The Manchester United Thread VIII

Pastore is a good player, but I'm pretty sure he's said he wants to stay where he is for now. He'd cost a tonne too.

If I recall, Fabio was the captain of Brazil u18 or u20s or whatever, so I'm guessing he was the better one. He's two footed too I think? So perhaps he will be the number one at RB, moving to the left if Evra keeps failing is an option too.

The team in general is sustainable. However, i think we are lacking in the central midfield position, we need a Keane/Seedorf type of player (command, accurate passing). Sneijder (27) ticks all the boxes at the moment and i think the board should take a risk and swap Berbatov and £10-15 for him (i hope)...

Dont you think we'd need another striker then? welbeck, hernandez, rooney and owen? is that enough really?

Should be, we'll be expecting goals off Young, CAM and Nani apart from the strikers. But I'd like to see him stay, granted he's been horrible against top teams but he was outstanding against Liverpool, and in the first few months his link up play with Rooney, general level of play and work ethic was much improved. Whether the sudden slump was due to the rise of Hernandez, I don't know. But if he can reproduce that this season and sustain it he'll be a good addition to the squad and less of a bit part player as we've seen of late.

Side-note Macheda is also back, what lies in his future? I hear he was disappointing along with the rest of the team at Sampdoria. Just 1 goal in 16 appearances.

Berbatov is on his last legs (31). He has fulfilled his role for the club: Top scorer this season, 1 CL final, 2 Premier Leagues etc... However, in my opinion i think he is inconsistent for a player not playing internationally. Back to the point, Welbeck will fit in fine, Anderson/Nani also provide attacking flair, Sneidjer is a well-rounded player (Better version of VDV) and Owen is just a poor decoy, will score a few (i.e Wolfsburg, Wigan, Blackpool).

Ahhh right i understand what SAF is going to do now, hes going to use young as a shadow striker, now thats clever thinking, sanchez should be priority then, he looks great and apparently he can play that role easily! So its not all bad then, i thought SAF was strictly going to keep young nani valencia down the wings and rooney javier upfront which lead me to beleive theres no backup? but hearing this, good plan! Looking forward to the season now, just a central midfielder and were good to go!

Really? 1 in 16?!

Diego Forlan cautious over David de Gea move to Man Utd

Had a read and I agree, I rate him highly but keepers tend to strive on confidence and play their best when their comfortable in their environment. Reckon he could flop? Who else could we go for, just considering the slight possibility that it falls through?

It won't. Fergie sees him as the natural successor. In Fergie we trust

Always trust Fergie.

Views on Sanchez and Young? I personally wouldnt mind both, but then either nani or valencia would have to be shipped out, which i don't think either should, because they've played well this season.

What do you guys think of Utd signing two wingers this transfer window?

I wouldn't mind Sanchez at all. He has bags of potential and could be the next Ronaldo. He can play as an attacking midfielder too.