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[quote author=Judge Jules link=topic=44988.msg1329210#msg1329210 date=1304958885]
[quote author=SummerOnions link=topic=44988.msg1329197#msg1329197 date=1304957474]
Mark Noble has been rumoured.
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Excellent player. [/quote]

I'll have some of what you're having.
 
If we are looking at a Central midfielder they have to be an automatic first choice. If Aquilani comes back then we are pretty well stocked in CM. With that in mind we should only look at improving the first 11. Matudi would be a good option.

I dont see where Noble and McCarthy would fit unless Kenny was looking at selling Aquilani, Meireles and Lucas/Spearing.
 
[quote author=Ryan link=topic=44988.msg1330099#msg1330099 date=1304992984]
[quote author=Judge Jules link=topic=44988.msg1329210#msg1329210 date=1304958885]
[quote author=SummerOnions link=topic=44988.msg1329197#msg1329197 date=1304957474]
Mark Noble has been rumoured.
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Excellent player. [/quote]

I'll have some of what you're having.
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speedballs by the sound of it
 
Whats Harry on about? Have city signed two amazing players already and who are they?


"The man from Abu Dhabi has got so much money, I mean, it isn't like money to him is it?" Redknapp said.

"That's the key. I know people in the right positions there (at City) who have said 'Well, the one thing we couldn't offer was Champions League football.'

"But they tell me they've got one or two players signed already who'll blow your brains out. I mean, that's where they're going.

"They aren't going to stop until they win the championship and even then the Champions League, are they?"
 
A City fan at work said something about them having a ridiculous transfer window lined up as well.

I don't see anyone blowing their brains out. They are past the point of shocking people with their transfers. They've already signed established stars like Tevez, Robinho and Silva who were playing at good sides. They've also supposedly pipped other teams to highly rated and up and comers such as Dzeko and Boateng.
 
I'm guessing Sanchez. And then someone to replace Tevez.

Boateng is apperantly on his way to Bayern
 
They won't sign Messi, C Ronaldo....or Suarez 😛

Apart from signing more *potentially* amazing talent, or past stars a little over the hill, there isn't really anything blow your brains that they could do.

I also don't rate Mancini or his style of play and reckon winning the PL would only be possible for him if all the other big sides had a mare larger than this season. They've got the players, but not *the* mentality.
 
[quote author=vikas link=topic=44988.msg1330445#msg1330445 date=1305031796]
They won't sign Messi, C Ronaldo....or Suarez 😛

Apart from signing more *potentially* amazing talent, or past stars a little over the hill, there isn't really anything blow your brains that they could do.

I also don't rate Mancini or his style of play and reckon winning the PL would only be possible for him if all the other big sides had a mare larger than this season. They've got the players, but not *the* mentality.
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Aguero, Pastore :-\

A city supporting relative texted me about them signing Suarez last night thinking it was funny. I agree about Mancini, the biggest signing they can make is a manager like Mourinho.
 
The Guardian running with the Ashley Young story now...

Liverpool edge ahead of Manchester United in £15m race for Ashley Young

• England forward set to leave Aston Villa this summer
• Charlie Adam, Gary Cahill and Phil Jones also on shopping list


Share Andy Hunter The Guardian, Wednesday 11 May 2011

Liverpool's owner, Fenway Sports Group, is increasingly confident of following the imminent appointment of Kenny Dalglish as the club's permanent manager by beating Manchester United to the signature of the Aston Villa forward Ashley Young.

Dalglish's confirmation as the long-term successor to Roy Hodgson is a formality having taken the club from 12th in the Premier League to the brink of European qualification inside four months and is expected to be announced before the end of the season.

Several FSG officials, notably the principal owner, John W Henry, and Liverpool's chairman, Tom Werner, have voiced their support for the 60-year-old Scot and backed him on the combined £57.8m purchases of Andy Carroll and Luis Suárez in January. They are now pursuing Young, another target of Dalglish and the director of football, Damien Comolli, and have emerged as favourites to sign the £15m-rated England international despite competition from United, the Premier League champions-elect.

Young enters the final year of his Villa contract this summer having rejected the offer of an improved deal, which contained a get-out clause in the region of £15m, at the start of this season. The 25-year-old insisted on delaying talks with Villa over a contract extension until this campaign had ended but his employers are privately resigned to losing the player four years after his £9.65m arrival from Watford.

United and Liverpool are vying for Young's services but the prospect of a significant increase on his £65,000-a-week Villa salary at Anfield, plus more regular first-team football than he may receive at Old Trafford, is understood to have tilted the contest in Dalglish's favour.

