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ddb wrote:Lallana to Pool for 25m seems like an amazing deal for the saints.

For United we still need another 2 players at least. CB and a midfielder or winger. Good signs so far. Finally spending the money we need to.

Were it not for the 25% sell-on clause to Bournemouth, then I would agree. But c£18.75m (which is what we are actually left with) is only sort of par in my book.

It's just so important now that we get our transfers right. It was already rumoured that we had a transfer kitty of c£30m to spend this summer (which wouldn't be unreasonable, as we've spent that on each of the last two Summer transfer windows too). And Lambert, Shaw and Lallana will bring us c£50m. So a potential £80m for us to spend this summer, which for a club like us is simply scary.

But as Spurs showed 12 months ago, having £80m to spend is of little use if you don't use it to sign the right players. Especially when you need to use it to replace a valuable component (or components in our case) of your team.

Get it right though, and we could overtake Everton and Spurs over the next year or two.

We've signed Fernando for £12m. One of the best players in the Portuguese league last season apparently.

ntini77 wrote:We've signed Fernando for £12m. One of the best players in the Portuguese league last season apparently.

is he really likely to make the first team though?

Red Devil wrote:

ntini77 wrote:We've signed Fernando for £12m. One of the best players in the Portuguese league last season apparently.

is he really likely to make the first team though?

No chance.

dan08 wrote:

Red Devil wrote:

ntini77 wrote:We've signed Fernando for £12m. One of the best players in the Portuguese league last season apparently.

is he really likely to make the first team though?

No chance.

He's better than Javi Garcia, so I imagine he'll play regularly.

Tom Ince turned down a move to Milan so that he could play in the Premier League.

He is currently having talks with Hull City.

TBF they are a PL club, but LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL.

Aidan11 wrote:Tom Ince turned down a move to Milan so that he could play in the Premier League.

He is currently having talks with Hull City.

TBF they are a PL club, but LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL.

You obviously don't watch much Italian football, Hull would beat Inter Milan

Barca and Liverpool to open negotiations for the wronged one.

SaintPowelly wrote:

Aidan11 wrote:Tom Ince turned down a move to Milan so that he could play in the Premier League.

He is currently having talks with Hull City.

TBF they are a PL club, but LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL.

You obviously don't watch much Italian football, Hull would beat Inter Milan

Inter Milan are struggling a bit but i wouldn't go that far.

Inter Milan mid-table in a poor Italian league, Hull mid-table and FA Cup runner-up in a thriving and competitive Premier League.

SaintPowelly wrote:Inter Milan mid-table in a poor Italian league, Hull mid-table and FA Cup runner-up in a thriving and competitive Premier League.

Inter came 5th, Hull came 16th. Neither in mid-table.

dan08 wrote:

SaintPowelly wrote:Inter Milan mid-table in a poor Italian league, Hull mid-table and FA Cup runner-up in a thriving and competitive Premier League.

Inter came 5th, Hull came 16th. Neither in mid-table.

They are still awful, can't work out why Nemanja Vidic went there, he won't win anything.

SaintPowelly wrote:

dan08 wrote:

SaintPowelly wrote:Inter Milan mid-table in a poor Italian league, Hull mid-table and FA Cup runner-up in a thriving and competitive Premier League.

Inter came 5th, Hull came 16th. Neither in mid-table.

They are still awful, can't work out why Nemanja Vidic went there, he won't win anything.

One of the few clubs that will still pay his wages. If not Inter then probably somewhere like Qatar, Turkey or USA.

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