver a ball with fizz & pace, this means the slightest deflection goal-wise from Ivanovic or Terry will beat the keeper (unless it's Joe Hart, who can just about reach anything!)

He's had 5 years to grow confidence I'm patient with players - We all learnt from our mistakes with not trusting the likes of Drogba, Malouda even Maka. But they turned our opinions within 2 season (3 for Malouda I think?). But Kalou has had 6 season to show us the quality he's supposed to possess and he hasn't delivered. He's got pace, yes, and he's got good dribbling abilites. But he lacks a finish, he lacks a final pass and he lacks judgement. He's 25 now, personally, it doesn't look like he's improving any more than he is. He looks the same player who could dribble with pace but not do anything aside from that. I'd rather he bench warmed for us while we give Sturridge his chance. The 20minutes he gets gives him no time to show his true potential, he must be allowed a run of games, like Kalou was given, to prove his value. Kalou on the bench, I do not mind, he's got the experience now to come on for the last 20minutes (when Studge would come on) and perhaps make a difference (because he can offer something different)

Haha, well with Bosingwa's I don't think any of were sure what happened. He limped off with a knee injury in October (I think), then we heard he'd need surgery in March!! It was crazy, we got told nothing. Not sure if that's the medical staff's fault, or the club's lack of PR But you get Prosinek's because I think that was a genuine cock-up.. But human errors happen And on that last line - Agreed! LOL

We'll do what all good clubs would do then.. .. Lie till he signs.