What has happened to us? *rubs eyes in disbelief*

why buy out contracts, those 4 togther are worth 3-4m, glad your not running the club and anyway, shola and mcloven still have something to offer, look at thier goals last season

 

C'mon the zog ill be happy if we sign him and 1 striker in my opinion it will be one of the best transfer windows i can remember apart from signing shearer !!

 

I dont know why everyone is assuming we've signed 3 'class' players. They might end up being **** as they cant settle in this
league.

 

because they are all 'class' players. 1 of them has already settled into the prem and just because the other 2 don't doesn't make them ****

 

Ba - Better than 1 in 3 scorer in the Bundesliga, settled into the English game perfectly, 10 caps already for Senegal.
Cabaye - Regular for Ligue 1 champions Lille, averaged 10 goals and 10 assists for the past 2 seasons. Has broken into the national side.
Marveux - An important player for Ligue 1 Rennes and a former French U21. Scored 1 in 3 as a winger in 09/10 before suffering from injury problems the following season.

I think we can safely say these three are all at least 'decent' and an improvement on our second string at worst. They're all at a great age and between the three of them have racked up a modest £4.5m in transfer fees.

Most importantly in my opinion, each of the clubs involved were disappointed to see them leave. Lille fans and players had nothing but praise for Cabaye, it was a relegation clause that allowed arguably West Ham's best player to leave on a free and Marveux allowed his contract to run down, he was very much still wanted.

Until they prove otherwise I think based on their playing history we can safely say we have made three class signings.