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Wrong. Downing quite clearly is the priority target for Dalglish. It is either we are after both, or downing is first choice mata is 2nd. Doesn't matter who you consider to be the better player Dalglish quite clearly fancies british, and he quite clearly favours Downing.

May I ask how do you know this?

Proof is in the pudding, look at what's going on. You are right I said it too matter of factly as no one can know what's going on behind the scenes. My post was deliberately a bit to full on to combat his that was very matter of fact whilst all the evidence contradicts him.

just because you read it in the media and on the internet doesn't exactly make it factual does it? if that was the case we'd have a squad of 250 players. there is no proof and no pudding... its all chinese whispers. sometimes you just have to use your head

We need a winger who is lightening and terrifying to have any chance next season on improving where we finished. Our competitors haven't stood still either. Downing just doesn't fit that bill however you look at it. He may improve the weakness there at around the same money as Adam, but that's not going to wash with Villa, so why an earth we keep pursuing this at silly money (if true we are even if for him) I do not know.

Mata all day or look elsewhere.

Dunk perhaps you can have a word with Kenny!

I'd certainly have Lennon over Downing too at the right price. Villa are just too gready and we should just ignore them if they want 20m.

Personally I'd much rather have Santi Carzola than Downing or Mata. I really hope the rumors are true in relation to him. Think that he's a real team player with a lot of intellegence.

That is very good advice mate, use it. There is a difference between the stories about downing and little chinese whispers about Liverpool going for aguero isn't there. If you were to use your head you could separate them.

IMO, it's very likely we're legitimately interested in signing both.

Sky Sports' correspondent in Spain is reporting that 2 English clubs are negotiating with Mata having both met the £25m price clause. He named one of the clubs as Arsenal, but couldn't name the other one.

Let's look at this. Who else could the other English club be? Money would be on either ourselves and Man City, right? Which club tries to do their business quietly, and which club loves having their name out there when going after players?

If indeed we are the other club negotiating with him, then the fact that we bid a couple of days ago for Downing, would suggest that we're interested in signing both of them.

Just thinking out loud, feel free to challenge that.

Forget Downing. Go for Mata and Arda!