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Reg wrote:

ICE-MAN wrote:Im kinda annoyed that we seem to be waiting for pre-season (this monday) to ship out the players we dont want, like this should all have been done weeks ago, i only hope next week when the european window officially opens that there are deals already in place to get rid of:
Poulsen, Jova, NGog, Kyrgiakos, Degen, EL Zhar, Aquilani, Cole, Insua and even Maxi!!!

Interesting post because everyone knows Citeh have a coachload of players to get rid of yet they haven't moved anyone either which suggests that there isn't a market. So our inability to sell is holding back our ability to buy - simple as.

Sunderland buying Wickham was canny business, they sold Henderson for 30 then bought back exactly the same prospect for 8 plus add ons. They'll sell him again in 2 years for 30. Good business.

Apart from that, there is feck all going on so whats all the stress?

Go knock one off and calm down.

Redman in wales wrote:Jones, Young, Wickham... and now Clichey :

Clichy on verge of £7m move to City in new blow to Wenger

Manchester City finally began their summer's transfer business yesterday, moving towards a £7m deal for Arsenal's Gaël Clichy – yet another player who has been taken from under Liverpool's noses.

The deal had not been entirely concluded last night, with negotiations still to be concluded on both price and personal terms, a process rendered more difficult by the fact that the player is out of the country. But Clichy may well be the first player to arrive at Eastlands this summer and City's determination to go back to Arsenal – who have already furnished them with Kolo Touré and Emmanuel Adebayor in the past two years – suggests that Roberto Mancini has reservations about the £16m signing Aleksandar Kolarov, who was unconvincing at left-back in his first season after arriving from Lazio.

The move also comes as a blow to Wenger, who had declared hopes that he could persuade the 25-year-old Clichy to stay in north London where he falls out of contract next summer and had failed to agree new terms.

Liverpool had a £5m offer for Clichy turned down earlier this month and Italian giants Roma are also interested in his services, but City's superior offer seems to have delivered a solution to a thorny position for Mancini. Wayne Bridge had looked unconvincing before Kolarov was signed but Pablo Zabaleta deputised for largeperiods of last season. City are also currently involved in the frustrating task of selling loan players to enable them to buy. Blackburn Rovers have made a tentative offer for defender Nedum Onuoha, whose Sunderland loan has ended, and the Ewood Park club are also monitoring Craig Bellamy's situation. They are one of few clubs who might meet Bellamy's wage demands, though Celtic are alsointerested.

Mancini has said he needs another striker, regardless of Carlos Tevez's decision on his own future, and has admitted that he is an enthusiast of Napoli's striker Ezequiel Lavezzi, though the Italian club's president yesterday ridiculed Mancini's claim that the 26-year-old's €30m (£27m) get-out clause was too high as evidence that City could not afford him. Mancini has not ruled out the idea of exploring a move for Fiorentina's 23-year-old forward Alessio Cerci, though any deal for him appears to be some distance off, with neither a fee nor personal terms agreed, despite claims to the contrary in Italy media.

Kenny Kan wrote:Not @rsed really that we ''lost'' out in signing players like Wickham and Clichey et al, in fact I hope we miss out in signing Downing too, I'm positive the board are setting their standards higher. That's my two pence worth.

NorfolkRed wrote:Best thing to do is avoid the sports press for the next few weeks. We know the liverpool way of business behind closed doors has been reinstated. The vast majority of transfer speculation is completely unfounded. Agents will say pretty much anything to raise the profiles of their clients and journalists, lacking an actual story, just makes things up. Yes there are some clubs have signed more than us but equally a lot of clubs have signed less.

I know its difficult (i keep checking for actual news every few hours) but we just have to sit and wait for developements because we're not going to be told in advance.