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So City are the club that Laporta isn't prepared to financially compete with.

Benjani.

he is already just needs more game time which he will get now sammi's gone.

make your mind up. world class in waiting or already world class?

the lad looks very classy on the ball and i agree, with more game time he'll come on leaps and bounds.

I saw astronomical wages in that lol.

Another money grabber

plus he is still a youngster, centre backs usually mature in their mid to late 20's even jocky hansen looked out of his depth when he was young and look how he came on. i really feel that agger is up there with the best of them and i predict that he will become the best in the world.

as regards citeh, once before in the late 70's they splashed out huge sums of money to build a team and still ended up winning all, money alone doesn't build a team you need to have the backroom staff and the right blend of players to be succesful.

I agree.

I think the signing of Eto'o will be the biggest signing so far by them. A huge moment for them if they manage to pull it off.

Arsenal could be under threat ofr that 4th spot.

I would love it, LOVE IT, if Citeh beat them.

I'm not getting my hopes up though. Citeh were 22 points behind Arsenal this season. That is a lot of points to make up in one season, while settling in new players and coping with sides raising their performances against the new big boys.

I'm a massive Skrtel fan. I think he's a complete defender. Agger has immense ability on the ball, but Skrtel's passing isn't shoddy, and he keeps it on the deck more often than not, Agger has much better range, though.

I think in terms of defending, Skrtel is better, he's quicker, stronger and better in the air. They're both good players and it all goes on preference, I guess, I hope they'll be our partnership for the next decade or so.

Glen Johnson going back to Chelsea ?

If so then he as no respect for himself imo. He'll be fighting with Bosingwa for a starting place. It'll be like his first stint al over.

Mug!

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Thats good news.

Bayern Munich are supposed to be interested in buying Bosingwa, so it's far more likely Chelsea would want Johnson to replace him, rather than compete with him for a place.

Can't even get the actual facts right.



I posted that yesterday.

Can't blame the guy for wanting to make the Premier League entertaining this year.

behave yourself

You really think Vidic will care about 1 bad game when he had more winners medals than Torres and Gerrard combined



One bad game against Torres (and all season), people forget Torres did f00k all against United last season don't they

Had a cracking game in Rome, didn't he? And at Anfield...

There seems to be two Football Chat threads running.

Did any United players at Rome or Anfield? Doesn't mean he played badly

Gotta love bitter scousers, always good for a giggle

Lazy mods. Should have a dedicated poster, like Billy

Vidic had his three worst games v Liverpool (twice) and v Barcelona. I'm Vidic's biggest fan but I'm not stupid enough to notice that he didn't play badly.