with only half a strong season under his belt (josh mcquoid anyone?) and a suspect injury record it's hard to believe someone would meet burnley's likely valuation. I would think they are bolstering their promotion effort to better their chances of keeping him in the summer. that said, from all the noises out of bournemough ings was always thought to be talented, while mcquoid came as a surprise, so i'm sure fitness permitting he'll continue to do well.
We never got further then contacting Banega this time round. Guessing the reported fee and massive wages put us off? Can't see us even attempting a bid at them prices.
only number I can find is £20m which is probably too much for january after our summer dealings but not out of the price ranges we've been linked with lately. don't know about the wages. yes we'd probably be blown out of the water.
Gianluca Di Marzio said that Moyes is there to watch Astori this morning before anyone knew that Moyes was attending the game
Toronto FC unveil the signings of Jermain Defoe and Michael Bradley. please log in to view this image
Anyone else seen Toronto's advert for Defoe? [video=youtube;I6VtbRZkCf4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6VtbRZkCf4[/video]
Next time someone signs a Canadian (don't hold your breath), I hope they do a "what aboot that then, eh?" ad