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Doubtful however it does mean more money for him until he decides to leave. Still living off those Milan games for me albeit for a few games last season, just not consistent enough to warrant the price tag papers/Spurs are bantering around.

Not sure why everyone is so fixated with the ready-made players for us, usually when we sign them from a club they've 'made it' at, we play them out of position or don't massage their ego's in the right way. What happened to the days of 04/05 when we signed young hungry players! Yes they were known but question marks were asked of some of them, did they work out? Yup! did some not work out? They did not however the majority did and everyone did their best to play their part which is why I think Moses would be a better buy than most we're being linked with.

I will double check but I know there is definitely one ticket however I'll ask around as there are a good bunch that sit around my mums season ticket seat so if anyone cannot make it they will offer the ticket in that group first so I will ask.

I guess I can use the season ticket to get the cup tickets for you? Not sure how that side works in all honesty but happy to look into any of it for anyone that has the opportunity to go, I don't want the ticket to go to waste when I can't attend :-)

Hi all Unfortunately the season ticket that my mum has (Matthew Harding Lower, Row E, Seat 13 - Inbetween the corner flag and the goal, great seat surrounded by great people) is going to be sparingly used this coming season as she has got a few bits going on and I won't be able to make every game, sometimes there will be more than one ticket going but for now just this one so let me know if you'd like it for a game, we can sort it out the details and such!

Really couldn't care if we get him or not, at this point, I'd just like all our transfers done and dusted by pre-season so the new player has a few weeks with all the squad to get some synergy/friendships going rather than leaving our business until really late or until when the season starts as per usual leaving zero time for the new player to get embedded in the team before the papers start slamming their sub-par performances for no good reason Thought we'd turned a corner when we got Eden/Marko business done early doors, sigh.

Seriously this is just not worth it, yes good player but just bid 30 million euros and take it or leave it Porto, they have stuffed us for transfer fees over the last 7 years including manager fees! No one else will pay what they are asking for Hulk, NO ONE.

Can't see the love for Josh myself, nothing special although I don't like the fact that we constantly poach other teams youth but what can we do if our home grown are not good enough..!

There's a source in the top general xfer thread

Levy would still sell to United for less just to make a point however I don't think Luka wouldn't go to Utd as they have champs league etc. I still think he'd prefer to come to us - said he wants to stay in London if he moves. Although if Levy has said to him he would never sell him to Chelsea............! Which wouldn't surprise me at all

Dembele confirmed he's happy at fulham and has no intention of leaving 1 year left on his contract btw.

yes, if you ask me, and if anyone has watched the bundesliga season just gone! I wouldn't be disappointed if we made this signing, for a good fee though - not over inflated. Put it this way, everyone knows Goetze, or has seen Arsenal linked etc. and they didn't miss Goetze too much when Jakub played! Good signing for Utd too btw (Lewy, striker) I put it in the general transfer talk thread. Poor Dortmund!!

Much prefer Martinez as a buy rather than disco stew

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/325354/Polish-manager-confirms-Robert-Lewandowski-move-to-Manchester-United- Very good signing for Utd Wouldn't mind Jakub coming here Tidy player!!

Quite frustrating when I see people pointing out goal stats/games etc. as lets just all agree that Napoli are considerably better at creating chances for their strikers, where as we are not, our strikers a lot of the time have to fashion chances for themselves, which is why we are investing in the creative type of player now instead of the bulldoze method we've previously used. I'd love to see Cavani on the scraps that Torres has been working on pop in with 66 goals in 94 games, it simply wouldn't happen. If Torres were missing 1 on 1 chances on a consistent basis after we've made the chance by a through ball or something, again on a consistent basis then fine however its just not the case. Torres showed at the last third of the season that the work rate has now been added to his game, chasing CBs, coming back into midfield to win a ball for the team, he had a crazy amount of assists for the season as well let alone when he started to play well. I'm very confident that next season with Sturridge as CF back up Torres will come good.

Not very popular since he announced he's going to Chelsea, unfollowed... ;-)

I'm glad that we've got prospects in and around the place in the reserves/out on loan etc. but I think far too many people get ahead of themselves for Josh, he hasn't shown hardly anything in terms of ability to step up, has he had the chance? Yes he's had a few chances and he has not stepped up. Loan to Swansea didn't go to plan but it makes me think that Brendan would have given him more chances if he was capable, especially at home but the matches he did play in he wasn't very good at all. Perhaps this is a snipe, but perhaps less time going out with Sinclair and his corrie mrs and more time spent on the training ground.. See Ryan Bertrand.

Would it though? That just means the player forsakes a signing on bonus so the club keep the 10% the player would get, depending on agreements. Its Levy we're talking about here..

Thats what worries me actually I'm worried at what we WOULD pay, I genuinely feel as though that with what happened last summer regarding Luka then he should be allowed to leave for a decent price - its unfair to keep a player after false promises 2 years running..

I think the £30-35m we'd end up paying for him could be better spent elsewhere.. i.e. kept in the bank, we've bought *assuming we get hulk* what we needed to buy, what we've been crying out for the last few seasons. Just get a RB in or use Hutch as an under study to Brani If we get a CM then I'd like to see Essien/Meireles go, The Bison isn't what he used to be, damn knee ops.

The majority of reports seemed to be around 170-220k euros per week aside from the one linked. Prices become so inflated..! We were to blame years ago but now City are cranking up wages to 170-220k euros a week (Yaya/Sergio A/Tevez) Yes he's a good talent, but.. so expensive - concerned with our big buys, history tells us that when we pay big, they don't succeed.. ..fingers crossed for Torres though

I must be the only one that doesn't want this player for the fee/wages reported

I wish people would realise that we are not Barca, we don't have their academy, we don't have their way of living/breathing passing football. Pep will NOT succeed

30-35 is still too much, I'd say 27 at most, even thats over priced Sigh.. todays market.

The only way Hazard is coming is if he takes the 10 role, currently occupied by mata which makes me think he will definately go to United.