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I'll have to see it to believe it.

Some reports are saying Spurs have put in a bid for Allen, if true it's far from a done deal for us, as some seem to think.

I agree but at the moment (with all the midfielders we've got), I think Shelvey is way down the pecking order and will only make a limited number of meaningful appearances. If we have a huge clear out of players then perhaps he'll have more opportunities at Liverpool.

Whilst Shelvey is probably more ready to make the step up to the first team than Sterling, the lack of depth/quality on the left wing means there will be more opportunities for Raheem than Jonjo. At least that's how I see it or how it could possibly turn out, I maybe way off but it's hard to say at the moment.

We're probably going to play with 3 central midfielders. Lucas and gerrard are shoe-ins for 2 of the spots leaving just one place up for grabs. BR failed to get gylfi and now looks set to be after joe allen.....whoever he signs will no doubt get that 3rd central midfield spot. That means we will have shelvey, adam, spearing and henderson all hoping for a pace on the bench. I can see a midfielder or 2 leaving the club.....

Yeh I agree and certainly hope so! But if there will be 3 midfield spots then (on our current squad) Shelvey is probably behind Adam, Henderson, Spearing and possibly even Downing. So rather than him be behind all of them and play rarely, I'd like to see him move to Swansea on loan - a club that plays exactly the type of football we want to emulate (should Michael Laudrup employ the same system as Brendan Rogers).

But like you say, if a couple leave then opportunities might be more available for him at Liverpool.

don't forget aquilani and cole. our midfield is jam packed.

Good point, I forgot about them. We definitely need to sell some players - not just to raise funds for purchases but because we've got way too many players on 1st team wages that won't be getting more than a handful of games next season. If we can sell spearing and henderson plus let shelvey out on loan we'd still have more than enough cover.
BR wouldn't be looking at midfeld players unless he planned to get rid of a few.

I completely agree.

I still cant believe we are paying 15 million for a player as a Club in our position even if we did have the money why are we spending so much on a midfiel position where we are already overloaded when we are in dire need of quality in other areas. I get the same feeling with this deal as the one a few years ago when we had the best defensive record in the League, scored the most goals in the League at the time yet the Club went out and spent 20 million pound on the awfuly, woefuly Mascherano when we already had Sissoko doing a fine job, we bought this Argentine waster when we were crying out for a top class winger or partner for Torres.

Mascherano was quality,ask Barcelona.... I wish we could even be linked with players of his calibre again. Spurs will nick this Allen kid anyway because we won't pay the full amount.