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Please, no. Not consistent enough, and besides now that we have a pacy striker in Bellamy, we need someone to hold the line. Ashton would be nice, but I doubt WH will sell, unless its for silly money.

He is a good player, but is he a great one? I don't think he is worth 10m, but its Rafa's budget to spend as he sees fit. The thing I worry about is resale value. If he fails to settle then we will stand to lose a lot on him, especially since Dutch teams - his most likely destination in such a case - don't tend to spend a lot on players.

I was thinking something similar. Parry should now drop his offer by 2 mill, see how Del Nido likes the other side playing hardball.

Me too. Besides, Torres will not be available next summer as he is likely to move this summer.

Summed it up perfectly.

I still think Aurelio will sign. With him and Riise, we are covered for LB, even should Warnock and Traore both move on. Not a priority.

Some good posts here. Especially true the part that he has been less effective without Heskey doing the donkey work for him.

Finally some sense from Cally. No one in their right mind would pay 2.5m for Kirkland, especially considering his injury record.

Moron.

I've been fantasising after Aimar since the day Rafa joined (not in a gay way though ), but I given our other priorities this summer I don't know how much sense him and Garcia in the squad would make. Aimar is a better player IMO, but Garcia is already settled, and is probably the more prolific scorer of the two.

How do you know we wont sign Aimar? Look, I don't know whether all this is true or not, just that his info is usually pretty solid. Neither can I.

Mori is already gone, so no point in mentioning it. Johnny H. There is a poster here with the same name, I assume its the same guy, not sure though.

I don't tend to quote from other sites, but this from a very reliable poster. I'd say that his track record is probably almost as good as Elisha's: "Your ins and outs are: In: Pennant, Aimar, Defoe, Paletta, Aurelio, Alves, Gonzalez. Out: Traore, Warnock, Hamann, Cisse, Dudek." This is before Cisse's injury.

Surprised you are still here, Fig, and not on your annual 3 months summer break Any other news for us, mate?

You reckon Simao is still in the frame? I thought that link was long dead ... No doubt that he is class, and that his free kick abilities will give us something we greatly lack at the moment, but he will not be cheap, and there are question marks over whether he can adapt to the physical nature of the Premiership. Alves, on the other hand, is a much more physical player, and in theory should handle himself better here.

Tell them Traore is up for a move.

Eh, neither?

Totally agreed, especially with the idiot part.

Agreed. Its not like he is Elisha ...

I think he will be used predominantly as a right winger, filling in at right back only if the need arises. It would seem that he is Rafa's top target for the right wing, lets just hope Sevilla don't do a Simao on us and keep increasing his price.

Dunk on Koptalk has said pretty much the same thing. If its true, then its doubtful we will sign Alves and Pennant, because this implies that Rafa prefers Alves and will sign Pennant if Alves doesn't come. If he wanted both, then the Pennant deal would have been completed what with everything agreed.

Spot on. If Rafa sees that a transfer has not worked out, he is not afraid to cut his losses and admit as much (as was the case with Josemi). On a personal note, I've always liked Morientes, and its a shame it hasn't worked out. He's still a class player, just unable to adjust to the Premiership at this stage of his career. I wish him well.

And we already have one of those, also an Aussie.