hate it when a lot of people on here say buying him would be good just because we were after him before, despite not knowing anything about him. I know nothing about him and have never heard/seen of him therefore believe we could do a lot better. diame would have been a boss free signing. You know your european footy - who would be a boss box-to-box like centre mid with a good engine who would be interested/in our price range?
Same, that really annoys me, he was a last minute thing because Essien wasn't available. He's decent but not for us, not really what we need I think. In my opinion not that it means much we should be looking at a couple of CM's:
Kelvin Leerdam from Feyenoord is a great DM who likes to get up and down the pitch can control the game and has a good passing range. Is out of contract in the summer after falling out with Koeman so will available in jan for a minimal fee, is only 22 but could be a really great player i think
Pirmin Schwegler from Frankfurt is a tidy player, 25 got 11 caps for Swtizerland and wouldn't cost an arm and a leg, don't know that much about him but he is good from what i've seen of him
Roman Neustädter from Schalke is a great player, more of a holding player though but he is always all over the pitch and has popped up with a few goals this term, would cost a bit more as he only signed in the summer and they are still in the CL, maybe next summer
Magnus Wolf Eikrem from Molde - good player, good engine, likes a short, was a trainee at United but got let go scored some good goals for their reserves, only 22 and he's got a boss name
could also be looking at lucas biglia (anderlecht), victor perez (valladolid), alain wiss (lucerna), amir abrashi (grasshoppers), Dominik Beutler (Dortmund)