Spike

I fully agree with you. He has one year left on his contract, if he has a fantastic year he will re-sign, if not he can leave. He will have a breakout year.

I'm going to pick up both Inter and Lyon shirts this year. Inter - Much better than last years fade in fade out stripes. I like the collar too. Hard to screw up a classic. Lyon- Horizontal hoops are very nice. A significant improvement over last years diagnol red & blue.

Arsenal can barely sign a player anyway, so I doubt they'll be able to hijack anything.

I can't feel sorry when a junkie like her dies. But it is a shame when they waste their lives and talent like that.

Training in the rain builds character.

The Club is changing into a more positive place for players and fans, methinks.

I haven't heard or seen a single thing about this deal on the news yet, so I'm still a tad apprehensive. Perhaps the Courtois situation has interfered.

I've had a love affair with Inter for a while now. I am expecting the Scudetto this year or I will be very disapointed. It will be a sad day when Zanetti retires, nobody in the history of Football has been consistently fantastic as him. A true one of a kind.

I choose the second one. Got to teach theses young'uns about history.

His knee injuries have slowed him down a tad but he sitll a very intelligent footballer. Kaka essentially is a SS/Creative AM and is better when he is playing in the hole and as the main driving point between the MF and the Fowards. At Real he pretty much plays as one of 4 players that can link the MF to the Foward in this case. When Cristiano, Xabi, Angel Di Maria and Kaka are all playing the 'Creative Attacking' roles, only one is going to come out on top and it is Cristiano.

Our MF would be very strong if we snap up this little Frenchmen and that little Croatian.

Jano Ananidze. He plays for Spartak Moscow. No chance of him leaving for a few years though. It seems he wants to stay and they want him to stay. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jano_Ananidze

I hope so...

It is pretty disgusting how he was treated. I'm surprised he England for his entire career and didn't move to France and played there. BTW Fowler is a cunt.

Oh, another striker...woohoo, I can feel the optimism draining from me. If this is the player everyone is getting excited for, we must be really desperate for a signing. Don't get me wrong, I like him. He just won't make a massive impact for years.

I will now live in denial that he wasn't good enough for us anyway.

Besides I think AVB is more secretive than most. I believe he keeps his cards close to his chest, to keep the press away. Hell he could be in advanced talks with a few players right now. It doesn't matter if he is Malaysia or not, he will get the job done.

Badass Defenders. Right now we have one of the strongest backlines in the world. Alex, Ivan, Terry, Cole, Luiz and to a lesser extent Paulo and Bosingwa. What is not to love?

It was a joke Henrique...

With current news stating that Kaka may be our second choice afted Modric, I have put a lot of thought into it. Kaka is much in the same position as Torres. Niggling injuries have cut down on playing time in the last season. However when Kaka does start at Real Madrid he usually plays like he did at Mila. I just don't think he is playing in the right system at Madrid under Jose Mourinho or even playing in the right position. If he were to join Chelsea, he may just mesh in with AVB's style of attacking football unlike Mourinho's 'Catenaccio' style. I may be relentlessy optimistic about it but, if he does join I could easily 20+ starts with 5-10 goals and 10+ assists. Which would be terrific for Kaka showing the form is temporary and class is permanent. I know he is getting old, but 3-4 years may be all we need to groom Josh into a starting postion as a deep lying playmaker. At that time Kaka would be 32-33 and Josh would be 21-22. It could be a gamble but Caesar gambled when he crossed the Rubicon, did he not? The die would be cast as it were.

Are you implying that we need to 'eliminate' Kalou from the squad to snatch Aguero?

If he wears a Snood in Southern Italy whilst playing, he won't be able to handle the winters in London. He's ain't 'ard enuff for England.

I got a feeling that AVB is keeping most of his targets close to his chest, allowing him to swoop in when no the public isn't looking. And De Rossi may just be one of them.

Well, he won't be Jeventus for very long. In not time they will be back in Serie B for Match Fixing again.

I'm sure about Kompany, he was very succesful in the Belgian League even being awarded the Ebony Boot. But then again, it is the Belgian League.