lucio

we need a dm better than mikel AND someone more creative.

i believe he cost bayern about 20m. £25m would be poor but not a disaster. he wins everything in midfield and has good passing and through balls. needless to say he is far better than mikel but for £25m he would not be my choice.

me too. but with schuurle imminent i doubt they would sell us lars too.

i would rather we go for sven bender from dortmund.

emenalo needs his teeth kicked in

gustavo destroyed the madrid team over 2 legs in last years semis. he is linked to inter milan so he may very well be up for sale.

lets bid £65m

if we ruin him i will never forgive chelsea

when our midfield is in its current state he should be at chelsea

strike of a master. should be in our starting XI

i will be watching intently i love me some nathaniel

fair point. i remember when arsenal won the league and went unbeaten they had a pivot of gilberto silva and viera. if we brought say capoue and witsel and had a manager like jose - we could go unbeaten too. and with players like hazard , mata and schuurle on the counter attack teams would be running for their lives.

not many good english players to buy if any at all. thats why we need chalobah to come through hopefully

yeah thats probably why scolari has 1 win in 5. i rate fernando martins but there is no way he is better than portos fernando who is even considered more important than moutinho for them. also i would expect sandro to play instead of him if he recovers from this injury.

so you would pick some kid fernando from gremio instead of fernando from porto who is 5 years older much better and has won the europa league and 3 portugese titles and played against teams like man utd and barcelona https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCzK_vZE5cg he has no caps........

The battle for the signature of Porto playmaker Joao Moutinho is set to be reignited this summer as Tottenham are likely to face competition from London rivals Chelsea, who are also reportedly keen on signing the player. Moutinho was on the cusp of a move to North London last summer, but Spurs were unable to get the paperwork done in time on deadline day. Tottenham are still keen on the player with Manager Andre Villas-Boas keen to be reunited with the man who used the run the show for him in the middle of the park when at Porto. Moutinho will be priced at £20 million, this summer, and Porto’s owner Pinta da Costa declared in an interview with Portuguese daily A Bola that he would be powerless to stop the player from leaving this season. Da Costa said, “It is hard to resist. We know that there are clubs with millionaires who have no limitations [in terms of] money, [such] as Chelsea and PSG.” Da Costa’s mention of Chelsea has set tongues wagging that Jose Mourinho wants Moutinho at the club when he arrives in the summer, and as past experience has shown, what Mourinho wants, Mourinho gets.

he has proved way more than paulinho. gustavo has too - he has been a key player in the best team in europe yet paulinho has 4 times more caps. fernandinho has had multiple quality champions league campaigns it is just stupid to ignore him

fernandinho is brazils best central midfielder its as simple as that. would belgium forget about witsel because he went to russia? the fernando - hernanes pivot did look good though.

yeah they are defensive midfield. but i have seen ramires and paulinho play together which meant no CDM which was stupid. surely fernandinhos great champions league form should be enough to get him a place. he is brazils best midfielder. this is why they will fail at the world cup because they dont look to these players like fernandinho , willian and taison. fernando is a quality defensive mid and he dosent even have 1 cap. gustavo destroyed madrid last year and he has 3..... ridiculous

i will never understand why paulinho is picked for brazil ahead of fernando (porto) , fernandinho and luiz gustavo. he is good but all 3 are better.

bayern used swein and martinez to great effect and i wouldnt call either of them DLP. i would prefer a defensive midfielder like lars bender put with a powerful box to box like axel witsel. i dont like small weak midfielders.

well we could do with more protection for our defense. and we are also linked with moutinho. if we got both that should solve our midfield issues.

"Paulinho is a box-to-box midfielder who "is a strong and powerful runner, pushing his side forward from midfield to supplement his fine defensive work. Paulinho also offers a useful presence in set piece situations at both ends of the pitch."

CHIM CHIMINY CHIM CHIMINY CHIM CHIM AROOOOOOO FUCK OFF FERNANDO WE ALL WANT KALOU!!!!

only missed 3 glaring chances today. so an average game from him