If you have £30m to spare then as long as there is nobody else interested you could be in with a chance of bony...any offer less than that will be laughed off and thrown in the bin...
Part of me wishes we'd spent that little extra on Bony than Baloshitty. But also part of me thinks we should have tried to get someone better than both and thats the bigger part.If you have £30m to spare then as long as there is nobody else interested you could be in with a chance of bony...any offer less than that will be laughed off and thrown in the bin...
Would anyone take a look at Charlie Austin...?![]()
As a backup striker.
You should know by now I don';t like signing back-up players![]()

Lol I'm well aware.
But he would be the ideal back up striker instead of Lambert - someone who knows how to get in the box and score goals.
We should be aiming better than him, we should be aiming better than Bony, Benteke and Balotelli too!Two players whose contracts are expiring: Kono and James Milner. Wouldn't mind them.
ATM, he'd be first choice for us. However, I was obviously saying his name with my tongue firmly planted in my cheekWe should be aiming better than him, we should be aiming better than Bony, Benteke and Balotelli too!
I've always liked Milner, if used properly he is a very good player. He's not a winger, he's a energetic battling midfielder. Problem is he's 28 turning 29 in January and will be on big wages too.
I think the Kono ship has sailed.
Completely agree - I don't want us buying anyone from the UK market full stop.


Definitely - he's a quality CM who doesn't get the credit he deserves. True but I think our midfield needs some experience.
Kono on a free - would provide pace and versatility. It would take the pressure off some other players as well. Shaqiri would be the one for me though.
You saying you wouldn't buy Aguero, Sanchez, Hazard. Costa, etc...?
PS...I know they are unrealistic, just playing
If we signed Milner, there would be a backlash from most fans since he is so unappreciated. Not exactly what we need atm either mind.
Nope I wouldn't because of the costs - I would have signed them all BEFORE they made their moves and became top class players.
Agreed on Milner - some fans would feel underwhelmed. But I think we do need him because our midfield is sh*t. Henderson offers little on the ball. Both he and Allen are very good squad players at best. We need midfielders who can actually run with the ball.
I like Hendo and I'd still keep in in the side, same goes for Lallana. Those three work ridiculous hard and are all very good at pressing too. Playing all three would give us bags of energy, put opposition under intense pressure and make us hard to beat.
Hendo's just on a poor patch of form (confidence or pressure of being VC) but he certainly can still be a top midfielder for us. I wouldn't be entertaining the idea of relegating him to squad player yet.
Jimmy makes great points about Hendo. Unfortunately, I wouldn't groom him even as a DM, as though he's energetic without the ball, one MUST have high football IQ to play the DM role. We rushed making him vice captain. I'd sell him tbh.
Haha whoa I wouldn't go that far.
But we certainly need better midfielders - our central midfield is seriously weak and cannot control a match.
I do hope we sign William Carvalho to beast up the DM role and Emre Can is given more starts.