Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Seasons finally over and I'm expecting a big window, the last few have ended up as damp squibs but given our top clubs poor champions league performance, three out of four having new managers and a bumper TV deal I can see big things happening.

My own teams publicly going for two out of three strikers, Carroll, lukaku or boney which will be potent, can't wait.

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'& summer window' :erm: thanks for directing us :angel:

100million avialable to Wenger if he wants it.

Monaco are moving early. Barca have done Neymar. Real will want to get Bale done.

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Lukaku will surely be a loan deal if it happens but Chelsea might want to keep him this season, especially if they sell Torres.

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It doesn't look like they will keep hold of Lukaku. Schurrle is joining Chelsea. They already have Ba. And theres noises of them going big for another striker, Cavani may be?

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Originally it was a loan with option to buy but as time drags even a loan deal might prove tricky.

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Pleasure, in some ways I prefer the summer window to the actual season, well when there's.a world cup on perhaps.

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Lukaku is attracting too much interest. I would be very surprised if Chelsea let him go, he is very highly regarded.

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thoughts Utd fans?

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I'll be watching what Stevenage do over the summer, hopefully they can strengthen their squad to push on for promotion. As long as they don't do what they did last season, start great then fail later in the season and end up nearly in the relegation scrap.

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Isco wants to follow 'football father' Manuel Pellegrini.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22681855

Now he would be a good signing for City.

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Roberto Martinez leaves Wigan.

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Basel’s Cabral lined up for Sunderland move

SUNDERLAND are believed to have clinched the signing of Swiss midfielder Cabral.


Reports coming out of Switzerland suggest the 24-year-old – who has been a key figure for leading Swiss Super League side Basel in recent seasons – has agreed a four-year deal with the Black Cats.

Cabral, full name Adilson Tavares Varela, joined Basel from Lausanne in 2007 but has allowed his contract to run down and is now available on a Bosman free transfer.

Should the deal be confirmed, the defensive midfielder will become Sunderland’s second signing of the close season with Altrincham’s teenage striker Duncan Whatmore having agreed a move to the Stadium of Light last week.

Cabral was born in the Cape Verde Islands off the coast of West Africa but took up an option to play his international football for Switzerland and has been capped at Swiss U18, U19, U20 and U21 levels.

He is the cousin of ex-Manchester City midfielder Gelson Fernandes.

Sunderland are staying tight-lipped over Cabral but have confirmed to the Echo that so far he is yet to officially join the club.

That does not mean, though, that Cabral might not have signed a pre-contract agreement with Sunderland.

His contract with Basel does not expire until the end of June, which means he can not sign before July 1 anyway. But he can agree a pre-contract, which to all intents and purposes makes him a Sunderland player-in-waiting.

Should Cabral’s move go ahead, it will be another sign of the road manager Paolo Di Canio and owner Ellis Short plan to take Sunderland down now.

Both Cabral, and French defender Valentin Roberge who plays for Portuguese side Maritimo and is also available on a Bosman, appear to be deals which are all but done behind the scenes.

And when added to the acquisition of Whatmore, it is clear that part of Sunderland’s new strategy is to recruit and develop promising young players.

Di Canio wants to add athleticism and pace to the squad, with younger and less injury-prone players.

Short clearly wants his money spent shrewdly – though, of course, it does not rule out bigger transfer fees for other players this summer.

It certainly suggest that Sunderland want to hoover up some of the best Bosmans around and young prospects at bargain prices – before turning their attention to adding one or two more substantial names.

Short does not want to spend big this summer and is looking at a restructuring aimed at getting the best possible value for money.

But he will also appreciate that Martin O’Neill was correct when he said his squad was “short of genuine quality” – and the American will know that it will be a struggle to tackle that issue on the cheap.

http://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/...move-1-5714815

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Keep your hands off Wanyama, Hooper and Forster :mad:

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Well if Celtic need the money Henke they might not have any choice in the matter.

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We don't Den, netted about £20 million from Europe and we have 40k season ticket holders, tbh think Wanyama and Hooper will go to the Premiership, it's always been the way. Liverpool could do worse than go for both.

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This. He looks like the type of player that can replicate Drogba and if he's scored that many at West Brom, god only knows what he'll do for Chelsea.

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Warm the bench probably...

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Celtic are a selling club..if right offer comes, they will sell. Then look for next bargain

But they won't sell on the cheap

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Agree 100% Colin, pretty much every club is a selling club though if the right offer comes in.

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FFP, shove your FFP :LOL: Monaco are spending BIG


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everyone is watching. Neymar took his #11 shirt number.

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:rolleyes:

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:D

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You can have Carroll though.:p:

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Rumours are that Liverpool will need to sell in order to buy during this window. We'll see how that holds up. The owners seem to have underestimated the cost of getting them back challenging for the Champions League so they'll need to put more in, so much money wasted on mediocre British 'talent'.

In other news Laudrup has said he might need to sell Ashley Williams who has been linked to the aforementioned Liverpool as well as Arsenal.

