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Just make a bid Arsenal, show some intention. Looks like no big signings so far so Fabregas will go down very well, letting him join United without a fight would not.

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Fabregas isn't moving. He'll be at Barca for another year. Utd are just making noises.

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City running riot vs AC. 4-nil 30mins in lol

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That will keep the old sourpuss Colin happy.:D

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Yes, wish I had ESPN

Oh wait, tomorrow I will :D

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is that your smart cancellations coming back to haunt you?

5-1 now

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5-2...and No :D

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so what gives?

5-3 lol

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drama, move is now off...

...because Steaua Bucuresti owner George Becali cancelled the move from jail :LOL:

http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/soc-...l-1050174.html

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and they have sold Caulker

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Selling Caulker is a strange one, they don't have many centre backs now. Maybe they have a replacement lined up?

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they did if you read above.

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You are right, didn't realise he was a centre back. I assume they are trying to get more money for him now.

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possibly. according to reports the owner said "Who is Tottenham? can they not wait? the player isn't for sale okay! my name is Gigi Becali, I'm not selling"

:rofl:

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http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...bregas-2110184

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This is getting biring now, wake me up when it's over

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£50 million for Suarez, £86 million + future incentives for Bale.

Talk TV revenue all you want, it's not going to matter if Spurs, Madrid, Liverpool, Newcastle & Chelsea keep buying/selling players for ridiculous prices.

If Demba Ba kept going at Newcastle or got played at Chelsea what we thinking? about £60 million sound about right based on the Suarez fee? Don't be daft. Robin Van Persie? about a £100 million right there.

Basically raising the level of transfer fee's yet again :( It's great if your club can afford it, then there's us with millions lying around but apparently pennies to spend. Then comes this windfall of revenue which isn't going to matter that much in a transfer market as every team now want's double/triple what their player's worth!

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1-0 for st johnstone.

They have an away goal :)

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1-0 Swansea, shocker by the defender

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1-0 Man city, I liked pep's wince when the ball went in :D

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Bayern 2-1 Man City:D:D:D:D:D:D oh dear Colin. Still proves Man City is Man Utds little brother. We are the best team in Manchester. Red Devils :D

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i agree mate. i reckon 40m for Suarez is more than enough. Arsenal have delayed the team picture by a week apparently.

Liverpool have bid for a striker

crazy market

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£40 million is not enough and with Spurs on the horizon there could well be a auction.

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Coventry City face 15-point penalty as part of club faces liquidation

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23548760

Its very sad to see this happening.

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? A pre-season friendly and you come up with that?

Does that make Man Utd everyone else lapdog, because of their pre-season results.

Stick to Virgin baiting, far safer territory :)

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Doesn't he want champions league football anymore

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Oh dear fancy you two falling out with each other over who is best in that fair city Manchester.:D

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No, i am merely being consistent.

I think you are only as good as your last game, I just don't see friendlies as games, merely exercise.

That is why i don't rate Liverpool, until they actually start challenging.

It is also why I think Man UTd are ok, but not great.

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And for Man utd fans

County Tyrone v Man Utd Milk Cup Final 20:00 BBC Red Button

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Gervinho has left Arsenal for Roma :D soon to be official. Also Chamakh has joined Palace on loan. Chamakhs contract ends 2014 so he's pretty much gone too.

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That's two poor players gone then bud.

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Good result.

hope you actually sign someone :)

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Adz any chance Mike has allowed Gomis to be paid around 90k a week

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yup. Bendtner is causing problems though, Malaga are happy to give him 40k pw but he wants 50/60k :spin: his contracts up in 2014. theres Park that needs to be shot of. most useless signing ever.

hope so

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23550760

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Here we go again.:(

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This has been a strange transfer window.

Everyone has money, wants to spend it. But can't.

If Man utd get ronaldo, i would say good transfer window, else, not sure.

If arsenal get suarez (though not keen on him), equally, they might say, good transfer window.

Tottenham, if they sell Bale for £105m...who cares who they get, that is a good price. Buy a few players..be happy.

