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Might be worth reviewing Bull's offer for Lampard, multiple papers are stating that no contact talks had taken place, he's had offers elsewhere but wants to stay in the premier league

Damn you GSC, damn you to hell. I thought that with him being out of favour, and him having that release clause, I might sway you.

Will let the others know

Agent said he was in negotiations with Arsenal and other clubs lol

His agent's playing Bilbao to get a new deal. They're crazy to let him go, Llorente too.

Nothing Bilbao can do. Can't compete wage wise.

Sounds like the team he's been linked with

Bull (5/5):
Álvaro Domínguez Soto, Borussia Moenchengladbach to Stoke, £6.5m = NO - he'd not be interested in signing for a team of Stoke's status.

Nando (1 and 2/5):
Abdelaziz Barrada, Getafe to Southampton, £5m = NOT RIGHT NOW - Malaga have the small matter of a huge Champions League game coming up, the increase in prize money being much greater than the paltry sum offered here.

Bruno Soriano, Villareal to Southampton, £8.5m - Top club side clause - £17.5m = £8.5m fee plus £12.5m release clause to any club required

Liam:

Mattia De Sciglio, Milan to QPR, £7m - NO - he's a huge talent and there's no way they'd sell.

Trebs:

Nile Ranger, Free Agent to Fulham - YES - but he has no value, you cannot release him for a fee, and he must start 2 of the remaining 9 games this season else he'll leave on a free.

Sebastien Corchia, Sochaux to Fulham, £2m - NOT RIGHT NOW - they need him for their relegation fight, and he's worth quite a bit more anyway. Maybe at the end of the season.

Daley Blind, Ajax to Fulham, £1m - NO - Blind has publicly stated several times that he wants to stay, and I have read that they are sitting down this month to get that new deal done.

Angelo Ogbonna, Torino to Fulham, £8m - NOT RIGHT NOW - again, Torino need him for the rest of the season. Maybe at the end of the season, for a higher fee.

CF:

Paul McShane, Hull to Swansea, £2.2m = YES

El Dios:
Marco van Ginkel - Vitesse - £1m - NOT RIGHT NOW - Vitesse are fighting for the title. This is also a horrendously insulting offer for such a talented player.

Tonny Vilhena - Feyenoord - £1.5m - NOT RIGHT NOW - same as all three of these bids, Feyenoord are fighting for the title. He's worth more than the offer as well.

Viktor Fischer, PSV to West Brom, £1m Loan - plus £3m to make permanent - NO - this las is a huge star and worth far, far, far more than this. Ajax are also fighting for the Dutch title.

Azzy - Could you do my player offers for this week, I'll get the rest done later today and get the whole lot posted by tonight. Cheers!

Need to think about signing a winger and attacking midfielder this week! Any suggestions?

Mate I am fresh out of suggestions, I spent 20mins earlier and couldn't come up with one name for my FTs this week

Reading's POs:

Iago Aspas, £11m to Sevilla
Daniel Carrico, £2.5m to Benfica

I think we should do three a week, same as injuries - what do you think mate?

Just got back in, will respond in a bit

No probs GSC, just thankful you help us with all this

And my two as well please

Azzy (1 and 2/5):

Daniele Bonera, AC Milan to Sunderland, £4m

Danny Rose, Tottenham to Sunderland, £2m to covert his loan to permanent

Someone doesn't like my defence

Fulham's:

Martin Stekelenburg
Curtis Davies
Nathan Redmond

Are these from that bloke picking random numbers?

No it's a woman. Who went for the obvious #1 answer first time!

Azzy Mahmood wrote:Mate I am fresh out of suggestions, I spent 20mins earlier and couldn't come up with one name for my FTs this week

Reading's POs:

Iago Aspas, £11m to Sevilla
Daniel Carrico, £2.5m to Benfica

I think we should do three a week, same as injuries - what do you think mate?

Yeah Sure, let's bump it up to 3! I'll need another one from you though Azzy.

Jay Tabb, £1m to Nottingham Forest

Agreed

No to Bonera, think he'd have better options

Rose yes

Hey GSC - some new ones here:

Bull (1/5):
Sulley Muntari, Milan to Stoke, £6.5m - £7.5m required, plus free ties for life

Gregers (1/5):
Jeremy Toulalan, Malaga to Wigan, £12.5 million - NO - there is no possible reason why a player with Toulalan's pedigree would sign for Wigan. Plus Malaga might have money, but they will get more for him than that.

Marky (1, 2 and 3/5):
Jores Okore, Nordsjaellend to Aston Villa, £5m - YES, PLUS £8M RELEASE FEE TO BIGGER CLUB

Joseph Yobo, Fenerbahce to Aston Villa, £5m - YES

Mateo Musacchio, Villareal to Aston Villa, £5m - NO - he'd have better offers elsewhere

Agree with all

Strootman: NO, I could see the argument with the spine of the Swansea team intact, but not hoofball Swansea.

