Window Cleaner

L'Equipe did seem to think they offered 30 million...euros, just over 20 million that would be then. But as L'Equipe have gone from being reliable purveyors of sports information to big time gossip mongers who knows what's what really.

Well there is transfer news but in Portugal and Italy where prices are seemingly reasonable and don't change every 30 seconds or so. Take the case of Gervinho (same agent as Morgan incidentally). Set up a deal to go from AS Rome to Al Jazira or something, all going smoothly then the knob starts demanding a helicopter, unlimited tickets from wherever it is to Abidjan,a mansion and a private beach...to which the club replied with a resounding ferk off.

Well I think we should have a campaign for responsible sports journalism. It's all just about WI Coffee Morning gossip level now.

I think it was just part 1 of a 2 part serial joke

We'll not get that so no need to look for any more DMs, explains why our "targets" seem to be drifting off elsewhere.

Gullible people...but that's a whole different question

Not naughty, just thick and uneducated...and him a regular churchgoer to boot.

3 down now, Vince out cheaply again of course. Something is rotten in the state of Hampshire. Surely a second resounding 4-day defeat in a row will see the bag seriously shaken.

Van Gaal does not control the transfers at Man U, he may (or may not) have wanted the player but he doesn't make the offers or sign the bank transfers; Utd are obviously being chippy about money just now because they've signed nobody apart from Depay and dutch clubs seem to be a pushover on money. They want everybody for peanuts and we're obviously not going to be pushed around. Van Gaal should take it up with Woodward.

then there should be far more takers than there seem to be, good CBs for not so much are few and far between.

Can't see Atletico selling him to anyone until they get a CB in, Miranda already having been sold to Inter for not a great deal of money.

Jeez, were those inner city slums only 45 years ago

I see that Miranda has signed on loan for the season at Inter, that's not good news for Toby followers really.

as I said yesterday Gueye probably is about Jack Cork level, might have been a target as a number 3 DM but not much more. Perhaps we'll get that Polish bloke.

Sort of club we should have loaned him to 2 years ago, same as Gazza.

Not the deal at all, unless they sell him to us for the original price they owe us whatever sum it is, could be deducted from the transfer fee I suppose.We took on a salary way beyond our usual level, the extra payment was a sweetner to allow us to do that.

We were never going to do that because clubs...well don't do that with expensive players. Most would have just banged their heads together and told them to get along but well we panicked and tried to offload a major salary at the same time.

Could have done that last season though couldn't he ? Gaston's agent said Koeman didn't want him around..how true that is who knows.

Not even 7 including adds on if you believe L'Equipe...guess we didn't want him after all. If we did it would have be signed and sealed long ago if 7 million was all it took.

More money, less waiting, what's not to like ? The player's father gets involved as well I think. As I said the other day, if it's got anything to do with the OM best leave it be.

Didn't read post 48 then...:rolleyes:

so how does that exclude Tottenham, he's said himself that he wouldn't mind playing with Vertonghen again. If they bid more than us he'll go there I expect.

Risky..

From L'Equipe this morning. Si plusieurs clubs anglais ont manifesté leur intérêt pour le Lillois Idrissa Gueye, l'OM cherche aussi à attirer le joueur de 25 ans. Comme indiqué dans nos colonnes, Vincent Labrune, le président du club phocéen, a proposé 9 M€, bonus inclus, pour le recruter. Des discussions ont eu lieu lundi après-midi entre les deux clubs alors que l'international sénégalais, lui, est séduit par le projet marseillais. Marcelo Bielsa, pour sa part, a donné son accord pour la venue du milieu. Basically this says that the OM are interested in Gueye, Marseille and Lille have had discussions, 9 million € all in including add ons and the player is interested in the OM "project". 9 million€ isn't a lot of money really, surely we've bid more than that.