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I wouldn't be surprised if he has a good world cup, this season he's back to playing competitive football (not stuck out in Russia) and tbh he had a decent season, he played well in the big games and as we know it doesn't really get any bigger than the World Cup.

When is there ever direct quotes? The Telegraph are reliable and have sources.

The Italian league will suit him 100 percent.

So instead of buying a proven world class midfielder in his prime for £30 million we should splash £50 million on a young talent in Pogba... i'm sorry Pogba doesn't justify that type of fee, Fabregas is in his prime, he suits the PL style more than Barcelona's 'tiki-taka' mainly because he has a more direct passing style similar to Mata. He can also play in a box-to-box role, how many times for Arsenal did he pass forward and make late runs into box and score? Pogba for £50 million makes no sense at all, it's a huge gamble IMO. Fabregas may be a cunt, but he has all the attributes to complement Matic tremendously, he can also help Oscar out in terms of creativity.

He's 29 though... I was honestly expecting us to offer something in the region of £5-7 million and if they decline, we move on to someone younger. It looks like we're going to be the new and improved Atletico , Courtois, Costa and Tiago are nailed on, and we are also being linked with Luis and Koke.

29? where did you get that from? He's 25.

Haha if that Matic tweet is real he must of tweeted it on the pitch while playing for Serbia.

Lets not get too carried away, Belgium were against Luxemburg, but i think he has done enough to warrant a place in our squad as a second striker. His touch and technical ability is still pretty woeful but he scores goals. Regarding KDB, he wanted to leave and lets be honest he was having a hard time getting ahead of the likes of Mata, Hazard, Oscar, Schurrle and Willian, maybe he wasn't ready to wait. To be honest if he had stayed he would have played many games this season especially towards the latter stages of the season when the likes of Willian and Oscar were underperforming. Azpi and Cahill fought for their place in the team, it's a shame KDB didn't have the patience, but i guess it's a World Cup year.

Source?

We're not going to sell him for god sake, forget Mata or Luiz, he is our star player, he fit's our system and he will be unbelievable next season playing alongside the likes of Costa and co. We're not a selling club, we can spend £150 million and still be alright in terms of FFP. If Real comes knocking than maybe Hazard may want to go but it's PSG ffs, get a grip.

If we can get £50 million (42million+add ons) for Luiz surely we can get £10 million for Ba?

Get this done, Buy a striker or two and get a world class midfielder to partner Matic... after that we can waste our money on someone like Lavezzi.

Daily mail reporting it as well, FFS, do we really need any more attacking midfielders/wingers? if and i say if we do actually sign him we may have praised the board far too soon... £30 million for a 29 year old? i hope it's BS.

He was awful yesterday, truly awful.

Benzema? no thanks.

It's just a hamstring injury, Torres injured his knee ffs.. it will not be serious.

The Nazi flag was photoshopped.

Fair enough, to be fair my whole opinion was based on that youtube video.

Has Koke even played as a center midfielder this season? i thought he played on the wing and behind the striker? or does he play in a 4-3-3 with Gabi and Tiago/Suarez?

It's funny how much he has improved in terms of shielding the ball, he hardly ever gets tackled now. When he was 18 you can see he has that magnificent dribbling but he was significantly weaker, you can tell he worked on his lower body. Januzaj will do the same i think, right now he gets pushed off the ball far too easily.

In the last 1-2 years it did seem like we only wanted to sign attacking players, it did get ridiculous at times but the last year especially with Mourinho and Emenalo we have been going in the right direction, Mourinho is a football man, he knows what players we need to make us more balanced and competitive, while Emenalo essentially can look for the type of players Mourinho wants.

With Costa a fee has already been agreed. Courtois is already our player. Koke, I'm not sure they'll be as willing to sell but they are in serious debt so they may be tempted if the price is right. We've also been linked with Filipe Luis, he's 29 so it doesn't really fit in with our transfer policy, but if he's cheap I wouldn't mind having him for a couple of seasons. Next season we may be the new and improved Atletico Madrid...

Cavani may be the better player, but he will cost in the region of £55 million. That's £20 million more than Costa, is he that much better? I'm not so sure. Also take into account his high wages. Costa is a no brainer for me, he may not be the better player but for the money we're spending on him I think its a great deal.

That was quick, all that in a day.