i was hoping for a sneijder or a hamsik. good player, don't get me wrong..but not sure nasri is at his best in the centre of midfield.
would much prefer sneijder to nasri, but if he's only going to accept an offer that is equal to his current wage scheme I doubt we'll stump up that sort of weekly wage. As for Hamsik I don't think that he is on a considerably higher level than nasri. I'll admit that i haven't seen him much, but some of the things that Nasri has done this season has astounded me. I'm not sure where modric fits into this, i mean which level he is on. I think that irrelevant though, as i can't see 'arry letting him go unless he does a berbatov. What would concern me is how our formation would change if he signed. He has played a lot higher up the pitch than a scholes replacement. I think we would need to adapt if we signed him.
Nasri would be a great option, but if we get Sneijer for around 40M atleast, he only has 3-4 years left in him. He isn't an ideal scholes replacement due to his age.
I dont see any great need for a winger myself, or a defender for that matter but Jones has been talked up as some great potential so i will forgive Fergie on that count. Nasri would be a fine player for us, but i don't think he would be much of an improvement on Nani and Valencia. I agree that CM is the weak point in our squad and i would hope to see a signing in that position. Although i worry how much money we have to spend with us supposed to be looking at Young, De Gea, Jones and now Nasri. Also we need a conclusion to the New goalkeaper and Berbatov sagas.
I think we wanted to wait til next year, but our hand was forced by an arsenal approach. I feel the same about young, but he will add to our set pieces which we lack. Nasri was deployed through the middle for most of his arsenal games if memory serves, but he was occupying the role that rooney's excelled in at the back end of last year. We will not sign both Nasri and Sneijder, they would be to expensive and occupy the same kinda role. Although i believe sneijder has more ability in a deep lying playmaker role than Nasri. You do know Scholes was 36 when he retired, Sneijder is only 27. he has perhaps another 7 years in him! Plenty of time for tunnicliffe, cleverley and pogba to mature and step up.
Its rare to find people like scholes how play well into their mid 30s like scholes. Sneijder (happy birthday) is likely to only have another 4-5 years at his peak. Not horrible but signing a 23-24 year old is better (providing the skill level is the same)
Dont see why we would want to sign anyone from the PL bottlers in all fairness. nasri is decent though but hardly top class. How much are we expecting to pay? A tenner?
Who knows who will emerge in 5 years? At united we have a magnificent youth setup that continuously churns out good, young players even if they're not superstars. By combining this with the purchase of young stars it gives us the ability to spend on filling the holes in our team. We have seen the effects of relying solely on yout (arsenal) and ageing stars (chelski) and neither are going to have both an immediate and prolonged effect. We at united have the luxury of both, mixing young and old to create balance. In 4-5 years time cleverly, pogba, tunniclife etc will have matured and improved (especially learning from the experience our players have) and we may well have a ready made scholes replacement on our hands, maybe in Norwood? I'm just saying that, though I understand your point, I find it more sensible to go for the finished article, proven at the highest level, rather than gambling on another youngster. If we can find someone younger, with the same ability as Wesley, we should go for it. I fear there are none available.
We should have made more of an effort for Nuri Sahin before Real did... He is exactly what we are in need of.. His style is similar to that of Cesc. Watch these, and try not to weep: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zskaD...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJcYF...eature=related He's class. he doesn't give that ball away - ever. He can tackle too. He's so comfortable on the ball that he hardly even sprints. He just takes the ball off of the defence, sets the tempo, and makes things happen. - And he still manages to get forward. No doubt Real will suck the talent out of him. Would still really like Modric, I wouldn't rule that out... But if that's gonna happen - you know it will be one of those long, drawn out deals that gets finalised just before the window closes. I hope we don't go anywhere near Pastore, Sanchez, and we don't really desperately need Hazard.
Sahin would have been an excellent aquisition IMHO, can you believe he only went for 8 mil!?. That Dortmund midfield last year was scaring good and I hope that one year we invest in goetze (sp) I also agree that we should stay away from Sanchez, hazard etc. They ve never seemed to excite me. I am interested in your thoughts on taking a punt on ever banega. He seems to like controlling the midfield and seems a player in the same mould as sahin
If we had to go for one of: Pasore, Sanchez and Hazard, I would most prefer Hazard.. I remember he was superb in the home leg versus Liverpool last season. But he's more of a winger. He looks a class player. He's a possesion player, he has skill, technique and pace, would be a great signing, but he doesn't play a deep or central enough role for what we need right now. Jezz, EVER BANEGA IS MY CURRENT OBSESSION. I've made a thread on him before.. I would absolutely love him to come here, but he's never even been linked. He's impressed me so much I strongly believe Barca should be after him instead of Cesc. Though Cesc is more complete - Banega is closer to Xavi's style than Cesc is. But then he isn't Spanish. He'd transform our midfeld. His passing, his ball conrol and vision are sensational. He fights and tracks the ball when he doesn't have it. He played when Argentina beat Spain and gave the Spanish midfield a run for their money. And he impressed me loads when we played them. Don't know if he's even on Fergies radar though..
You need someone to replace Scholes, Scholes being the creative Xavi-esque guy that would mean Sjneider should be top priority, Nasri is a Nani type player. Thus meaning you should look for a player that can give those killer balls left right and centre.
I take it your a fan of his then 4231, we should get along just fine :') I feel the same, shocked he's not linked with us. A Gregor surprise deal perhaps? and I agree jolly, we need a deep lying playmaker who knows where every player on the pitch is the moment he gets the ball. If we were to get nasri instead, our formation and structure would have to change drastically to acomadate him, Rooney, nani and Valencia. I feel that nasri plays more in the whole just behind the striker, which is where our Wayne has excelled. I don't want to move him from there.
Oh yeah... And like you said - Dortmund's midfield was class last season. They all seem to have great technique and passing - which allowed them to just dominate games last season. Loads of great youngsters in their team, from back to front. It's a shame that, like Sahin, many of them may leave to "bigger" clubs, because their current team, imo, has the potential to be up there challenging for the CL in 3-4 years if they kept all of their young players and brought some others in. A great team to watch.
The annoying thing is - He'd be cheaper than almost all of the players we're currently being linked with... And most of them don't even play in the exact position we need... I'd like to think Banega is being kept under wraps... He's not being linked with anyone that much. I wouldn't be too disappointed with Modric though. Not as good a passer as Banega, but a good passer none-the-less. He's more dynamic, with more goals in him than Banega, he's a fighter - and he's proven in the Prem. But sooooo expensive!!!
Ignore the part where I said a Gregor surprise deal, I'm on my pod and it autocorrected fergie :/ I can see tottenham taking us for ransom over modric, he won't be worth nearly as much as they are asking for. I am annoyed at the potential disband of what could have been a great midfield for Dortmund. But if someone is hoin to take goetze I hope it's us! Going back to the cost point, am I the only one surprised we werent taken to the cleaners by atletico and other goalkeeper targets?
