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I'm sure we looked at him, but decided on Redmond. I'm sure Ibe will prove to be a good addition for them - They need to replace Ritchie.

I heard he didn't fit the bill due to his past indiscretions.

I remember there was a Telegraph article some time ago where it was suggested that we would be looking to bolster our youth ranks. Never a bad thing if the talent pool is a little low.

Have we still got that kid who was the son of a foreign prime minister?

Exactly what I was thinking. I can see what his little hint was now

I thought the original story was that Puel put a stop to that deal? (Headline writers dream: "Claude Puells the plug on midfielder move")

In fairness, I guess he would know him better than most. As somebody who got the best out of Ben Arfa, I would have thought he would have fancied working with Boufal.

Everton might come knocking for Virgil when they sell Stones. It's Berty that I'm most worried about. Liverpool can't seem to get the Chilwell deal over the line from Leicester as they won't pay the £10m. It's Liverpool logic that they will then come in and pay £20m for Bertrand. Liverpool likely to make BIG money from sales of players they don't want. The sooner they sign a left back, the better.

Good article as usual, Chris. Tricky to know exactly how many players we need. I reckon we will need 6 players. 3 to replace the outgoings of Vic / Mane / Pelle. 1 goalie to offset Kelvin/Stek departures & I think a couple to replace Gaston/Juanmi.

WEST HAM CLOSE TO TORE DEAL A double dose of West Ham news now as Sky sources understand the Hammers have agreed a deal to sign winger Gokhan Tore from Besiktas. The clubs have agreed a season-long loan with a view to a permanent deal.

Armed with 40/50m, it wouldn't surprise me!

Cedric. Is. Good.

The blue-print for what Cedric can be for me was the Chelsea game @ Stamford Bridge - I thought he was fantastic that day.

Only just realised he must play with Ziyech for the national team then. I wonder how they line up with those 2 in the same team?

This is true. To be fair, it's all monopoly money isn't it? It's only really what they got for selling Ritchie to Newcastle (+ 3 million)

I like him too - £15m is crazy though. (He's English though)

The Sun Football ‏@TheSunFootball EXCLUSIVE: Bournemouth test Liverpool with £15m bid for out of favour winger Jordon Ibe. http://thesun.uk/6012BaPlm

I can't imagine that a coach wouldn't look at Cedric and not think: "I could work with that".

Great cross from Cedric there.

Is it telling that the club haven't re-tweeted Graziano's tweet from earlier? Normally, I would of expected them to.

Mkhitaryan will be their multi-functioning creator/scoring midfielder. Almost certainly a Mata replacement (whom I hope doesn't join Everton). Very good signing for them. Now they need to try & land the big prize in Pogba.

Manchester United ‏@ManUtd We can confirm #MkhitaryanIsRed! Read the full statement as @HenrikhMkh completes his move:

He doesn't want to leave - we just aren't offering him a contract. It's refreshing to seemingly have a different situation on our hands.

Definitely a Saints type signing (especially if we beat Stoke to sign him )