*barca

the sneijder deal could be quite simple.rvp and sneijder are now good friends so rvp could help to persuade him to join-if the board of inter will listen to a certain amount of money im sure benitez would rather sell to us than ferguson at man utd-IF cesc wants to leave sell him to inter and use the money to buy sneijder-benitez will use the money to try and buy gerrard or torres.

@nick Theres one price that would work for me with inter, swap cesc 4 sneijder and ballotelli and let them deal with the barca bullsh*t

i have faith in wenger bringing in the right signings.

@RVP…. Sneijder would be epic but I don’t see Inter letting him go at any price we could/would afford. I’d like to see a push for Van Der Vaart

i agree that de jong is better than melo all round but i cant see city selling him to us.i agree that i wouldnt like to see us swap clichy for melo as clichy is loyal and when at his best he is world class but the last couple of seasons he hasnt been great and maybe wenger feels the time is right for gibbs.swp would be a good addition to the squad maybe he wouldn’t get in our first 11 but he is a class player.schwarzer would be a good buy for 3mil and with j.cole i would like to see us signing but if he doesnt then its not a big deal we could get someone better—SNEIJDER

@ ny

scharner is decent player hard nosed defender/midfielder???but has lost the plot over the last 2 seasons..he has been inconsistent…i dont think arseene will go for him

de jong is good but lacks height in key areas…i pick melo (the ferocious beast)over him….on the basis of zeal, tough tackling, no nonsense approach and i think he has more power than de jong.

De Jong = Yes
SWP = No (all sentimental due to Mr Wright Wright Wright!)

Another

CB Yes
GK Yes

Adopt the World Cup formation 4-2-3-1 you can see some logic in this.

GK (TBA)

BS – LK – TV – GC
AS – DJ
RVP – CF – AA
MC

Question is who fills in for AS/DJ when/ if injured elsewhere other than CB (new face promised) we have ample cover

SWP is not in form.In form SWP is better than J.Cole , Ronaldo and Messi.We should grab him .We need somebody like him to do a miracle in the opposition box.Other wise we again will end up losing/drawing the games by having a lot of possession , sniffing around the penalty box worrying how to get inside.

Also I prefer De Jong over Melo and if we are in search for a 4th choice CB cum 2nd choice DM , remember Paul Scharner is still available for free.

Barca are in a big financial mess, like most other “big” clubs. Most of them have to start selling players for income generation.
This may sound crazy today, but if I were running Barca, I’d go to Arsene and try to swap Cesc+10Mil for Xavi or Iniesta. This may make sense for both teams.

BTW, how many players do ManCity need? They keep buying players… I reckon a big clearance sale by the end of summer by ManCity.