Saint Charlie

Bit of a non event, he rarely tweets about football anyway.

Stoke also had been linked with a 10m bid, plus numerous other PL sides keen.

There should be!

Maybe we aren't even in for him now, have had ages to put something together if we were as interest was there in Jan too.

To answer your question: yes, he could.

We have very little cover in that position though as JWP not strong enough defensively yet and Davis not a ballwinner. Don't know anything about Baena but would imagine we will get someone in that position.

Reminds me of Buttner.. Also the kind of deal that, if we really do want him, is best to do before the U20 WC starts.

Think it says we have made two offers for Bueno but not the 8m they want. Seems Inter might also be vaguely keen.

In that case depends how good he is and what the fee would be, but plenty of teams sign good players in their 30s. We are a young team anyway and with the TV money if he cost for example 4m and gave us 2 good seasons would that be a good deal?

For a low fee he would add something though, can play both sides and we don't have many wide options.

The transfer market is starting to move though...

From clips looks like a quick winger but is quite direct and often gets into the box to get on the end of crosses from the other side.

Agent has already said so before and it makes sense considering his lack of competitive action and the standard of the Prem. Big pre season for him.

There hasn't even been one link of any credence re Lamela. It seems to be some sort of SWF creation.

He had one season where he was playing well enough to get a call up, very good player.

Does Di Santo actually do much? He couldn't get into the Wigan team at the end.

Those Utd keeper kits look like Jockey wear. Also, seems a lot of black away kits this year...

This should be in the Sticky thread IMO. Pure speculation.

None for me.

Part of the problem is that the CBs are not good 1v1 so we have added Davis into the mix who doesnt give as much going forward as Gaston but allows a better team shape to protect the CBs. Davis is a solid, tidy player but not someone that opposition defences would be worried about - perhaps an indication of why we struggled to score towards the end of the season. Often when GR was playing it was out wide which is not his best role, and not where he is used for Uruguay. If we had a better player on the right who could really take the game to the opposition and then a more mobile striker, Ramirez would be perfect as the advanced CM of the three.

Very true. Heard you notched a pearler last night pal?

Thats ok, Hooiveld has a few years left in him at this level.

This one fits our usual style. 23 with 17 Croatia caps, 6'2 CB. Sounds promising.

Is it just me that thinks most of the adidas kits aren't that great, certainly miles behind the nike ones?

For a pleasant change why don't you tell us your opinion?