This Magical Wide Player

[Rashid]

I'd take Ben Arga over even Quaresma.. he is the next Ronaldo.

[dudek#1]

Originally Posted by Rashid

I'd take Ben Arga over even Quaresma.. he is the next Ronaldo.

He's been linked to Arsenal twice a week since Christmas. I'd like to have him though.

[PaddyBerger15]

Originally Posted by Rashid

I'd take Ben Arga over even Quaresma.. he is the next Ronaldo.

Yep, he's cooking on solid fuel.

[Red Nick]

Originally Posted by dudek#1

He's been linked to Arsenal twice a week since Christmas. I'd like to have him though.

How much would he cost though

[JagSquared]

I would go with Silva. I think he would fit in perfectly on our wings. The pace and dribbling skills of Him, Babel & Torres interchanging with gerrard behind would be awesome.

Although Ribery would be quality too.

[Moo]

Depending on his price I'd go for Ashley Young.
I think he's proving himself at Villa and might not actually cost as much as a foreigner capable of playing at a similar level. He'd certainly be less of a risk in comparable terms.

[dudek#1]

Originally Posted by Red Nick

How much would he cost though

Dunno, about £15m - £20m? Guess they'd look to Modrić, Nani, Anderson fees and want a similar amount, if not more.

[Crazyhorse7778]

Lyon are tough negotiators, so 15-20m sounds about right.

[Red Nick]

Originally Posted by dudek#1

Dunno, about £15m - £20m? Guess they'd look to Modrić, Nani, Anderson fees and want a similar amount, if not more.

At that price he would be very interesting but you´d probably have to look at his performances in the CL to decide on his abiility to succeed here.

At least we now have some possibilities from the start of the thread when i couldnt think of anyone.

id be happy with any of

Silva
Ribbery
Ben Arfa
Ashley Young

[Sinos]

Originally Posted by Rashid

I'd take Ben Arga over even Quaresma.. he is the next Ronaldo.

IMO if he keeps progressing he'll be comparable to Zizou

[Red Nick]

Originally Posted by Sinos

IMO if he keeps progressing he'll be comparable to Zizou

Which does beg the question why would Lyon sell

[zigackly]

Originally Posted by Moo

Depending on his price I'd go for Ashley Young.
I think he's proving himself at Villa and might not actually cost as much as a foreigner capable of playing at a similar level. He'd certainly be less of a risk in comparable terms.

Weren't we interested when he went to Villa, but put off by the price of £8M rising to £10M? I don't think he'd be cheap at all.

[Crazyhorse7778]

Villa would want 15m+ for Young.

[dudek#1]

Originally Posted by Red Nick

Which does beg the question why would Lyon sell

There's only so far top quality players can go in the French League - it is obviously much weaker than Bundesliga, La Liga, Premiership, Serie A etc.

If the guy wants to succeed, he would have little option but to move on.

I think he'll stay there for a while though, he;s only about 18, 19 'innhe?

[PaddyBerger15]

Originally Posted by zigackly

Weren't we interested when he went to Villa, but put off by the price of £8M rising to £10M? I don't think he'd be cheap at all.

Neither do I Zig, in fact the words I'd use would be 'cost a fucking fortune'. We were in for him when he left Watford, but we baulked at the 9m Villa paid...given the crazy world we live in where a players valuation goes up by a million just for being on the telly with their laces done up properly, then why would Villa sell for under 15m? Why would Villa sell at all? They aren't impoverished and O'Neill is doing a grand job, Lerner will back him with proper dough in the Summer.

[CWD82]

Originally Posted by Red Nick

Which does beg the question why would Lyon sell

Maybe he would want to come here and follow in the illustrious footsteps of all his fellow countrymen who have gone on to be massive successes at our football club.

For what it's worth, him and Nasri are a cut above anything we've ever had from France to be fair

[Sinos]

Originally Posted by Red Nick

Which does beg the question why would Lyon sell

because Lyon always sell when the price is right

[Liverpoolway]

Originally Posted by Red Nick

YouTube - Hatem BEN ARFA

Sold but there again Cisse had an even better compilation and it is the french league

Try this:

YouTube - Hatem Ben Arfa - www.naszapilka.pl

Ben Arfa is amazing!

[Moo]

Originally Posted by PaddyBerger15

Neither do I Zig, in fact the words I'd use would be 'cost a fucking fortune'. We were in for him when he left Watford, but we baulked at the 9m Villa paid...given the crazy world we live in where a players valuation goes up by a million just for being on the telly with their laces done up properly, then why would Villa sell for under 15m? Why would Villa sell at all? They aren't impoverished and O'Neill is doing a grand job, Lerner will back him with proper dough in the Summer.

I'd pay £15m for him, which I think is reasonable when you think of the price some of the other players mentioned would go for.

Bentley, it seems, would cost £15m.
Ben Arfa, what £20m?
Ribery, £20-£25m?

I think Young has got everything we are looking for. He's young, has pace, creates goals, scores a few (used to be a striker), and is already proven/proving in the Premiership.

We may have baulked at the price before but then he was coming from Watford and was a bigger risk.

Villa would absolutely not want to sell, but if we put in a serious offer the lad himself might be tempted enough to put his foot down.

[dalglish2rush]

Originally Posted by Rashid

Ribery, Quaresma, etc.

these are the type of players who will win us the league, ribery has scored loads of goals aswell this season, and if eto becomes free we should try and sign him too,