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I wouldn't touch him with yours :D

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No they can't, we have exercised our first refusal option.

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so much was wasted under Rafa too but he still got CL qualification.

Links to Arsenal are heating up. SSN were comparing his stats with Tommys..

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...05/6.jpg:large

Williams/Vermaelen per game:
Avg tackles 1.16/1.72
Avg clearances 10.3/5.24
Avg interceptions 2.98/1.88
Avg blocks 1.34/0.76

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Yes King Kenny l am afraid wasted quite a bit of money.

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Oh goodie.:cleader::cleader:

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its official...

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:cleader: :cleader:

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You naughty man.:naughty::naughty:

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I joke of course. He might do a good job for Liverpool :)..might

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Fifth choice perhaps.

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If Kolo Toure's not the man to drive Liverpool on to a sixth-place finish next season, then I don't know who is.

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Brendan Rogers.

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I don't think the new Everton logo is that bad. Clean, nice, modern and without any superfluous traits. It's not the old one of course and that will take some getting used too but they haven't gone to town on it.

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I think it's the lack of nil satis nisi optimum that's getting them riled...

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Arsenal changed nicely :)

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I liked Arsenal's new logo but for the life of me I cannot understand why there are two shades of red on it.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2013/05/7.png

Why are there two shades down the middle? AGHHHHH

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copyright protection? 3d effect? old/new, new lighter red and old darker red? i like it tbh.. mystery ;)

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this is still rambling on?! Rooniiiiiii :D

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:angel:

St Totteringham's Day :D

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what if we're not happy with you eh? eh?! eh?!! ;)

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Stoke fans with 'Hughes out' before he's even started lol relegate them Hughes, please!

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this one should be interesting.

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It seems you are being linked with plenty of MU players bud.

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seriously? :erm::rolleyes::(

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twitter rumours lol via https://twitter.com/davidbarnwell that Schweinsteiger has asked Bayern to sell Mario Gomez because hes showing interest in his lady :shocked:

anywho Mario Gomez has been lost in transfer talk. hes surely on his way out of Bayern? Chelsea have been linked with him. Deadly striker, I'd rather him than Giroud purely because Marios got better quality.

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it would be nice ;) i doubt itll happen though.

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Celta Vigo striker Iago Aspas set to sign for Liverpool for £7.7m (Cadena SER Valencia)

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:D

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another Kuyt may be?

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England team to face Republic of Ireland: Hart, Johnson, Jagielka, Cahill, Cole, Carrick, Lampard, Walcott, Chamberlain, Rooney, Sturridge.
Subs: Jones, Baines, Foster, Lescott, Milner, Rodwell, Defoe, Welbeck, McCarthy.

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:LOL: not Arsenal

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my twitter feed says Monaco hates Adebayor :LOL:

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A must read for those of you interested in Arsenal

I still stand by my comments that we have 100m to spend btw :)

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I read the first few paragraphs and its one of the worst things i've ever read. Is there actually anything remotely interesting written in it?

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move on from that onto the main part being about..

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2013/05/5.png

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not exactly words of wisdom

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It just confirms my opinion...there are some really SAD people out there.:rolleyes:

What a total waste of time.

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Germany aren't wasting time

4-nil up vs Ecuador. Pod with 2, first was 8 seconds into the game. Germany without Neuer - Boateng Hummels Badstuber Lahm - Schweinsteiger Khedira - Muller Ozil Gotze - Klose.

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Goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

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1-1 at Newcastle

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Suarez has confirmed he wants to leave England it seems.

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Unimpressed with Rooney so far...

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Not from what l hear.:nono::nono:

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He hasnt confirmed anything but hes given out a 'come and get me plea'

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Don't believe everything you hear.

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https://twitter.com/MartinCharquero

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Should we not believe what he actually says as well?

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He has a pop at the press and uses it as a reason as to why he wants to leave, maybe if he didn't use racist language, bite people, constantly dive and cheat the press would lay off him. I'm sure he will get the money he wants at Madrid.

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Plus the other ten, he hasn't played for over a month though and has laid off some decent balls in the second half.

In truth I dislike friendlies, pointless games. :rolleyes:

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Ecuador 2 - 4 Germany FT

Pods early goal > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v3cUoAqEUM

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https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2013/05/5.jpg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22710396

relegated :)

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Skertl to arsenal, could be a shrewd signing

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/footb...-Martin-Skrtel

Fallani's staying at Everton apparently and Liverpool are back in for bojan krikic

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Stoke City appoint former QPR manager.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22686204


Oh deary deary me.:rolleyes:

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Liverpool have joined Arsenal in the race to sign Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku, according to reports.

:Yes::Yes:

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No he has not.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...ky-Sports-News

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player and agent are saying 2 different things then.

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More a case of others taking things out of context.

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I'm really unsure about this

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Good old Gary Neville and his big mouth go hand in hand it seems.

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I reckon hes a decent keeper. why doesnt Wenger want him:confused:

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fuels Lukaku out rumours.