Chelsea, not sure, they need a striker, so they need to buy, else, i would say they have weakened (still unsure about rooney, guess he is a positive, but ?)

Liverpool, if you lose suarez, got to say you are weaker, unless you buy someone who ends up being as good.

Have i missed anyone?

(refuse to mention newcastle, still trying to work out the kinnear signing :D)

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Suarez hasn't had his picture taken for 2013/14 in Liverpool colours

http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/Search/...=liverpool+fc#

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Why don't you pay him the 10k a week to go, you'll still be two or three million up on the deal plus dead wood will have been got shot of

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apparently the club has told them to find new clubs, no more loans which is right but these pee takers have no shame so Arsenal will most likely end up paying the difference for a year.

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Clint Dempsey on verge of Seattle Sounders switch.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23559127

The question is why did he move to Spurs in the first place.

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1-0 Burnley

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watching that game too least it a proper game and not a friendly

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Yes, i finally have that new season feeling.

god i missed football on a saturday

Thankfully next year, i will have the world cup during summer

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Yes its not a bad match so far.

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1-1..starting to be good game

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Arsenal booed off at half time in a pre season friendly at home!

Those celebrations of finishing 4th seem so long ago :)

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With the lack of signing's and a heavy defeat here it seems Arsenal before a ball has even been kicked in the PL are already in crisis.;):D

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Still only pre-season. But they need signings

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Interviewer with rafa benitez (after arsenal vs napoli)

"you must be excited with this project"

what project? it is a football game. I wish they would quit referring to football as a project.

Man city said it, but referred to the millions being put into Manchester (albeit and the team)

Maybe it is just me :)

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Worth reading Ali's comments from BBc site

Rangers manager Ally McCoist on their defeat by Forfar Athletic
Here's more from reporter Charlie Mann from that explosive Rangers media conference, where Ally McCoist has responded to pre-match criticism from Charles Green. The former chief executive has returned to the club as a consultant and demanded that McCoist's side win a cup trophy this season in addition to the League One title.

"Ally McCoist does not want Charles Green back in Scotland. Ally McCoist was asked if he would go to the airport and pick Charles Green up and he said: 'No chance.'

"He was hugely disappointed. He said the players were sitting in the breakfast room this morning when they were hit with this story. He says, as team talks go, Charles, this was not your best.

"He said it was a terrible situation for Rangers players to be in this afternoon and he says it did contribute to this defeat.

"He said it was no surprise to him that Charles Green has come back today when they were at their most vulnerable and weakest and that it was no surprise that he has surfaced once again after 34,000 Rangers fans have bought season tickets."

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Only Arsenal could create their own tournament, not win a game and finish joint bottom :)

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Well they might just win a match once we get into October.;)

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And yet still manage to finish above mid-table Liverpool?

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Alas we are still in transition but you don't have that excuse.:)

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Still in transition? Taken quite a few years hasn't it?

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Is that when they play Liverpool...

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Its some transition, its taken decades

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l think you will find that BR has only been there a year or so and did state it could take 5 years.

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Liverpool to Complete £21.7m Signing of Brazilian Striker Diego Costa Within 24 Hours.

http://www.caughtoffside.com/2013/08...thin-24-hours/

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QPR striker set to join Newcastle on loan.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23574077

Oh my god not another French player.

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I wonder which shoulder it is Rooney's injured? lol

It would be nice if the club just come out with the truth and be honest about the situation, rather than making up injuries to hide his stupidity.

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Its just a matter of time before Man Utd receive a third bid and then l think he will be off to Chelsea as why keep a player who clearly wants to go.

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Errrr because we won't strengthen one of our rivals :rolleyes:

I don't think he will be sold, even if he puts in a transfer request.

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Well we shall see what happens in the coming weeks as we have seen it all before with clubs refusing to sell players and then bingo before the close of the transfer window they sell the player.

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Meh. Don't think Rooney still strengthen them that much. If the bid is big enough use it to strengthen your own team. Modric + another striker ?

