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Why we haven't signed him already is beyond me.

Well unless you hire the Terminator as our striker, you're bound to have weakness with every striker. It seems like the same scenario as last year, rumors sprawling around, no bidders and finally Eto'o stays again. But this time we need to offload unless a new contract is signed.

No need to apologize. I've already survived the trenches during the Balkans Wars with Dino/Bojan at other forum (now we're friends); so I wouldn't fall for that. ATM, Villa seems like a more realistic option. But seeing that a figure of €40-50 has been tossed up, I think that we should consider...

I think that's his buy out clause, so it's natural that they beef it up a little. IMO a fair price would be €15-20, €25 would be the max that I think we should pay; which incidentally was what SP demanded last year. But with Milan out of the picture, I think we can lower it to €20 + a couple of...

Good for us & good for them!

My last reply did not address your complaint that I'm advertising my formation a bit too much but was directed at your "Barca way" statement, so I don't see how I am twisting your words when you're the one putting words into my mouth about how I'm advocating that we should radically alter our...

Very well said!

I would rather see us offload Hleb & Guddy and buy Hernanes with the cash. Not only would he be an excellent backup to X/I, but he would also a lot of qualities in our midfield that we've been lacking for some time now, and with his versatility he could be an excellent tactical play whenever...

Ibra & Eto'o are two different type of strikers; both are the best at what they do, but they complement rather than replace each other. If you read point no 2, you will see that we would have a better scoring chances conversion rate specifically because we would have 2 hitmen instead of just...

Well, we heard the same thing a couple of years ago when we won La Liga & CL: If it ain't broken don't fix it. & IMO there was a lot of reasons to feel that way, we had a very young squad that was already the best in the world, we had won everything and the future looked even brighter. Xavi was...

For the same price I would rather have Zlatan than Ribery, providing that Eto'o stays. A Messi-Zlatan/Eto'o trident playing in a 1-2 setup would be much more potent than with Ribery: 1. More freedom for Messi to escape marking, exploit the weakness of the opposition's defense and capitalize on...

IMO we would be better served if we leave Real's targets to their own. I really would like to know where does Real get all that money from, but I think if we absolutely need to we can match at least Villa's or even Ribery's fee. It wouldn't look good, given Laporta's comment but if it's a must...

If we offload Eto'o then we should sign both.

IMO even if Real land all their targets: Kaka, Villa, CR7, Ribery and Xabi. Real would have to spend close to €300 million - which I highly doubt - just to reach our level. But if we can land a quality CF (2 if Eto'o leaves) and a quality AM which I think we could; IMO we would still have the...

Good!

It hasn't been confirmed whether he's on the market or not. Chelski have been involved in a bidding war with Real over Villa; that's their main target. Pato is speaking with Ancelotti, but nothing has come out of it. Considering the recent market prices IMO spending 35-40 million, wouldn't be...

It was Milan who sold him out, not Kaka who was chasing the money. He had already mentioned that he wanted to stay, but then Real came with too good of an offer to refuse and they mutually agreed that he should leave; but it was the Club who wanted him out. City had a bigger package last year...

Mascherano may indeed be a better DM, but he is neither as versatile nor does he complements us as much as Yaya (Aerial ability, long range shooting, technical skills). If we offload Yaya, and bring him as a replacement; our opponents would just have to ship the ball over our heads because we...

If he's available, then he should be our top priority in attack. If Eto'o stays we don't need to anything else to our bolster our offense, if he leaves; we should go for Benzema or Keirrison as well.

If he's available, we should sign him.