United are only one point away from overtaking Liverpool on 19 league titles and can guarantee Champions League football next term but, unlike their Anfield rivals, they are well-stocked on the left and right of midfield and in Young's preferred position behind the lead striker. The chance to establish himself in a team with renewed momentum under Dalglish is believed to have tempted Young towards Liverpool.

Dalglish and Comolli are also keen on Young's team-mate Stewart Downing, whose performances have eclipsed the Stevenage-born forward at Villa Park this season. Although Villa are loth to lose either player and have proved to be tough negotiators under Randy Lerner, as Liverpool and Manchester City can testify over their moves for Gareth Barry and James Milner respectively, Young's contractual situation has left them little room for manoeuvre once a tempting bid arrives.

Young forms part of an ambitious spending programme planned by FSG for this summer, an added appeal for a player who has established himself in the England set-up, with Blackpool's Charlie Adam still on Liverpool's agenda following a thwarted move in January and a new central defender among the targets. Bolton's Gary Cahill and Phil Jones of Blackburn are under consideration.

Enticing Young to Anfield, and away from Old Trafford, would be a further indication of Liverpool's determination to offer a sterner challenge to Sir Alex Ferguson's domination of the Premier League than they have managed for much of the past two decades.

Jamie Carragher has paid tribute to United as they close in on an English record 19th league title and concedes there must be improvement within Anfield to prevent their fierce rivals moving further ahead. "You have to give Manchester United great credit. They will be worthy champions and we will congratulate them," the Liverpool vice-captain said. "But losing the record is not something we are going dwell on. Of course it is disappointing and frustrating but the only way we can change it for the better is by looking after ourselves.

"We are not a club that wants to rely on others for help. Liverpool has never been that way and never will be. We don't want to be looking to Chelsea or Arsenal or anyone else to stop United winning the title. If we want to be seen as the most successful club in the country again, we've got to do it on our own.

"We've won a couple more European Cups than Manchester United but if we want to preserve that record, we've got to win our own European Cups. That's the way it is. We can't go blaming anyone else for the fact United look like they are going to win a 19th title."
 
Young would be a cracking signing.

It's unlikely he would elevate us in the same way Suarez has, but he certainly will not disappoint either. He's quick, adaptable, a great crosser and he knows the league already. At £15M he represents very good value.
 
[quote author=Atlas link=topic=44988.msg1330898#msg1330898 date=1305102346]
Wesley sneijder would be brilliant in the middle of the park for us
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Isn't he nailed on to be joining United?
 
I can't see us going in for him much less actually getting him, but I really hope he doesn't end up at Utd.

He's fucking brilliant.
 
Kaka is going to a London club (probably Chelsea).

His mums twitter page says so. Err facbook? fuck knows some computer page shit thing anyways.

Well actually it says 'From August we will be living in London'
 
Fuckin el. Chelsea seem to enjoy buying ex top class players who are way below form for extortionate prices don't they ?
 
[quote author=Asbo link=topic=44988.msg1330906#msg1330906 date=1305103137]
Kaka is going to a London club (probably Chelsea).

His mums twitter page says so. Err facbook? fuck knows some computer page shit thing anyways.

Well actually it says 'From August we will be living in London'
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He still lives with his mother :laugh:
 
[quote author=mark1975 link=topic=44988.msg1330903#msg1330903 date=1305102970]
[quote author=Atlas link=topic=44988.msg1330898#msg1330898 date=1305102346]
Wesley sneijder would be brilliant in the middle of the park for us
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Isn't he nailed on to be joining United?
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The other team in Manchester are keen
 
Ha quite!

Rewind to 2007 and Any side that contained drogba, Torres and kaka would be
Feared by everyone, everywhere .

Four years on and Tony pulls is still confident he'd get three points at the Britania..

For what it's worth I'd still like us to take a punt on kaka if the price was right.
 
Nah, what's the point of taking that kind of risk on a 30 year old?

If we're after a new AM, get one of the up and comers like Pastore or Ganso.
 
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Could Kaka be heading to the Premier League?
The mother of Real Madrid midfielder Kaka has opened up debate over her son's future, by claiming on her Twitter account that they will be in London in August.

Kaka has slipped down the pecking order in Madrid following a £59 million transfer in the summer of 2009 and has been constantly linked with a reunion with former AC Milan boss Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea.

His mother, Simone Leite, has increased speculation that a deal has already been done after she wrote on her Twitter account: ''We are going to be in London next season where we will be preaching the word of God. We will be there from August - I can tell you.''

Kaka, a devoted Catholic, brought his family with him to Europe when he moved to AC Milan eight years ago and, with Madrid signing Borussia Dortmund midfielder Nuri Sahin, rumours are that his days in the Spanish capital are numbered.

