As squad depth, Diame is good. If we want to change the starting line-up, we go for Gustavo.

I can't see Bayern letting Gustavo go in January/.

From what I've seen of him he's more Diaby than Song.

Think he could pair Arteta or play as the AM, but he isn't going to be competing for the holding position.

All for it because I think we'll see more out of Arteta and our midfield if we can get some athleticism in it.

definitely more diaby than song, but not really impressed that much by him. good player, but won't push us up in the top four this year. need better players.

Song was more Diaby than Song by the way.

I think signing Diame and Ba is the best we can hope for in January. And that should be enough to win us 'the prize'.

Diame's torn his hamstring, out for 12 weeks.

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Great news, means we can get him cheap now.

Who said he was just like Diaby? May have been on to something.

Release clause at £3.5 million according to the Mail. Hard to get a player of his quality who's proven in Premier League any cheaper. Just pay it already. I'm going to get pissed at the club if we don't sign him now.

Diame and Ba for 11-12m seems unreal. Not world beaters but that is insane.

Did Ba have this clause (or was it active) in the summer? seems weird that no one bid for him then..

I was under the impression that Premier league clubs don't (or aren't allowed to) have release clauses?

Dunno, I just read something along those lines on here. It's certainly not very common anway. And what's the point of even having a release clause of 3.5m?

Diame himself probably wanted one. He went to West Ham on a free transfer this summer and probably felt he belonged in a bigger club.

You can't even get business as good as this in FM, ffs. Just GOT to be signing these guys. World beaters or not, we would actually have real, honest-to-goodness squad depth.

Klaus wrote:

Diame himself probably wanted one. He went to West Ham on a free transfer this summer and probably felt he belonged in a bigger club.

Makes sense. Incidentally, were people impressed by his performances for Wigan or has he only been decent since he moved to West Ham?