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he didnt want Ireland - that was part of the reason he left, he wanted to hold out for more money for Milner while the chairman was conned into taking Ireland and his wages.As far as I'm aware the issue with MON wasn't so much the fees (he still did massively overpay for some of those players) but the wages in addition to those fees. Ireland - whilst he looked ok when they bought him - has been awful and is on £80 k p/w. Also a lot of those players looked ok when he bought them but then turned out to be duds (hence why they can't now shift them).
In answer to the question:
Benteke or Fletcher if not too dear (but they would be), Clyne, Shaw and maybe Lallana. Think Schneiderlin or Cork would be handy back-up in CM too.