Great news !

So JD is going to Man Citeh then.

Harry is a top negotiator and tyre kicker.

Or villa think they have been linked with a bid for him in recent weeks. But would be surprised if they paid silly / massive money for him! Gutted as would have loved to have him back at the lane!

chelski perhaps?

Yeah i guess Villa as well. They do have big money to spend if MoN really wants a player though. I don't think he would fit into Villa's current formation though, which is Young on the left, Milner on the right and Agbonlahor through the middle. OR maybe 'Arry is just bullshitting

I believe signing a LW a CB and a quality DM is more important than a a ST. We have players that can score goals and more goals will come with better balance to the team.

A good quality experienced CB is needed to replace Ledley King. Although I absolutely love this man and think he is the best CB in England, constantly having our center of defence tampered with does not breed consistency. I would love King to stay but take on a player/coach role but be a sub for us as he can also be very versatile.

A LW that can hug the line, beat their man and whip in good crosses is what we would all love to have. This is however very difficult to find for the right price. At the moment we just need a pretty decent LW who can put in a good cross and works well up and down the pitch.

This, along with a quality DM will provide the balance we need in our midfield to allow us not to score more goals and impose ourselves on teams so we don't need to buy a ST at the the moment. However saying this, I am not saying Zokora is not a quality DM, I think he has been playing very well. I just don't believe Zokora knows what his best role is. He is immensely versatile though and that is essential to have in any team.

If we sign a LW, the futures of Lennon and Bentley have been talked about. I would hope Lennon's future at the club would not be questioned as he has been our best player and is improving his final ball and overall play. People have questioned Bentley's future with us and rightly so. We payed alot of money for him and he just not performed. However I do not beilve RM is his best role.
At Arsenal, Bentley was being groomed as a possible successor to Bergkamp. This lad has all the ability to be this player However he needs to relieve some of his arrogance (which is not yet warranted), and be willing to put in hard graft and commitment to our cause. Despite saying all this I'm not sure there is room in our squad Bentley in that role

This raises more doubts over the unfortunate Dos Santos. Huge prospect but has been injured. I sadly see him being a casualty in the summer in which I see a reasonably large reshuffle (although not as exstensive as last summer).

Another reason for not buying a striker in Jan is that this transfer window is known for hikied up transfer fees, especially for strikers. So I expect to see a bit of business in the window, hopefully to help balance the team out a bit. If a striker does indeed come in I expect HR to find some striker on loan as he does not want to be done over in terms of such a high transfer this window

harry won't pay over the odds for nobody thats why he's only willing to pay 15 mil for dopey downing ;-)

You got to love the way HR does EVERYTHING through the press!

It's like he switches his interior monologue onto loudspeaker when he gets into the press room.

We know where we are with him, and he keeps it simple. And he at least seems set on finally getting a LW in.

Time will tell whether his approach and aspirations fit with THFC.

a striker is a must IMHO

perhaps 2

I take all of HR's transfer statements with a chip shop full of salt

JR played it close to his chest

Harry tells us everything and in all likelihood nothing, barring the bleedin obvious

well, that is a shame. Would honestly love JD back at the lane.

£20 million for Defoe, Man City must be mad, will that mean Bellemy on his way to White Hart Lane,

We have been blunt up front all season.

Blinking hope someone is.

It does sound like Man City, but god knows why they want someone like Defoe. With Wright-Phillips and Robinho already at the club i'd expect them to want an out and out striker in a 4-3-3 formation. Although it wouldn't surprise me if Real Madrid are linked with him. They're already being linked some unexpected Premier League players now that Ramos is in charge.

think its either villa or citeh to be honest.

villa would have him to play alongside agbonlahor and to give them a bit more depth, and citeh will have him with robinho as the rest of city's strikers are cack!!!!!!

would like to have seen him come back but if we have been outpriced what can we do?????

what a difference 6 months make from eto'o, villa, capel, arshavin, milito, to craig bellamy!!

offload bentley for whatever we can get...he's crap

There's a lot of smoke screens coming out of WHL I think, so much conflicting rumour and news that I think a lot of it is intended as mis-direction.

I'm glad Harry wants a left winger and a striker, but I still think we really badly need a proper DM.