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Have we shown any interest in Mangala at all?
bingobob said:That could be problematic for us unless everything is already done and dusted and just waiting for France to exit the WC.Iceman10 said:ArsenesNO1Fan said:Liverpool are going in strong for Lovren, if we don't offer first team football you'd think he'd goto Liverpool as he could be a starter. Could he bench Mertesacker?
If the rumours are true that Liverpool has bid £20m for him then we are done. Even for that amount Southampton are apparently putting up resistance which is what I predicted would happen, i.e. they have received enough money from Shaw and Lallana transfers and any more outs in addition will be too much, giving a sense of a crisis, which is not good for any owner even if they are more financial centric as opposed to football/sporting centric.
Iceman10 said:bingobob said:That could be problematic for us unless everything is already done and dusted and just waiting for France to exit the WC.Iceman10 said:If the rumours are true that Liverpool has bid £20m for him then we are done. Even for that amount Southampton are apparently putting up resistance which is what I predicted would happen, i.e. they have received enough money from Shaw and Lallana transfers and any more outs in addition will be too much, giving a sense of a crisis, which is not good for any owner even if they are more financial centric as opposed to football/sporting centric.
Could explain why we are in for Khedira, i.e. Southampton are going to put up heavy resistance re. Schneiderlin (and Lovren) although they may have to eventually relent when the transfer deadline approaches.
GDeep said:Yeah, not happening. You can probably rule out Schneiderlin too, sadly.
ArsenesNO1Fan said:If they want 25m for Lovren they must want similar for Schneiderlin, meaning he becomes unattainable. Kheidra looks all the more likely
scytheavatar said:ArsenesNO1Fan said:If they want 25m for Lovren they must want similar for Schneiderlin, meaning he becomes unattainable. Kheidra looks all the more likely
Kheidra is rumored to cost £23.8m, for that price it'll be really hard to justify signing him over paying a bit more for Schneiderlin.
I would actually see it the other way round. If Khedira is available £23.8m, it would be difficult to justify signing of Schneiderlin for around the same price.dave_rwr said:scytheavatar said:ArsenesNO1Fan said:If they want 25m for Lovren they must want similar for Schneiderlin, meaning he becomes unattainable. Kheidra looks all the more likely
Kheidra is rumored to cost £23.8m, for that price it'll be really hard to justify signing him over paying a bit more for Schneiderlin.
Will it be that hard though? Schneiderlin might have EPL experience, but Khedira also has 50+ international caps, a La Liga title, is used to playing at a club that demands wins, and although he was injured, he was at RM during their CL win last season. Bringing in that kind of pedigree over a player who has two caps and has only won promotion into the EPL isn't exactly hard to justify.
ferrarif50hunt said:Khedira isn't a DM though, which is what we need. Schneiderlin would be a much better fit.