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According to SSN Lucas asked for a permission to part his ways with the club and move to Spain or Italy, even London would be his preferable option. His family and delightful bird can't settle and that's why he handed in a transfer request, but it's yet to be confirmed. Thanks to Neill Jones and Rory Smith we know, that some French club (probably Marseille because of problems with M'Bia) might have sniffed - perhaps swap for Ben Arfa, as we're hijacking the deal according to some pages?

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Logical for me. Lucas ain't a central midfielder, neither box-to-box nor a media punta, he's not a defensive midfielder and a deep-lying playmaker he isn't too. He can't partner Gerrard in CM because Gerrard can't dictate the tempo, he can't be a good sweeper because Mascherano lacked tactical discipline. He can't be a second Xabi. even though he is the best pass&move in the team and his first touch is great, because Carra and Steven don't pass to him and other players don't move and don't understand Lucas philosophy, they're just too daft for our Brasilian genius. Kidding, of course:)

 

To sum it up, we have a prospect aged nearly 24 and we will be lucky to get the money back we paid for him. His deal expires in two years and we in a desperate need of money. Some people want to build a team around him saying neither 3 nor 2 midfield suits him (sic), but we can make no gambles. We' ll sign Mahamadou Diarra instead of Mascherano and some real star to play in the centre, letting Gerrard take off the striker role and also deputise as an anchorman. Defour, Banega, Asamoah, Capoue, Javi Martinez, Hamsik might be on our radar.

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We are supposed to be interested in Gary Medel. Him and Defour would do nicely as replacements for Masch and Lucas, but we are almost certainly too late in the transfer window to get everything done. Wouldn't mind us going for Ben Arfa and/or N'Zogbia as well as we badly need to strengthen the wide positions.

 

I'm guessing Konchesky is a given now that Fulham have signed Salcido.

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Ha! That's fucking rich... No chance at a replacement this close to the end of the window.

 

It's almost as if someone at the club asked him to hold fire until the end of August....

"Of course we would have liked to sign replacements for Reina, Agger, Kelly, Skrtel, Mascherano, Lucas, Riera, Gerrard, Torres, Kuyt and Babel, but there just wasn't time after I'd been to Barclays and RBS self service paying in machines" said Purslow next Wednesday morning....

"It's OK though we have some promising youngsters, like Konchesky".

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