Bid for Florian Thauvin made

[Ramone]

GFN France are reporting that we've made a 10m Euro bid for Florian Thauvin, however Marseille have made an identical bid. Thauvin is reportedly more interested in moving to OM however Lille are adamant that they do not want to sell him to a club in the same division as them.

Here he is in action for Bastia

[beardface]

I know very little about him, but a potential signing is enough to make me

[Al-Calo]

We could have deployed our ex-Lille duo to persuade him if it wasn't for recent events.

[Wedge Head Tiote]

Seems a bit of a pointless to me, why bother with the same bid as Marseille if they got rejected. I suppose they won't want to sell to rivals but as he apparently has his 'heart set' on Marseille, it's probably just another one of those 'we tried' bids.

[tomtom94]

Piss off Marseille

[Yacob]

I think this will be a way of trying to get Ayew.

[Acid Hippo]

I think our 10m bid is more likely to be accepted than Marseilles, yeah, and just because he might prefer moving to them it doesn't mean he wouldn't want to come here.

Here's hoping anyway. Gomis talks back on and a bid made for Thauvin. Who knows, we could actually sign a player

[Remember Colo]

At least it seems like a legitimate bid, in the sense that 10m isn't chump change.

[krully]

A signing I've actually heard of and hes good! hope we get him.

[Jaiston]

Smells like our bid for N'zogbia and the Dutch striker a year or two ago.

[Yacob]

I think he won't want to come here. GFN are very negative about our chances. This is just a way of keeping us quiet, it will never happen!

[Remember Colo]

I think he won't want to come here. GFN are very negative about our chances. This is just a way of keeping us quiet, it will never happen!

Well finding a load of quality players whose first choice is us would be quite a challenge right now!

[Smudger]

Seems a bit of a pointless to me, why bother with the same bid as Marseille if they got rejected. I suppose they won't want to sell to rivals but as he apparently has his 'heart set' on Marseille, it's probably just another one of those 'we tried' bids.

Exactly

Even if Lille refused to let him go to Marseille you'd know he was settling for us.

I think this will be a way of trying to get Ayew.

Think a more effective way would be bidding for Ayew .

[Blue & Maroon]

Smells like our bid for N'zogbia and the Dutch striker a year or two ago.

You're about as merry as diabetes

If this actually happens I wouldn't even care that we were his second choice

[Jaiston]

Smells like our bid for N'zogbia and the Dutch striker a year or two ago.

You're about as merry as diabetes

If this actually happens I wouldn't even care that we were his second choice

There is nothing to merry about to do with Newcastle this summer

[Yacob]

I think we will either get Gomis or nobody. Maybe a late loan for Ba as a last resort. If push comes to shove, Ba will join us, he won't get any football for Chelsea and he has already been dropped by Senegal

[Duke]

He's highly rated

[Heisen]

The only way he may possibly come here is if Lille reject Marseille's equal bid, which I'm sure isn't allowed.

[Ramone]

The only way he may possibly come here is if Lille reject Marseille's equal bid, which I'm sure isn't allowed.

St. Etienne rejected our bid for PEA which was higher than Dortmund's.

[Nobbys Trumpet]

The only way he may possibly come here is if Lille reject Marseille's equal bid, which I'm sure isn't allowed.

If it's not allowed we will bid 1p more. Muhahaha