18 Dec 2013 18:20:55
Also ed, do you think there is any rekindled interest in Defour, we've had people at Porto games watching whoever, and Defour seems to have been starting a few games and playing regularly for Porto recently. He'd be an improvement on our thin midfield at the moment.
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{Ed002's Note - Only if you are an Anderlecht fan.}
18 Dec 2013 18:11:23
Ed, do you know of any interest in 2 young players Dorin Rotariu of dynamo Bucharest labelled "the new RVP" and Maximilliun Arnold of Wolfsburg labelled "the new ozil". Sorry about the labels but only what I saw in a few reports today.
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{Ed002's Note - Sorry - I can't help.}
Never heard of these guys, where did you hear we were interested. I know we are having a Bulgarian defender on trial but not these guys.
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Reports online GCU on a few sports pages.
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18 Dec 2013 17:30:06
Copied from beeb:
Sevilla playmaker Ivan Rakitic, who has been linked with a possible January move to Manchester United, Chelsea or Liverpool, expresses frustration with his side's lack of progress. "Such is the nature of our business. I'm in Seville for three years now and in this time many things have changed, " the 25-year-old told Slovakian website Nogomania. "If there is no success, if there are no trophies, frustration grows. Everything has changed."
Ed, do you know of any interest from utd? If so, would he be available in jan and would he be the central playmaker utd need?
Thanks
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{Ed002's Note - The long term interest in him is from Lazio where he was expected to move in the summer. Personally I do not see him moving in January.}
I remember Rakitic moving to Sevilla for around 4.5 - 5 million a while back, it was around the same time SAF said there was no value in the market. He was still a good player then but more of a poor mans Modric. I'm not convinced he'd be that great for is though for the money being quoted but he is good from set pieces which is something we don't have in abundance either.
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Would rather go for Matic to be honest. both are quite pricey
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