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It does matter and £4m is compensation. It buys us half a J Rod or Lovren, someone who CDAJFU for the best part of 10 years, as opposed to Lambert who will need replacing in the next year or two whether we sell him or not. No, Lambert is not world class. He is a good player in a mid table Premier League team. Eric Djemba Djemba played for a 'World Team'

You think Lambert is comparable to those players? Cannavaro went to Real Madrid having just captained Italy to World Cup victory for crying out loud. Given is a keeper Carvallho had just won the League with Chelsea Sensini went to Lazio when they were spending silly money Weah - Former World player of the year Laudrup - won titles in about 4 different countries You're comparing Lambert to some of the best players the world has ever seen.

You mean tabloid rumours you assume will ALL come to fruition? Spurs did something similar last summer and they plummeted from 5th all the way down to 6th. That was despite sacking their manager and spending the Bale money very poorly. New faces doesn't have to mean poor performances. Lovren and Wanyama slotted seamlessly into the side last summer.

Name 5 players 32 or older who sold for more.

Cortese sold Chamberlain in League 1. I don't see any difference between that and now, other than the fact that we have 4 or 5 Chamberlains to sell. If they go, it just means we have 4 or 5 times as much money to reinvest. IF the money isn't being reinvested, or being spent poorly then I will be concerned. Right now we have lost a manager who is clearly not bothered about us and a 32 year old striker who has given us by far the best 5 years of his career and we've still made a profit. We are financially stable, we have an excellent youth set up and a decent Premier League squad. Life is really not that bad.

Free transfer wasn't it? Anzhi were selling anything which wasn't nailed down. It's an interesting comparison though Eto'o - 33 years old - 14 goals - Released on a free Lambert - 32 years old - 16 goals - Worth £4m

I don't think most managers are as stupid as Kenny Dalglish these days. I'm struggling to think of teams who need English players to fill their home grown quota. Man City maybe but he will never get a game there.

No, he was 29. About a month before turning 30 but definitely not 33.

There is little English quality around. That is why he is in the England team.

21 year old Mayuka... So we haven't sold him for £3.5m. We may only get to keep £3.5m but that's business. We've still made a £2.5m profit on him.

He is in the England squad because he is the best available right now. When you consider the next player on the stand by list is Carroll and his 2 goals it shows just how lacking we are for English strikers. He is a good striker and I will miss him when he goes but he is 32 years old and is replaceable. Name 3 32 year olds who have sold for more money than Lambert.

Well it does matter so get used to it. If you buy Ulloa you will get 7 or 8 years out of him, Lambert probably has about 2 at this level. Where did £3.5m come from?

The latest news story I could find was a £4m bid being rejected. Ulloa is 5 years younger than Lambert, age is everything.

Because we aren't going to spend any of the £60m we will get for Lambert, Lallana and Shaw, if all 3 of them go. We can all be sentimental about Rickie but he is essentially a slow 32 year old striker. I doubt people will remember the ineffective performances he put in, like the home defeats against Sunderland and QPR last year when O'Shea and Samba had him in their pocket. £4m with add ons seems a bit cheap but not ridiculous. We only paid £7-8m for JRod and Lovren who are both better all round players and about 10 years younger.

Seems ligit to me although I didn't know Gazzaniga was Nigerian.

No, it's imperative that we appoint the right person and don't rush into things. I very much doubt we will be buying or selling before the WC. Agents will want to wait for a deal, knowing a decent WC will push the prices up through the roof. We are lucky it's a WC year, there is no great rush to do anything. Not appointing a manager will be far better than announcing tomorrow that we've appointed Hughton, Sherwood or Whiskey George

That soon disappears when you're paying wages and N.I. for Soldado, Lamela, Adebayor, Lennon, Paulinho, Eriksen, Sigurdsson, Dawson, Lloris, Freidel and Vertonghen. We finished 2 places below Spurs and most of our talk has been about balancing the books and reinvesting from player sold. Spurs wont be spunking another £50m on 2 players with no Champions League money, they wouldn't have a hope of passing FPP.

And Van Nistelrooy, Beckham and Heinze.

No way Spurs have that kind of money. They've already spunked the Bale money and then some on transfers and wages for Soldado, Lamela etc.

Impossible to know whether it was a lack of boardroom ambition or Poch just not wanting to be here any more. What can Spurs realistically offer him other than a Europa League spot he couldn't give 2 sh*ts about. They must have promised him a healthy transfer kitty to get into the champions league I guess.

Ditto. It's a pyramid scheme.

Cestrian is a Skate and a compulsive liar. I thought everyone knew that by now.

This seems to be what most of the tabloids are doing, so let's give it a go ourselves. The Player - The colour of the shirt/t-shirt you are currently wearing Red - Lallana Blue - Shaw Green - Lovren White - Clyne Black - Morgan Yellow - Wanyama Brown - Cork Pink - Lambert Orange - J Rod Purple - Davis Grey - Chambers Silver - Boruc Gold - Fonte Other - Hooiveld Is going to - Your first pet Dog - Arsenal Cat - Man Utd Fish - Pompey Rabbit - Liverpool Guinea Pig - QPR Ferret - Everton Parrot - Real Madrid Budgie - Spurs Chipmunk - Chelsea Chinchilla - Newcastle Snake - West Ham Lizard - Leicester Turtle - PSG Horse - Aston Villa Other - Ipswich on loan Price - The last 2 numbers of your mobile number I've got Chambers going to Arsenal for £80m

I'm really not sure if this is sarcasm or just idiocy.

Their combined abuse of the words 'there' and 'loose' is going to give me nightmares tonight.