Crying silently because I didn't want to eat my spaghetti, going to the kitchen to make a request and on my return I noticed cat had eaten my spaghetti. Thanks.
Whenever I saw Pantilimon for Sunderland he looked really good (except when we beat them 4-0), and I know their fans rated him as one of their best players, not sure why they sold him.
Whatever the reason he's here, there's nothing we can actually do about it. So it's probably best not to worry (too much) until he actually gives us something to worry about. As I said my guess is that he's here to help with Recon buying other football clubs.
Just wasn't sure where he'd fit in, in our midfield, looking at the way Di Matteo's played in the past. Just watching a few clips of him, intersting to see that he seems to be two footed.
I imagine Brady will get offers from Premier league clubs. Everytime I've seen him he's looked like a good player. Would be a good replacement for Amavi.
Wanyama has played a big part in Southampton's (relative) success the last three years, and is incomparable to Djemba Djemba. And in the current financial climate £11M is cheap for him, if he wasn't in the last year of his contract, he'd cost more.
Martial was linked by the French magazine L'equipe last pre-season, I'd never heard of him, but most people who knew of him didn't believe the rumour because he was meant to be one of the best young strikers in Europe. I imagine someone's rememered that story and used it, to start this latest rumour that Riley had agreed a deal for him.
I don't see the point from Xia's perspective of renaming the ground to Lotus VIlla Park, no one's going to see that and associate the word 'Lotus' with a a particular Chinese food brand, I'm not even sure if people living in China would. Plus I'm pretty sure we wouldn't get any sponsorship money in that scenario
I wouldn't be surprised if Samuelson's here because of his involvement in football club sales. Either because Xia's going to buy other clubs like rumoured or he's going to try and get us promoted and then as soon as he can sell us on for a profit. I imagine Samuelson would be a useful person to have around in that scenario.