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is that true? 40m is a little cheap considering the jumped up market

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He is not going simple as that.

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ok how about some incoming transfer news for you Den...

players contract runs out next year. hes been linked with a move to the Premier League, Liverpool being one of the clubs

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Yes he would be nice bud.

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Carles Puyol is apparently going to announce his retirement tomorrow

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A wonderful servant to his club.

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And to shin pad manufacturers the world over. :)

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Not buying this Fabregas back to England rumour. Xavi not got long left and he's long term successor.

Expected moves:

Navas -> Madrid/City
Isco -> Madrid/City
Bale -> Madrid
Thiago Alcantara -> Utd/City
Cavani -> Chelsea/City
Baines -> Utd
Roque Santa Cruz -> Stoke
Higuin -> Juventus
Falcao -> Monaco

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Thiago Alcantara could end up anywhere tbh. hot property on a cut fee.

I'd love for Arsenal to buy back Fabregas, 30 odd million buy back clause if reports are to be believed. He wont go to Utd, plus he would cost them too much.. I think again from reports he has a massive release clause.

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weird lol

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A) Why would fabregas leave Barca?
B) Why would he go back to Arsenal?

B is more absurd than A.

It's British paper trash talk because they have nothing to talk about. Fabregas will not be leaving.

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The story is being printed because Barca isnt dominating

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Just because he has a massive release clause doesn't mean that barca wouldn't accept a lower bid than that. It will be interesting to see what happens there...

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He isn't leaving. End of.

He is the successor to Xavi who is 33 now and his contract until 2016 will probably be his last.

Fabregas has an amazing record of averaging a goal and an assist nearly every 3 games. (given that includes sub appearances)

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Possible problems when/if they get into Europe.

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a fair few cheeky bets going on Rooney to Arsenal ;)

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I don't see Fabregas leaving to be honest. It seems to be entirely an obsession of the papers. I do hope he comes back to Arsenal however, we do have first refusal.

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bet365, the only betting site im signed up to thanks to a silly voucher i had has no transfer betting or have i missed it?

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Chelsea fans classy as ever

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Not if be turns them down tho.

Rooney to arsenal is crap too.

This so called £100m "kitty" is nonsense. It does not mean they can't spend £100m. As it is cash reserves not income. It also means wages need to be factored in. Effectively Rooney on a 5-year deal and £25m say fee would cost £65m.

You'd only be able to sign a £20m player with the rest.

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wtf are you talking about. theres over 100m in cash reserves + add in the upcoming revenue hikes. our wage budget has increased more than people expected, no one seems to be talking about that. 'effectively' taking 2-3 deadwood useless not used players off the payroll can fund Rooney.

btw football clubs have a wage budget and transfer budget. 2 different things.

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Fab hates Utd. Hes shown that many times including throwing pizza at Fergie :p: oh and little things like this...

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2013/05/1.gif

If Cesc is unhappy at Barca then theres a few things to bare in mind. IF Thiago leaves on the cut-fee clause kicking in then I doubt very much that Barcelona will willingly allow Cesc leave. I doubt Utd will be bidding BIG for him so that leaves one of the oil rich to trigger the release clause or Arsenal of course triggering the buy back clause.

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Cesc isn't unhappy at barca.

Arsenals "£100m" though doesn't stretch far at all as I said.
Their wage bill is actually high for the average players they have. They cannot afford to splash out on more than 1 big player. So wringer chooses to buy lots of lesser ones instead. That's why they were unable to offer van persie finances to stay.
They will be a feeder club to elite European clubs.

I like arsenal btw like a 2nd team to me.

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Could you provide recent proof that hes happy or unhappy for that matter as we're only going on recent reports. apart from this btw ;) http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...England-return

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...medium=twitter

100m isn't much if you start throwing it about. 100m is actually a decent budget, I have issues with the media reported 70m kitty tbh. Arsenals wage bill is extremely high for the quality on the books, everyone knows that but a lot of that deadwood is going to taken off the payroll. some are leaving with contracts running out and the rest hopefully transferred out. also the wage budget can be increased this summer.

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Take everything you read about football transfers with a pinch of salt. Probably the only type of story that requires little proof but is still published.

Until you see the guy walking into the club, best to ignore

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Indeed as somehow l cannot see you walking in through Man City's front door but you are more likely to go through the back door dear chap.;):D

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I never have done backdoor :D

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theres no smoke without fire. plus what else are we suppose to talk about.

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Your beloved Arsenal perhaps.;):naughty:

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:D

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Some fire now..suarez wants to leave liverpool :)

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Don't you just love loyalty.:mad::mad::td::td:

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Do you believe it now denphone? :)

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Sadly yes but he won't be going cheaply.

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You're touted as getting five million more than you paid for Carroll :rofl: shows just how much of a bargain we're getting.

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I disagree with that Colin, newspapers have little credibility enough without making stories up, besides when it's in two papers on the same day is a good guage imo on how many miles the story had in the tank. Indyliar on twitter makes me laugh, never knowingly right and a complete wum.