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I soooooooooooo hope I'm not too busy Monday. I wanna swing a nice long lunch, especially since my brother (and roommate is a villa fan)...and I mean, every time Villa do well against us, that means that we've sorta gone backwards since Houllier...:S

Less than a month from a transfer window with our new owners. What do you think happens? There was a quib not too long ago that we were targetting a "world class" player, and if the price was right, they open the wallets. Never really said who it would be.

Hard to say with world class, but if you were to bring a reasonably good player in January, who would it be, and how much would you expect to spend? I'll start it off.

I'd nominate Lukas Podolski. Bit of Polish bias here, but I think he would be an ideal candidate to play behind Torres. That would allow Stevie to get into the heart of the midfield where he is best (even though he's fantastic behind Nando as well). Due to where he's been playing, I think he'd come at a very good price too. I think 12 million pounds would be pessimistic. While I'm not sure about his status as far as being for sale, I think a player of his quality may tire of playing for a team battling relegation in the Bundesliga, and if such an offer came up, he would welcome it without giving a second thought.