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Some canny players out of contract in the summer. Using www.transfermarkt.de I put together a team of realistic targets that would improve the team IMO Out of contract XI GK: Michael Rensing Age: 25 Nationality: German Club: FC Bayern Munich Contract expires: 30.6.2010 YouTube: RB: Mouhamadou Dabo Age: 25 Nationality: French Club: AS Saint-Étienne Contract expires: 30.6.2010 YouTube: CB: Tomáš Hubočan Age: 24 Nationality: Slovakian Club: Zenit St. Petersburg Contract expires: 30.12.2010 CB: Andrea Coda Age: 24 Nationality: Italian Club: Udinese Calcio Contract expires: 30.6.2010 LB: Ludovic Baal Age: 23 Nationality: French Club: Le Mans UC 72 Contract expires: 30.6.2010 RW: Tom Cleverley Age: 20 Nationality: English Club: Manchester United Contract expires: 30.6.2010 YouTube: CMF: Atiba Hutchinson Age: 27 Nationality: Canadian Club: FCK Copenhagen Contract expires: 30.6.2010 YouTube: (3:25) CMF: Andrés D'Alessandro Age: 28 Nationality: Argentinean Club: Sport Club Internacional Contract expires: 1.8.2010 YouTube: LW: Gonzalo "Chori" Castro Age: 25 Nationality: Uruguayan Club: RCD Mallorca Contract expires: 30.6.2010 YouTube: FW: Juan Ángel Albín Age: 23 Nationality: Uruguayan Club: Getafe CF Contract expires: 30.6.2010 YouTube: FW: José Paolo Guerrero Age: 26 Nationality: Peruvian Club: Hamburger SV Contract expires: 30.6.2010 YouTube: Subs: RB: Albin Ebondo (Toulouse) CMF: Joe Ledley (Cardiff City) FW: Kris Boyd (Rangers FC)

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Løvenkrands to sign 3-year deal according to danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet

Creative/playmaker: Gomez Wingers: Brunt Commons Hunt Morrison Defensive: Gunnarsson All-round (box-to-box/ball-winners): Hutchinson Skjelbred Ledley Delph

Which of these players can we realistically sign in the summer? We need at least 3 defenders, 4 midfielders and 2 forwards imo. Shortlist: GK: Ross Turnbull (Middlesbrough) Keiren Westwood (Coventry City) Ben Foster (Man Utd) - Loan DEF: Joe Mattock (Leicester City) Daniel Fox (Coventry City) Gábor Gyepes (Cardiff City) Mark Beevers (Sheff Wed) Kyle Naughton (Sheff Utd) Liam Rosenior (Reading) Chris Armstrong (Reading) Ozcar Wendt (FC København) Michael Mancienne (Chelsea) – Loan Emiliano Insua (Liverpool) - Loan MID: Joe Ledley (Cardiff City) Fabian Delph (Leeds Utd) Stephen Hunt (Reading) Jordi Gomez (Espanyol) Chris Brunt (WBA) James Morrison (WBA) Kris Commons (Derby) Aron Gunnarsson (Coventry City) Per Ciljan Skjelbred (Rosenborg BK) Atiba Hutchinson (FC København) Darron Gibson (Man Utd) – Loan Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) - Loan FOR: Ross McCormack (Cardiff City) Kevin Doyle (Reading) Marlon King (Wigan) Jermaine Beckford (Leeds Utd) Søren Larsen (Toulouse) - Loan Fraizer Campbell (Man Utd) – Loan Carlos Vela (Arsenal) - Loan I think most players from the Scandinavian leagues would consider it a step up playing in the Championship, plus the Shearer-effect (e.g. Skjelbred)...

Think he will go to the Premiership tbh. Then Ross McCormack

Kevin Doyle.

I would dig a little hole under SJP and live in it if we signed Diego. Heh, me too Can't believe he hasn't moved to Spain (Real or Barca) yet... Imagine him and Fellaini in our midfield Zog Diego Fellaini Jonas = Top 4

Dream: The "wow-signing" is: A more realistic dream: > Arda Turan (Galatasaray) > Marouane Fellaini (Standard Liège) > Javier Saviola (Real Madrid) > Sébastien Pocognoli (AZ Alkmaar) + > Owen and Milner signs new contracts OUT: > Smith to Everton > Ameobi to Ipswich (on loan, to prove his fitness) > Milner to Villa

SWP (£10-12m) would definately be an upgrade on Larsson (£4-5m), but would also be more expencive. I think we need to think quantity instead of quality at this moment of time. We desperately need more players, as our squad is waaay to thin.

NUFC First team (18): Shay Given Steve Harper Habib Beye Steven Taylor Fabricio Coloccini José Enrique Sebastien Bassong Claudio Caçapa Jonas Gutierrez Nicky Butt Danny Guthrie Charles N’Zogbia Geremi Njitap Joey Barton Damien Duff Michael Owen Obafemi Martins Mark Viduka Cover (4): GK: Tim Krul, Fraser Foster DF: David Edgar MF: Kazenga LuaLua FW: Andy Carroll Possible Transfers Out (3): > Alan Smith > Shola Ameobi > James Milner As it stands we need at least 3 new players (4 if any of Smith/ Ameobi/ Milner leaves): > Sebastian Larsson: Direct replacement for Milner > Javier Saviola: More options in attack/ playmaker-role > Sebastien Pocognoli: Competition/ cover at LB > Gökhan Inler: As a replacement for Butt

Given Beye Taylor Coloccini Enrique Milner Butt Guthrie Jonas Martins Duff --- --- Rooney Tevez Giggs Carrick Scholes Fletcher Evra Vidic Ferdinand Brown Van der Sar 1-0

1. 19 goals and 6 assists in 39 games 2. He's 26 3. Blackburn doesn't have to sell

Transfers In: Carlos Cuéllar (£4-5m) Tiago Mendes (£7-8m) Niko Kranjčar (£7-8m) Roque Santa Cruz (£10-12m) Jimmy Bullard (£3-4m) Steven Fletcher (£2-3m) Stephen McManus (£3-4m) Total: £36m Transfers Out: Damien Duff (£3m) Charles N’Zogbia (£7m) Shola Ameobi (£2m) Emre Belozoglu (£4m) Alan Smith (£4m) Claudio Caçapa (£500k) Steven Carr (£500k) Total: £21m NUFC: 4-3-1-2 Steve Harper Habib Beye – Abdoulaye Faye – Carlos Cuéllar – José Enrique Joey Barton – Tiago Mendes – Niko Kranjčar Michael Owen Roque Santa Cruz– Obafemi Martins Subs: Shay Given, Steven Taylor, Stephen McManus, Jimmy Bullard, James Milner, Mark Viduka, Steven Fletcher, Geremi Njitap, Nicky Butt, David Edgar, Andy Carroll, Fraser Forster.

CB: Carlos Cuéllar (Rangers) CB / DMC: Rubén de la Red (Getafe / Real Madrid) MC: Esteban Granero (Getafe / Real Madrid) AMC: Andrei Arshavin (Zenit) ST: Mario Gómez (Stuttgart)