For more on Football, visit ESPNsoccernet.com
 
[quote author=keniget link=topic=44988.msg1330905#msg1330905 date=1305103059]
I can't see us going in for him much less actually getting him, but I really hope he doesn't end up at Utd.

He's fucking brilliant.
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ugh, completely agree
 
[quote author=Asbo link=topic=44988.msg1330922#msg1330922 date=1305104129]


Getty Images

Could Kaka be heading to the Premier League?
The mother of Real Madrid midfielder Kaka has opened up debate over her son's future, by claiming on her Twitter account that they will be in London in August.

Kaka has slipped down the pecking order in Madrid following a £59 million transfer in the summer of 2009 and has been constantly linked with a reunion with former AC Milan boss Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea.

His mother, Simone Leite, has increased speculation that a deal has already been done after she wrote on her Twitter account: ''We are going to be in London next season where we will be preaching the word of God. We will be there from August - I can tell you.''

Kaka, a devoted Catholic, brought his family with him to Europe when he moved to AC Milan eight years ago and, with Madrid signing Borussia Dortmund midfielder Nuri Sahin, rumours are that his days in the Spanish capital are numbered.

For more on Football, visit ESPNsoccernet.com

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and WTF, HOW DID WE LET THIS HAPPEN? What a waste. Another stupid fucking moron 22 year old signs for Real Madrid so he can ruin his career on the bench. What a disgrace. Kid needs a mentor.
 
[quote author=Hardcastle link=topic=44988.msg1330917#msg1330917 date=1305103868]
Ha quite!

Rewind to 2007 and Any side that contained drogba, Torres and kaka would be
Feared by everyone, everywhere .

Four years on and Tony pulls is still confident he'd get three points at the Britania..

For what it's worth I'd still like us to take a punt on kaka if the price was right.
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If we could get the Kaka of old then yes! If its the current Kaka then no. I do think he would cost too much though. Id prefer someone younger and hungrier like Eden Hazard!
 
[quote author=cobrastatus link=topic=44988.msg1330925#msg1330925 date=1305104328]
[quote author=Asbo link=topic=44988.msg1330922#msg1330922 date=1305104129]


Getty Images

Could Kaka be heading to the Premier League?
The mother of Real Madrid midfielder Kaka has opened up debate over her son's future, by claiming on her Twitter account that they will be in London in August.

Kaka has slipped down the pecking order in Madrid following a £59 million transfer in the summer of 2009 and has been constantly linked with a reunion with former AC Milan boss Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea.

His mother, Simone Leite, has increased speculation that a deal has already been done after she wrote on her Twitter account: ''We are going to be in London next season where we will be preaching the word of God. We will be there from August - I can tell you.''

Kaka, a devoted Catholic, brought his family with him to Europe when he moved to AC Milan eight years ago and, with Madrid signing Borussia Dortmund midfielder Nuri Sahin, rumours are that his days in the Spanish capital are numbered.

For more on Football, visit ESPNsoccernet.com

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and WTF, HOW DID WE LET THIS HAPPEN? What a fucking waste. Another stupid fucking moron 22 year old signs for Real Madrid so he can ruin his career on the bench. What a disgrace. Kid needs a mentor.
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For ever Canales, there's an Ozil
 
Real Madrid's purchasing of players is akin to Imelda Marcos and all those fucking shoes.
 
[quote author=themn link=topic=44988.msg1330978#msg1330978 date=1305107341]
Real Madrid's purchasing of players is akin to Imelda Marcos and all those fucking shoes.
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She couldnt only register 25 pairs of shoes in her wardrobe though.
 
[quote author=Asbo link=topic=44988.msg1330922#msg1330922 date=1305104129]


Getty Images

Could Kaka be heading to the Premier League?
The mother of Real Madrid midfielder Kaka has opened up debate over her son's future, by claiming on her Twitter account that they will be in London in August.

Kaka has slipped down the pecking order in Madrid following a £59 million transfer in the summer of 2009 and has been constantly linked with a reunion with former AC Milan boss Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea.

His mother, Simone Leite, has increased speculation that a deal has already been done after she wrote on her Twitter account: ''We are going to be in London next season where we will be preaching the word of God. We will be there from August - I can tell you.''

Kaka, a devoted Catholic, brought his family with him to Europe when he moved to AC Milan eight years ago and, with Madrid signing Borussia Dortmund midfielder Nuri Sahin, rumours are that his days in the Spanish capital are numbered.

For more on Football, visit ESPNsoccernet.com

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I'm not sure but I don't think Kaka is actually Catholic, though he certainly is a Christian.

If I'm right, how much more of this article is wrong?
 
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