RE Henrique: Sorry, but as I say above, we don’t want him. 21 year olds should never sign what amounts to a “developmental” contract. I don’t care what big club it is. Whatever. We’ll keep looking. No loaners, either.

1. The reason contract talks have stalled with Huntelaar is because of the release clause amount. Ajax want to include a 25M clause, and KJH wants it much lower. The ironic thing is that apparently teams are willing to pay that amount. News of the stalled negotiations in Amsterdam only emerged this weekend, and stories are now indicating that Arsenal will already make a 25M offer within the next few days. If Ajax can get 25M for him, I’d have a hard time not agreeing. For a club like Ajax, they’re never going to get much more than that for a player, and they could use that cash to go get two or three quality players to help the squad.

2. I’m bummed about the Henrique news. Barca signs him for 10M even though everyone admits upfront that he’s not even going to be at Barca next year, and since Ajax had shown interest, there’s now talk that the loan deal from Barca will be to Ajax. I’m happy to get the guy, but I hate being a feeder club for Barca where their reserves can get some first team action. Eff that. If Barca wasn’t going to play him and he wants first team action, then just sign the transfer deal with Ajax instead.