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Is this a player I've never heard of, or Augero spelt weird? Google says he plays in Argentina Yeah that's right. Plays in Argentina, looks just as good as all the other young Argentinian strikers coming through in Europe at the moment. I certainly think he be worth a punt, it wouldn't cost silly money to get him and I can't see a scenario where we'd lose money on him

I agree with the loan part, if we were linked with him, i'd be saying he's not the brightest young talent at PNE, that title belongs ironically to Johnson who we've just sold. If he'd stayed that window i would expect him to be featuring this year under Sherwood. I genuinely do want him to do well for us and I don't mean to seem like i'm being unnecessarily pessimistic but I've never watched him and thought he has a football brain. He seems to make the wrong decision more often than not whenever I saw him which was frustrating because I was hoping he'd set the league alight and force his way back into the team after Beckford joined in his absense. Bizarrely, competition for places, instead of spurring him on, seemed to be his undoing. Not going to write him off, will see how he does, but comparing his performances to how Grealish played in league 1, you could tell even if he had bad spells that Grealish was playing at a level too low for him. With Robinson it was different for me. All down to opinions though i guess, and the coaching staff's opinions are far more important. Good luck to him wherever he is September 1st

my top 3 to replace Benteke would be: Araujo Kokorin Locadia I think we'd be able to bring 1 of them in for way cheaper than we sold Benteke. Locadia would mean changing our formation a lot less too so could be therefore even more worth trying

Sergio Araujo to replace Benteke

With the quotes of 5-7 need to go, as far as I can see, we have a 29 man squad at the moment. If we get Amavi and the 2 others, we need 7 gone to not have players sat being wasted. I would say I'd be fine with the following leaving permanently: Bennett Cole Senderos Herd Richardson Cissokho Sanchez N'Zogbia Tonev Steer out on loan could be an option too. Out of those 10, I'd say the ones most useful and likely to stay are Cole, Richardson and Sanchez. We'll have to wait and see but definitely need to clear a few players over the next week or 2 in order to look like we're making progress

How many pages did Belhanda get? Be buzzing if we sign this guy

I'm now very depressed about this transfer window. I would say Delph is 6th on a list of good midfielders we've lost over recent years, so is replaceable, it's just that we don't have the standing in the league anymore to replace him. I'm hoping we get some good news on transfers soon. Maybe this can be a turning point for the club, a new direction.

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That would be a fantastic signing!

Say Senderos goes, would anyone say Van Dijk would be worth a bid? I guess we're well stocked in defence but if we do go mostly for a back 3 of Clark, Okore and Richards I do not fancy them all to stay fit and I equally don't expect Baker to avoid a series of head injuries throughout the season. Think he'd be a Centre Back that has potential to be decent at this level and not made of glass Along with him, if we're replacing Guzan, which I'd guess could still potentially happen, I'd take Vorm, or 1 of Romero and Khune. Both experienced international keepers who will be on lesser wages at previous clubs and available on a free. Also, both been in successful sides so would fit the "winners" criteria. Hope Amavi happens, if not then I'd desperately like us to go for Willems, not linked to anyone big in papers, but he's talked about playing in the prem previously and said he'd be keen to move on to a new challenge. If we've got €9mil to spend on a LB then I'd rather it went on this guy. After that, if Praet doesn't come in, I think we should be looking at Napoli for an AM option. They have 5-6 class players who all play there and I'd imagine they'd all want to be starting games. Hamsik, Mertens, Callejon, Insigne, Gabbiadini, De Guzman. Surely they aren't all gonna be kept happy? With a new coach and ideas I think it's well worth having a look

Thought you'd gone all grandmother on us until I saw the posters name.

Which a team competing on four fronts will not want. They had far more home grown players than Chelsea did last season (Chelsea "competed on four fronts" 5 men short) im pretty sure Chelsea ran insanely well/lucky with not getting many injuries last season (so the lack of depth of the squad wasnt stretched/tested allowing them to do better than arsenal/city as they had more of their first 11 squad on the pitch on average). Not saying that you are...but obviously looking at one season stretch of only 1 team to prove that you dont need a full-squad depth to "compete on four fronts" is incredibly results orientated, very selective and silly. Sample size is far to small Well then it's a good job that's not what I'm doing at all isn't it. Isa said a team wouldn't want that, I was just stating a team with one of the best coaches worldwide at the helm have done that, so presumably did want that, for the last 2 years.

Which a team competing on four fronts will not want. They had far more home grown players than Chelsea did last season (Chelsea "competed on four fronts" 5 men short)

Breel Embolo is a similar player to Benteke, but 1/3 of the price we will sell him for and younger. Obviously not proven but it's more of a well calculated risk than a complete shot in the dark. Think he'd be a brilliant signing and means we can push forward with plans for the new season knowing that whoever we have up front will be either Benteke himself or a player of a similar mould

Would anyone take Vorm if we are in for a keeper? Always thought he looked brilliant at Swansea, if we can offer 1st team football it might be an option. Sherwood will know him already so if he was impressed enough I would have thought he'd try and go back for him.

Are last year's kits still available in the online clearance or am I far too late for that? Can't remember when it normally happens.

I think without a new owner this season will be better than the last. It would be hard not to be better. With that being the case I'm happy to wait another year before we're taken over, as long as it's slow progression rather than regression.

Fair enough. I've googled it and the only article I could find that mentioned him playing at centre half was The Guardian, and they only mentioned it in the headline, there were no quotes in the article. I'll have to take your word for it On the OS there were quotes from Sherwood saying he liked him cos he could cover RB but was a good CB in a back 4 or as part of a back 5.

I thought the shops opened at 8am? How come it's not online yet?

Absolutely. The overall quality of a players national team should have no bearing on their ability to get a work permit. It's too subjective.Imo it seems like a rule to benefit the top clubs since they'd be able to buy the top players from the top international teams with ease. But if you're a top player for a top international side then you'd have played most games and the 30% thing wouldn't matter. Seems a badly designed rule to me. Especially as the top 30 is dominated by EU countries anyway, making the rule apply to even fewer countries.

I'm not really that bothered if we're sold. I like the CEO, I like the Manager, and I am confident that we are going in the right direction for the first time in 6 years with the transfer window that we're currently having. Of course that feeling could change but as it stands, if we aren't sold but the club is better run than Lerner can stay on.

Is that another signing besides Amavi and Gueye? Possibly Praet??

He could have applied for dual citizenship and be a French national. But reporters are going on about his work permit so that seems unlikely.