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There''s no way we''ll sign Barmby. Megson has said he wants to bring in players of Premiership quality. A bloke who''s been released by a first division, fizzy pop league, etc. club isn''t going to go to any premiership team. I''d expect to see him go to a smaller club like wolves or ipswich.

Teamtalk have already ''Claimed'' that us and the dingles are ''Locked in a fierce battle'' to sign him. Whether we will express an interest or not is doubtful. Megson as already stated he is trying to keep his cards close to his chest, so it''s unlikely any official interest will be announced. However, like I say we have already been linked with him by the ''Highly reliable'' ;) teamtalk website so expect tomorrows papers and WBA websites to be full of speculation. Out of interest, would any of you have him at your club?

I''m an Albion fan mate, (Not that Zlatan I might add) I''ve posted on here about some transfer targets of ours a few weeks ago.

That''s us mate, not Norwich.

It''s a fix! ;) I fully expect Norwich to be top of the league at 5.00 p.m. on Saturday August the 14th :D

Eh! Eh! Eh! I think everyone should just calm down, calm down eh!

:D I know what you mean, but in terms of inpact both players could have on a season, looking back now even though Purse may be an integral part of our defence next season, but I should have thought a bit more, Bentley has the potential to transform your season if he lives up to his expectations, while Purse, although he may prove to be an important player, will not have the effect on our season that Bentley will have on yours. Sorry my mistake. Out of interest, what other players have you been linked with in recent weeks by the media? I''ve heard nothing but fans specualtion regarding transfer rumours about Norwich, while with Albion various websites and newspapers seem to be linking us with different players every day!

In all honesty if Bentley performs next season for you as well as his reputation suggests he will have been a better signing than Purse. I also agree that if Huckerby had have signed for us than we would have finished top, but by signing for you, he made sure you finished there instead.

Again not wishing to seem as if I''m "having a go" (you seemed to crucify our zlatan ;)) but I believe most of tho posters here were quite keen on bringing Purse in. I for one think he is a fantastic signing, and was quite worried that if he signed for you your defence would become better quality. With Bentley, congratulations again on signing him, but with Purse we have a player with guaranteed Prem experience, while with Bentley even though he is being touted as the next Bergkamp,he is still quite unproven at this level. But I would have liked to see him sign for us. Also I''m just letting you know that the Hughes deal with Albion is supposed to have been done already apart from a medical. Thanks, W?

Don''t believe everything teamtalk says... It''s hardly the most reliable website.

Congratulations on signing him, I would have liked to have seen him play at the Albion.

Just to let you know, I''m an Albion fan, and I''ve just been reading some of the threads about us both being linked with the same players. I''m letting you know in advance which players have already been linked with Albion at this moment in time. This isn''t an attacking post, I''m just letting you know so that you can''t accuse us of copying your transfer targets. Purse (linked before end of season) B. Hughes (seen at the Hawthorns presumably for talks on 10th May) Allback (fans from both teams have been announcing this one) Petit (linked in the press and on the net just under a week ago) Kanu (linked today in press, with us making an official inquiry) Pahars (fans speculation) Ganea (linked a few days before you were) Traore (£1m bid made officially) Dickov (everybody wants him, but we were the first club to place a bid for him) Arca (Official Sunderland site has linked us with a move for him, as have many of our fans) Bentley (Norwich announced a bid before we did, but Wenger revealed that Albion had made a bid, so it is unknown when the bid was made) A. Cole (assistant manager watching him on last day of season) S. John (Also being watched on L.D.o.S by assistant manager) McCann of Southampton (fans speculation) Olivier Doll (fans speculation) Aliadiere (linked with us before bentley as a possible loan) Matt Jansen (linked as a possible loan target in Jan, linked again as soon as promotion was won) Thompson (fans speculation) Parlour (Albion put in a bid but he turned down the opportunity) Matteo (fans specualtion) Tiatto (linked just after the scimeca signing was completed) Jamie McClen (fans speculation) "Killer" Kilbane (linked with club about 3 weeks ago) Kieron Richardson (fans speculation) Konchesky (fans specualtion, but he is on transfer list, rumour started a while ago) Huth (linked on approx. 14th May, only specualtion) Tim de Cler (fans specualtion) Carrick (although highly unlikely to come off, he has been linked) Cahill (ditto) Harte (ditto, again ;)) Earnshaw (Cardiff are in big debt, fans specualtion) There are others but those are the ones I can remeber off the top of my head. Some are unrealistic, I know, but they are who we have been linked with. This is not a post "having a go" at you or your club, I''m just telling you these because you seem to think every player your linked with, we will be too and I want to give you some insight into the fans and media''s opinions.