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Since we´re not afraid to bid for players with a bit troublesome background... Go in for Younes Belhanda!!

Hmm I see that´s correct. I only looked at the tv schedule and here in Sweden the games are shown the same time on Eurosport 1 & 2. Well I´ll be watching Uruguay then and 2nd half of the England game.

He does go to press conferences during season I think and in those he might have some "own" stuff, but now offseason he seems just to read things and not have any sources of his own...

Dont forget to say that "you´ve been told" stuff....

He does....soon.... Tough choice tonight, watch Bueno or JWP....

Oh Monk, what did you just do!??

Very harsh on him but Cork. Spider and Banega behind Ramirez but they could probably switch places all three. I think Ramirez is underrated in his defensive work. But Cork would get a lot of games too, we need to alternate in CM to keep form over a whole season.

Javier Hernandez could easily get a job at Atletico Madrid and maybe even Juventus and clubs like that in Europe.

Not watched a lot of Scottish though, only their CL games. I personally has Banega as first choice cause I think we need to add creativity from midfield. Different type of players all three to so hard to compare them. But all three would walk into the first XI imo.

easy, this is just cover-up to sign Banega

Sounds more like a game Astori had...?

I saw someone comment on twitter that he and his friends decided to have a drink every time someone dived in the game. They´re probably well asleep by now...

Same back at you. And yes about the foreign leagues, but I dont know squat about the lower leagues in England and therefore stay out when players like Trippier and the likes are discussed. I wouldn´t be able to find any gems in those lower leagues unfortunately.

My first choice would be Banega just because of how creative he is. Nainggolan is probably the most consistent of the three at the moment, and Wanyama perhaps the most talented if he keeps progressing.... As you said though, anyone of them would be a great addition for us.

Not as long as England is in the top ten.... Seriously, of course not. Just wanted to make a point that we just signed a international from another big country in Europe and in my view Lovren is more sure on his place in Croatia than Osvaldo is in Italy. And we´ve also been heavily linked to Astori. And I´m not sure that is a closed case yet, despite what their chairman has said. It´s a new day, Saints will have possibilities to sign internationals from big countries.

Really great player and probably the most consistent of these three. But personally I would choose Banega as my first choice just because how creative he can be. But Nainggolan would also be a great addition for us if he comes.

Stoch from Fenerbache and Bueno from some Uruguayan club so far.

Young Alex "being told" stuff again.......just that "being told" for him is "reading on twitter"...

Compared to his wages now in Cagliari every offer from us will probably look big. It wont mean that it´s that big for us to pay. He earns €450k/year net + unknown bonuses according to Gazzetta. (and wages are not secrets in Italy but bonuses are)

True and if we would´ve been in PL at the time, imagine what they would´ve cost then to buy....

Actually not since the player himself seems to confirm it.

Born in Argentina, but international for Italy.

They just want to show this board that the club can work on more targets at the same time On a serious note, might be that we have a list of who wants the most. Nainggolan was out there first and as long as he hasn´t said yes or no we go on with other targets. But I wouldn´t be surprised if we are looking into 2 midfielders and that one of those can play as AM. We have to get a bit more creativity from midfield IMO.

Italy, 8th on the FIFA rank. Croatia, 4th on the FIFA rank. From what country did we sign a international last week?

If anyone is curious about wage levels in Italy. This post is a picture from the Gazzetta, net wages per year in €. And in Italy the wages are not a secret, they are before bonuses though. http://www.bigsoccer.com/community/threads/calciomercato-wages-salaries-2012-2013.1946695/#post-26473614