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I bet they will use giminez at cb. But they might buy a backup

Gyan confirmed mikel to al ain. Great news. Should get the ball rolling. .

sounds like ever banega. At valencia he was my favourite, but you couldn't trust him.

He is well admired among his fans , he is generally considered their 2nd best player of the year , behind otamendi. The ones I've spoken to value him above gomes and perez this season

Valencia is my second team , and the only other one i watch reguarly. He has developed into a great leader, I do wonder how he would cope with the premier leagues pace , but he has enough talent.

I'm a little disappointed in him personally , but in football terms , I don't really care. I actually think he will flop. Injury prone and can't deal with crosses. I won't get angry , but not wishing him any luck either. The club now owes us some great signings.

i could imagine them both succumbing to injuries

We shouldn't be losing out to a pensioners club with no European football

Judging by reaction , he impressed. Not only fan reaction , bbc journalist and Phil neville praised him.

Back in the day - start of avbs spurs reign. He and sandro were one of the best midfields. Didn't last long though. I don't think he is terrible at all , good dribbling and crisp passing. There are countless better options out there, but I wouldn't complain, as long as we brought a top midfielder too.

He was always known for his through balls and intricate passing though. I don't think he has ever been a top "defensive midfielder". Much better at attacking than defending, his Cameroon coach said so.Although this is not necessarily a bad thing, depending on what we are looking for.

http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2015/06/21/report-chelsea-interested-in-tottenham-hotspurs-mousa-dembele/ Moussa dembele £12m

Yes there are some. I would have him for 10m , he can glide past players

Still shouldn't sell kovacic. They have a complete midfield 3 with them

3rd best goalkeeper , but yes. Only hope is that we can buy one of their players. We have to get something from this.

It probably means gary medel is for sale. You would want to have both kondogbia and kovacic in your midfield.

Is he that strong? I'm sure mikel and matic are stronger. People like witsel and Schneiderlin too.Also I'm not convinced about his defence , work rate and tactical awareness. And he isn't a goal threat. I don't think he has much other than good technique.

Seems like atletico will also trigger jm release clause ,and the player himself spoke about wanting arsenal to do it.

Long way to go, but its a pisstake so far.But I do think witsel would be excellent.

Someone on twitter said he blocked out the sun , against England.He didn't impress me when we played them though.

Mourinho said we will get a midfielder. And it wouldn't be just a backup , as I said before matic - cesc is insufficient to tackle europes best and Manchester city ect. Mikel and ramires play their part , but are poor like 50% of the time and have had some injuries.And if we are concerned with rlc , he might be better off playing cam for now anyway.

Alex song's agent says they are talking with English clubs including chelsea and west ham. Source ( md) So we win the league, and start fishing for players in the garbage?

Our midfield was overpowered against the better teams. Additions are needed

But at the same time , don't expect the club to give a wc player to a rival , without an inflated fee / player in return. We need a good deal out of this.

Because he has just joined the set up. England had the lowest first team appearances of all the teams in the tournament. They couldn't afford to play him.