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Barry Bannan Press Conference Laudrup whispers into Barry's ear : You see this smile? Everything about it is fake I cannot believe the chairman sanctioned your signing. Just wait till training on Monday I predict Williams is going to have a few footballs aimed at your face even fergie will come out of retirement and yell "You shoulda been killed"

Laudrup : Ok Huw i won Swansea the cup last season and finished comfortably midtable i think its time we take the next step and bring in some quality signings to cement our place in the premier league Huw : Michael i don't have much money to give you Laudrup : How much exactly Huw : 5 million plus player sales 2 of which you must spend on Barry Bannan i have been told he is the Scottish Iniesta Laudrup : What the **** Huw : Do not take that tone with me Laudrup : But Huw this is Barry Bannan were talking about we play nice football along the ground here not hoofed into the stand Hollywood style Huw : I have seen the heat maps and the stats they do not lie Laudrup : .......

Its so refreshing to be linked with transfer targets so early I for one will not miss the deadline day deals Unless its Belhanda then i wouldnt complain

Maybe he got stuck in traffic

Please let it be Liverpool No doubt Liverpool fans would be expecting to sign Benteke and Eriksen should they be relegated to the championship

Well according to wikipedia the fountain of truth he gets paid something like 800k a year Which will equate to what 12 - 15k a week? I could see us offering double that for a player of his quality and I think any player would jump at the chance of doubling their wages and moving to a superior league at the same time

I know the fixtures have not been released yet for next season or the transfer window hasn't closed yet But tentatively who would be your 3 clubs for the chop next season Just thought id throw it out there I think it will be out of Stoke Cardiff Palace My dream scenario would be Baggies Sunderland Newcastle

I expect nothing less from the southern radio station If it wasn't for Collymore VIlla would not exist to them

The problem is having 25 mill to spend is all well and good but other clubs will know that and adjust whatever replacement players you have lined up fees accordingly I'd rather be in our position and have a quality player than 30 mill in my back pocket having to find one There will be very little value for money unless we find one for a couple of mill from outer mongolia

Well whoever comes in should he leave has huge boots to fill His goals practically kept us in the division

The circus has arrived...

It will be interesting to see how Martinez the media darling does at Everton should he go there

Yes because we will really accept defoe and a derisory cash offer Try again spurs

One of us needs to go over there to apologize on behalf of Villatalk. Maybe bring a bottle of wine or something. It's like a bar brawl just crashed through their forum, left a mess and has moved on down the street. It looks like somebody has

Wasn't there something last week about Lerner being ready to turn away 30 mill offers to keep him? I really hope he plays Levy Hardball I can't see us getting more than 30 unless there is a bidding war between two or three clubs

I'd have liked to have seen a bit of Common Courtoisy from Thibault if I'm honest

Lol i just seen the 300 word essay posted by Con on the Swansea forums I was disappointed at the lack of heat mappage

this was a brilliant comment "No offence to any of the other clubs mentioned, but why would anyone want to move to a major metropolitan area like Milan or Istanbul and play in the Champions League when - if he plays his cards right - he could live in Birmingham and work with such luminaries as Stephen Ireland and Alan Hutton? Welcome to Villa, son." I threw my hat in the ring with "Villa signing this guy is about as realistic as Liverpool signing Benteke... If he goes anywhere it will be to a club playing in the champions league"

If he did fail a drugs test I hope the club sue him Perhaps we can get some of the money back that he stole from the club during his time here

If he signs he will be one of the grandads in the team

I think its going to be tough for Liverpool fans to accept they are no longer an elite club that cannot attract the kind of quality they have done in the past Any proven quality player will want european football at a minimum I cannot see Liverpool spending 30 mill on a striker then what another 15 mill on wages?

We got more chance of signing Ned Stark

Can't be any worse than Simon Dawkins

Which club would be stupid enough to give this player a new contract considering what he's done over the past years Perhaps we can offload him to Swansea along with Bannan get rid of two shite players in one stroke I don't suppose laudrup is that dumb

He's this window's Wesley Sneijder imo There's always a player we get linked with in the summer that we have no chance of signing