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Cheers, sounds very likely to me and probably on the higher half of 50-80k I would think. I guess we´ll free up more money when we´re getting some of the others sold. Like Hammond, Sharp, Chaplow and the likes. Still a big squad and need to get another 6-8 players out and 4-6 of better quality in before the squad is of a more healthy size.

Anyone with a good guess what these released 8 would have had in monthly wages all together?

I guess the "we always get **** refs"-chant isn´t heard or it´s sung at every stadium by the home fans...

Haha, true......but as I said, watching a lot of Serie A makes you aware and if the name pops up in rumours to the club it´s perhaps easy to choose those in questions like this. And of course, it gives me more chance to be right about the names in the end and we all know that THAT is the most important thing on a internet forum Could think of some others though, Dybala and Ilicic from Palermo. Cerci from Torino. Bonaventura from Atalanta.

Agree to some extent about Nainggolan but for me the most important position in our system will be CM and one injury to Spider or Cork and I think we are too weak in that position. And to play this system as CM for 38 games is near impossible so extremely important to be strong in this position. I dont think Ward-Prowse is ready yet and Davis might cover for a few games but not in the long run. I think MP really like Ward-Prowse but that he will be used very much as a tactical sub rather than a starter, like when he came on against Man C at home to nullify Kolarov down the flank. I think Astori will be maximum £12m but he might also have a deal with Cagliari that it wont raise that much due to him staying with the club in january when they were in trouble and looked like they might go down from Serie A. Osvaldo for that would be a steal but I saw that figure mentioned the other week and he´s done himself very unpopular at Roma so I think they might offload him under £10m. And of course, with Corteses negotiation skills you never know

For me it´s because I´ve seen them, except for Buckley which on the other hand I´ve not included. Watch a lot of Serie A and though I think Lamela is out of reach it wouldn´t surprise me if Cortese goes after him. Fits the description of what we want perfectly and with Poch now it can be real perhaps. Astori is a national team CB for Italy, says it all but he is also a great player in my view. A bit unpolished at times but a perfect CB for our system. Nainggolan is a beast, to be able to rotate with Spider and Cork, then we will be truely solid at CM position...

Yep. OP decides subject in the thread shocker.... And btw, how do you figure out your numbers? If a player cost £15m then automatically his wage will be £15m??

Easy Lamela £20m Nainggolan £15m Astori £10m Osvaldo £8m Cant really find any free I really want, with these signings we dont need Verdu. Maybe Casado or Figueroa for left back... Of course I would sell some players and perhaps get in Gamez for £4m and Mugni for £3m, but that´s breaking OP´s rules I guess

I dont think he did but is not sure. I thought his first "if we have to" was about Rose and then their were four more answers yes/no.

Just trying to put a comparison to show that Gastons numbers is not as bad as some make them out to be. 5 goals and 3 assists as a AM in a team that for long periods have struggled is not bad imo. Some (BS especially) compare him with Coutinho and he has looked far better for those watching MOTD than for us that has watched his games in whole I would say. No question he´s a talent too, but not that fantastic yet as some mention.

Agree and people that think those numbers is bad, look at Kagawa. 6 goals 4 assist and playing in the best team in the league with the best strikers...

So one day were fighting for players with Inter Milan, Arsenal and the likes and next day with Hull and Leicester for Sunderland rejects.....

So "his wife doesn´t like this country" is criticism..... well you learn something new every day....

Strange, isn´t it? You would´ve thought that the italian champions knew more about football than to be interested in that Gashton crap guy....

I dont think we needs a striker with blistering speed in our system and I think Altidore wouldn´t fit the profile (or be good enough but that´s another story). IMO we need a true box player. Someone that charges on the first post and on rebounds. Imagine a player like Higuain in our system and the way we played and produced chances this season. The striker will need some speed but mostly that first 3-4-5 yards, not on longer distance. It´s on the wings we need the speed more to be effective with our style.

What took you so long to start this thread? Been on vacation?

As a Swede I wonder if english media is proud and happy that they drove Sven off the job, at least back then there was some spirit in the team and not only the same old players all the time whatever form they´re in........

Is Moreno playing at CB? Been some rumours about him too... I´m watching Sevilla-Valencia myself. If we think there are some poor referees in PL people should be looking at La Liga.....many of them are so awful it´s hard to believe it...

Watching the russian cup finale at the moment. Ahmed Musa from CSKA would be a great addition....

Good post, wish I would´ve thought about that...

Only Almeida of those are Portuguese But I´ll take anyone of the others.....

Sorry, I should have learned by now that rules here forbid discussing football and players...

Two spanish 22 year olds....take your pick http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/spain-u21/startseite/nationalmannschaft_9567.html Thiago Alcantara is 22 I think one of them could be Canales.....but any guess is as good as mine The portuguese one is difficult, is it a portuguese player or someone that plays in Portugal at the moment.... The one that is portuguese that springs to mind might be Pizzi, he´s been very good for Deportivo la Coruna this year but is owned by Braga in Portugal.... Oh these mind games in the summer...

When did MP say that we had to players ready to sign? The only one that has mentioned that is as far as I know the BBC journo that did an interview with him. No quotes from MP, just the journos writing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22388481

Shouldn´t this be in the who ate all the pies thread from the other day?