Also no to Dawson, hes first choice and in great form for Spurs atm.

Dunno about t'other 3

GSC, what do you think then?

CF (1/5):
Kevin Strootman, PSV to Swansea, £14m - NO - PSV are fighting for the title, and he'd be after a move to a much bigger club.

Trebs (1, 2, 3 and 4/5):
Martin Caceres, Juventus to Fulham, £7.5m - NO - he's played for much bigger teams in the past and is part of a successful Juventus side, and making no noises about wanting to leave. He also plays CB for Juve when I've seen him.

Heiko Westermann, Hamburg to Fulham, £4m - NOT RIGHT NOW - Hamburg are embroiled in a tense and very close race for European places, and it makes no sense for them to sell their best defender (and for so little too).

Michael Dawson, Tottenham to Fulham, £5m - NO - first choice CB under AVB. Has been publicly praised by him too.

Jean Francois Gillet, Torino to Fulham, £1.5m - £2.5m required

Nando (1/5):
Lee Chung-Yong, Bolton to Southampton, £3m - £4m required

Alright

Come on man, I need a quality centre back.

So do I, I have Gallas and Lescott for God's sake

This is the most difficult time of the year for FT bids. All the big teams are fighting for trophies, all the second-tier teams have cup runs / european places to fight for, leaving us to fight for the scraps from mid-table and below (and relegation battles sometimes mean a 'no' as well!).

If we're still going in April/May time then FTs will get easier, as the tables will be decided and we can sell players like Westermann.

Azzy, I have the 'weakest defense in the league'

Well then I'd be buying new full backs first mate, they're your weak link imo

Hey Lads.

Fernando/GSC/Trebs, How would you guys feel about putting the league on hold for a week? I was thinking with the time, we could try and bring in managers so everybody can commit to their fixtures... and give us the chance to catch up on other admin duties etc.. all foreign offers and adding Marky to the admin section. Just a suggestion for now but there's some stuff here that needs sorting out.

Yeah good for me

Just bought a laptop, I'll get a plan sorted tonight. this week we regroup, next week get the league going again.

I like the sounds of that Trebs.

Once we get a plan into action, we'll have to make a joint announcement at some point tomorrow, perhaps we could give each manager 5 Million each or something so it not only sweetens they're transfer funds, but they also remain active within the league

I'll have a word with Tooze, as he did mention that he would take over a side if we're in trouble.

Right, we need to get the roles sorted:

Injuries - Trebs
Foreign Offers - Enigma
Tactics - Fernando
Releases - Marky
Results - Enigma
Foreign Transfers - GSC/Marky

We need to get Marky made an admin really. I don't think the additional £5m all around is necessary if I'm honest.

The additional 5 Million was purely to stop any moaners appearing such as Bull etc.. I mean this way they'll also see it as a opportunity to bid on players which keeps the transfer market moving along.

There's a few more roles which need seeing too. Media needs somebody to post weekly questions, I would do it but with taking on Results I don;t have time now. The league table and Top Goal Scorers also need more attention and should be updated on a weekly basis.

I'll do Media

Cheers Trebs. I'll have to give who ever is in charge of league table & top scores a gentle reminder about weekly updates

Things to do:
- Make Marky an admin - for foreigns
- Choose a new overall leader of the league
- Release a statement
- Go through all of the pages and update.
- Find a couple of new managers

Also, foreigns should be kept as consistent as possible despite different runners.

So Trebs, Do you think we should put the league on hold this week so we can re-group.

If you think so, when's the best time to make the announcement?

We'll have to get through that list this week

Yes put an annuncement up

Trebs - Would you be interested in swapping some duties with me? It's going to be increasingly difficult for me to put results up on a Tuesday as I'm going to be working overtime for the next few week's as we've got a big assignment on.

In return, I'd happily take over media duties and to sweeten the deal, I could do player Injuries too Have a think, mull it over and get back to me. You'd be really helping us out, and that's all you have to do for the week

Sorry Enigma, I'm taking on the maximum I can handle already.

Well unless somebody can swap with me, either the results day is moved or I'll have to step down from doing results.

Just thought, you'd only get one duty a week and I'd be taking the 2 away from you your already doing.

Thing is they both take two minutes and don't have to be done at a set time.

Enigma, I think you should take charge of the league and run things as you see fit, if that means mixing up the days, so be it.

Damm! I've really got myself into a hole here.

I could potentially do results, what do I actually have to do.

My tuesdays currently read 9am- Lecture 10am-done for the day

GSC, you collect all of the predictions and combine them to form results, Azzy can explain how it's decided. Also note those who don't predict.

Maybe GSC could do results/votes, and Enigma joins me on Foreigns?

Fine, I'll do results, Enigma can do foreigns with you