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We're in no desperate need for money, theres plenty there to spend. It makes no sense to sell him to Chelsea. Despite what people think/say he is a top quality player, he didn't have a good season last year because of injuries and being played out of position. If he stays injury free playing up front he will score 30 a season easy.

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Utd don't sell him now they'll get nothing like the fee mentioned in 12 months time + his costing a quarter of a million a week in wages and he'll start to disrupt the squad soon, long may the status quo continue.

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This is an interesting summer transfer window.

Really curious how it will ultimately finish.

Like a soap opera,

"Confused? You won't be, after this week's episode of...Football Soap."
—"Will Moyes discover Rooney's affair with Chelsea...? Will AVB discover Bale's affair with Ronaldo? Will Suarez leave Liverpool, and will anyone care?"
"These questions—and many others—will be answered in the next episode of...Football Soap."
:D

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l can see many of these transfers going to the last few days of the transfer window due to the usual brinkmanship and sabre rattling by a lot of these clubs.

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Sabre rattling, is that what rodgers is using to keep suarez at liverpool, Doesn't sound like a "Jolly" rodgers to me..arrggh, where's me patch and parrot :D

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http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...-chief-2137102

new quotes from Gordon Talyor in there confirming the contract does NOT state that we have to sell.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2013/08/17.gif



don't care what anyone says. this is war, and we're winning it.

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We already knew that though...

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Yeah it's been looking like that for a while really, otherwise the bid would have been accepted. Bored of this now, Arsenal should up the bid a bit to allow Liverpool to save face and offer one final offer. Then move onto other targets.

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Yep, I did and so did all the Liverpool fans. But all the media, and all of Arsenal's fans, the Arsenal manager and board, the Arsenal fans, and all our rival fans were under the impression that the £40m and 1 pence bid DEFINITELY triggers this godforsaken release clause people are so sure exists.

Because of this it's hilarious to see those quotes from Gordon Taylor. Suarez hasn't got a leg to stand on with regards to his Arsenal bid.

also some more this time from the Liverpool Echo who are the best source.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport...howing-5677358

final line: The ECHO understands that Liverpool's owners remain absolutely adamant that Suarez will not be sold to the Gunners, regardless of whether they increase their offer over the coming weeks.

#winning. have that you ******g cockney ****s.

I have been adamant all along that he will go to anyone but Arsenal (or Spurs). Infact if we sell him to Arsenal i will for the first time in my life question my support for the club. Because to give the team in 4th, which is our target, a player with 30+ goals is suicide for our season. it's like basically writing the season off. even if we bought somebody brilliant with the money, Arsenal have been given those 30+ goals at our expense and that's that. Also, he is a wonderful, insanely good player. he gives far more than that. it's not just the goals. I can honestly say for £100m i wouldn't sell him to Arsenal unless we had a bid accepted and agreed terms for wages with somebody like Ronaldo. which wouldn't happen. because giving him to those ****s ends our season. we'd never hear the end of it, so i'm delighted that the club are taking this stance. Wenger and the Arsenal fans can get to ****.

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Suarez will go, it's just a matter of which window and for how much. He's banned for 6 more games anyway so he might as well sulk in the reserves until Christmas when someone desperate for results will come up with the extra cash.

Wouldn't be surprised if Chelsea started sniffing around, there are still a few portions of Ivanovic left over.

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personally, I hope he goes. bloody dirty. acts like a kid.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...3YfefTgZtj.jpg

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Can't just throw him in the reserves permanently because he would be legally entitled to leave for free in the next window if we do that. He has to be involved in the 1st team squad to cover our own asses.

It's only 5 premier league games anyway, 1 game is the carling cup 3rd round.

Not panicking at all. Other teams will come in, and we will sell to those. Madrid, Shaktar, City, Chelsea. Somebody will. Still ages of the window left and most business is done in the last couple of days.

