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You want the honest answer or the lie?

If it´s a board decision not to allow Osvaldo back I guess we´re paying him wages atm...

If you have unlimited resources you can do like that but you also have to factor in that some players wont be happy as 4th choice while others might be ok with it. Let´s say you could sell Yoshida for £3-4m and have Hooiveld as 4th choice or you could have Yoshida as 4th choice and Hooiveld leaving on a free, what would you do? Could you find usage of those £3-4m elsewhere in transfer funds or maybe use in wages to get someone better in in another position or is the difference in quality between Yoshida and Hooiveld that big that you rather miss out on that extra money just to have Yoshida there....? How much during a normal season do you have to use your 4th choice CB.... It´s always a balance that the management has to make decisions on...

Dont think we will play 4-2-3-1 though...

Very few football teams success are defined by who their 4th choice CB is....

Surely it doesn´t mean anything what players a club are linked with?? Or isn´t that your view on transfer windows anymore?

He might be smart enough to see us as a stepping stone and with a manager that knows him and that he knows rather than go to a club where he would be 3rd or 4th choice. Could at least hope so.

Hopefully United get Hummels and Vermaelen...

I´ve only seen videos from when they were in Belgium/Holland and that wouldn´t be any problem. It´s when they´re back on home ground the question is open for me... In his work training would be part of the job description and if the work permit isn´t done yet I would think he´s not allowed to do that either...?

Anyone knows if this sorting out the work permit means that Tadic cant be with the squad and train either or is he allowed to do that??

And Martin Kelly, another right back. That´s why it doesn´t make sense to me.

Let him keep his fitness on his own, why waste club resources on a player that wants to leave. Make him find an english club that would bid £25m or one abroad for £20m. If it´s gonna end up with Liverpool we´ll sign the papers 18th august if they have a bid that´s accepted.

Exactly, why would we want right backs? Doesn´t make any sense at all so hard to believe the rest. Sounds like assumptions most of us could make...

is it tuesday?? *checks calendar*

Was only reading what other said, didm´t look that close on the picture itself. You might be right, not sure now..

I´m quite bored at the moment with this transfer window, aren´t you??

She´s obviously supporting the people on SWF!

Luckily you post here then so we can all have a laugh at those posts. (not that I know if they´re intended to be funny)

Cant believe they´ve already sold Tadic!

Out of curiousity, what would be Pochettinos motive to having the club selling players to Liverpool......strengthen one of Spurs rivals?

Next England game is a u-21 game then...?

Haha true, well we have to decide that from how much general publicity he gets I guess

New season, new possibilities. Who are the players that will stand out this season for us? Since this is an optimistic thread the categories below will also only be in the optimistic spirit. Selections can be edited up until the summer window has closed…. 1. Top goalscorer 2. Top “pointscorer” (combined goals + assist) 3. Season MVP 4. Season unsung hero 5. Most improved player 6. Surprise player of the season 1. Obvious to choose Pellé at the moment but I´m pretty sure he will score more goals than Lambert did last year. Will not assist to as many though but this is the type of striker we´ve been lacking. One that works inside the box, make runs at the first posts when crosses come in and also ready to jump at rebounds. I think it´s a good buy for us in this situation. 2. At the moment it´s between Pellé and Tadic, with an outside chance for J-Rod depending on when he´ll be back in the line-up, or perhaps Gaston will surprise a few…? For now I´ll go with Tadic just because I think he can get a few extra assists from set pieces. 3. For me (but I know not many will agree) this can definitely be Wanyama. He showed last year how important he is, just look at stats with and without him in the team, and this year he will know about the tempo in the league and his passing got better in the last 6-8 games of the season and I think he might be the next £20m+ player in our squad. 4. This is a difficult one, could well be Steven Davis again but I think his role will be slightly different this year. I think he might be more of a CM this year but will still do a great job when he´s on the pitch. I think I´ll go with Fonte on this one, will be very important but will probably not get as much recognition as a new CB might have if we have similar success as last year. 5. For me JWP has this nailed on, it´s his time to step up and I think he will be used very much as a CM this year. It wouldn´t surprise me a bit if Koeman already has identified JWP as his “Jordi Clasie”, a CM that´s involved in set pieces and very much a central part of the team. Clasie was very raw but has developed fantastic the last two years under Koeman and JWP has the attributes to be a similar player. (Would´ve loved us to buy Clasie but doesn´t seem likely) 6. The surprise player is pretty much depending on what expectations you have on a player. I´ll go very far left field and select Isgrove. A pacey winger with decent crossing ability and with a big striker like Pellé working the box he might add to something we don’t have in our team at the moment. This one might change depending on who else we bring in during the transfer window though… Have I forgotten something now….. Oh yes, and we should sell Cork obviously….

From the comments it looks like their fans like ambition....weird bunch...

Have the club confirmed Lovren leaving without having a new signing lined up at the same time now? (since this is the Lovren thread I disregard the other transfers...)