Sorry if someone has already said but if we pick Benatia up in Jan he wont be able to play till middle of Feb with him going to AFCONRammyblues said:Just my thoughts for what it is worth but given the ridiculous sums of money being quoted for CBs, and the fact we have Rekik and Boyata could we not simply spend the money on Fernando, Fabregas, Sagna and back up keeper, which would be under the 49m limit and go with the squad until the winter transfer when there are no limitations on spend. Aug to December, most players are fit not that many games until October, give time for Benatia to cause a bit of discontent in Roma's camp and pick him up in Janauary before we get to the heavy schedule of fixtures. :-)
dctid said:cant see where he would play without one of the top players being sold - maybe Yaya will get his wish
But not what we need at the mo
sam-caddick said:uwe rosler 28 said:2/1 from 16/1 to sign for us
could mean anything.
i am just interested to see who we will be selling to fund fabregas and a central defender if we are to keep yaya.
milner to get first team football and beast to atletico stand out so far.
Rammyblues said:Milner in last year of contract and if you believe the press wants out, why not replace him with fabregas, 27 as opposed to 28, both homegrown and if we need another winger we can use Lopes. I don't see signing Fabregas means we have to lose a foreign player such as Negredo or Yaya. I wonder if Yaya got wind that we were signing Fabregas and being insecure thought he would be sold. What a midfield though.
Sorry if someone has already said but if we pick Benatia up in Jan he wont be able to play till middle of Feb with him going to AFCON
uwe rosler 28 said:sam-caddick said:uwe rosler 28 said:2/1 from 16/1 to sign for us
could mean anything.
i am just interested to see who we will be selling to fund fabregas and a central defender if we are to keep yaya.
milner to get first team football and beast to atletico stand out so far.
I think yaya is off
Rammyblues said:Sorry if someone has already said but if we pick Benatia up in Jan he wont be able to play till middle of Feb with him going to AFCON
I thought these competitions had been moved in line with Euros and all other competitions that is why they had two back to back. Or have I got that wrong.
Ahead of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations several European clubs called for a rethink of the tournament's schedule. As it takes place during the European season, players who are involved miss several matches for their clubs.[9]
In January 2008, FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced that he wanted the tournament to be held in either June or July by 2016, to fit in the international calendar, although this would preclude many countries in central and west Africa from hosting the competition (as these months occur during their wet season).[10]
In May 2010, it was announced that the tournament would be moved to odd-numbered years from 2013. This means the tournament will not take place in the same year as the World Cup after 2013. It also meant there were two tournaments within twelve months in January 2012[