This is about him not going to Arsenal, not about him leaving. Nobody is that arsed if he leaves. he's a ****, it's the selling to Arsenal we won't accept. glad Rodgers and the entire board and owners feel the same too. common sense. our target is 4th, whether rival fans and naysayers believe we'll get 4th or not is irreverent. that's our target. we won the bloody champions league sooner than Arsenal last won anything, and they've never won that at all. so i don't quite understand this theory that it's IMPOSSIBLE for us to finish 4th. or 3rd for that matter. we finished 2nd four years ago. it's a football season and basically anything in the top 6 teams is possible.

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£50 million nothing less nothing more.:)

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Knowing the type of player Suarez is he'll either pull a Tevez or just spoon his chances on purpose. If anything this will blow up more in Liverpool's face than it will Suarez.

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The main reason I want it done now is purely to show that Arsenal can pull this kind of deal off.

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And that is the vexed question as Arsenal have shown in the last few years in failing to sign big names.

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Liverpool host Notts County in Capital One Cup second round.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23618757

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thank christ you aren't in charge of the negotiations then.

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Why have it in there then, not convinced the clubs argument will stand up if tested in court, hope it doesn't go that far

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Cesc Fabregas spurns Man Utd and commits to Barcelona.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23613941

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Nothing more, you sure about that

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Arsenal aren't cockney, so not winning at all

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If Arsenal want to offer more then that's entirely up to them TD.

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Yup cockney (or winning for that matter) don't describe Arsenal....

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If there are are no other bidders and if we make a conciliatory bid to allow Liverpool to save face, say £45 million, I can't see Liverpool holding on to Suarez. Why keep hold of a player who has so publically went against the club like this? £45 million would still be a fantastic deal should there be no other bids and he clearly wants to leave...

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Rickie called up for England friendly :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23613462

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to people outside of London, everyone in london is a cockney. :D

lived there 2 years so i know a bit about it. Arsenal were actually my local team when i did, so i generally hate them the most having met the most of their fans.

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You should know better then, don't compliment those goons :)

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Excellent news Cobby.:)

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John Henry hath spoken

Suarez is going nowhere

regardless of who the bid comes from

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I wonder. It's hard to see them turning down a bid in excess of £50 million, especially if it came from Madrid, given how public Suarez has been about leaving and the accusations he made against the management.

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Didn't he say something similar about Torres and then sold him a few days later?

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Yep I think he's just reinforcing the asking price. Doesn't make any sense to keep hold of him with such acrimonious goings-on.

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i didn't. i said i hated them the most :D

only 2 teams i hate more than Arsenal. Everton and United. to be honest alot of the time I hate Arsenal more than United. just cannot bear them. and would love it if they went out of business oneday. or exploded.

looks like this is over, anyway. John Henry has straight up killed Arsenal tonight.

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Yes they all say that Peter then bingo suddenly a price is agreed and they are off.

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Arsenal to face Fenerbahce.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23620244

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Not the best, not the worst of the teams we could have got. Still not especially easy but then neither was Udinese. Bizarrely they could get kicked out after the game anyway.

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Yes l think they will get through but they need to sign a few more players because so far all they have signed is one youngster.

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Tottenham agree £9m deal for France midfielder.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23620554

That should please Arthur.:)

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Jay Spearing will be pointing at stuff on the pitch in Bolton next season. We all reckon he was just marking litter for the ground staff to pick up at half time.

Seems that the fee is undisclosed but rumoured to be 10 kit-kats and a motoring atlas ...and a blues cd on the Hallmark label (that's got to be good)

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Two chances to get through :D

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Hull City AFC change name to Hull City Tigers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23629379

Oh dear this could be the start of a slippery slope.:rolleyes:

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Neil Lennon says only 3 players from the first team on Wednesday have travelled to Dublin for the friendly against Liverpool. Me and Den won't be watching as its on BT Sport and we ain't got it :mad:

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Indeed pathetic is the word and come next Saturday if it does not arrive then l expect many more to be disgruntled.

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I have it set up as a reminder, but
Eintracht Braunschweig v Werder Bremen 17:30 ESPN / ESPN HD
Tottenham Hotspur v Espanyol Friendly 17:30 ITV4 / ITV4 HD

are also on. So may depend on how it goes

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Plenty of other ways to watch it ;)