thing that worries me is that if we don't get him or any other top players in this window, the team's going to be even more deflated than the first half of the season, never mind us, the fans. who in the team then are going to be up for a dogfight? kompany, dunne, SWP, Ireland, caciedo and perhaps robbie though i have my reservations there. hope this transfer doesn't spectaculary backfire. i mean, for sure the likes of west ham and blackburn are going to hold out for silly money now this transfer budget has been aired. i hope they don't. saying that, personally, i still don't know why we don't go for the likes of P. Cannavaro of napoli and Lahm. both have stated they'd be up for a move. not to us but surely we could temp them?